VOLUTA. 525 



Martini, ii. t. 42. f. 426. 

 Inhabits China. Linnaus. 

 Shell scarcely half an inch long, and one third as broad, white, 



opake, with the spire remarkably obsolete, and the pillar 



striated with five oblique narrow plaits. In China this shell 



is used to make beads and necklaces. 



exilis. 54. Shell ovate, entire, yellowish, with 

 two brown bands; spire prominent; pillar 

 obliquely striated. 



Voluta exilis. Gmelin, p. 3444. 



Voluta, No. 100. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 270. 



Le Falier. Adanson Senegal, p. 78. t. 5. f. 2. 



Petiver Gaz. t. 102. f. 13. Martini, ii. t. 42. f. 427. 

 Variety. White with a yellow band. 



Voluta, No. 231. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 303. t. 1. f. 18. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Senegal. Adanson. 

 This shell was considered by Martini to be only a Variety of 



his fig. 426, which is V. monilis, and it differs principally in 



colour, in being rather smaller, and having the spire more 



distinct and prominent. 



persicula. 55. Shell ovate, smooth, with red 

 spots, and the spire retuse and umbilicated ; 

 pillar with eight plaits. 



Voluta Persicula, Var. «. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1189. Mar- 

 tini, ii. p. 106. t. 42. f. 421. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 201. 

 Gmelin, p. 3444. Sckreibers Conch, i. p. 1 14. 



Voluta Persicula, Var. /?. Bom Museum, p. 220. 



Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 246, and Kirch, f. 245. Lister Conch. 

 t. 803. f. 10. Petiver Gaz. t. 8. f. 2. Gualter, t. 28. 

 f. C, D, and E. Enc. Method, t. 377. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the African Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Cape Verde, 



and among the rocks on the Island of Goree. Adanson. 

 Shell generally about three-quarters of an inch long, and rather 



more than half as broad, white, spotted with red. 



CINGULata. 56. Shell ovate, smooth, transversely 

 striped, and the spire retuse and umbilicated ; 

 pillar with six plaits. 



Voluta Persicula, Var. $. Lin. Sust. Nat. p. 1189. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 201. Gmelin, p. 3444. Schrtibers Conch* 

 i. p. 114. 



Voluta Persicula, Var. «. Bom Mus, p. 220. 



