528 VOLUTA. 



Inhabits the coasts of Devonshire, and the West Indies, ilfow- 

 tagu. 



Shell half an inch long, and rather more than half as broad, 

 beautifully polished, of a greenish white tinged with pale 

 blushes of red, or straw-colour ; the aperture is linear with 

 its outer lip much thickened, and the shell has altogether 

 much the habit of a Cyprsea. 



marginata. 62. Shell ovate, entire, smooth, 

 broadly marginated with tumid sides; spire 

 nearly hidden : pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta marginata. Bom Mus. p. 220. t. 9- f- 5 and 6. 

 Schroeter Einl. \. p. 300. Chemnitz, x. p. 165. t. 150. 

 f. 1421. Gmelin, p. 3449. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 123. 

 Favanne, t. 29- f. E. Enc. Method, t. 376. f. 9. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch long, and rather more than half as broad, 

 quite white without any markings, and so broadly marginated 

 all round, that at first sight it might be supposed to belong 

 to the same family as Cypraa Annulus. 



faba. 63. Shell sub-ovate, slightly plaited longitu- 

 dinally ; spire prominent ; pillar with four 

 plaits ; outer lip with a thickened crenulated 

 margin. 



Voluta Faba. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1189- Born Mas. p, 



221. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 212. Gmelin, p. 3445. 



Schreibers Conch, i. p. 11 5. 

 Lister Conch, t. 812. f. 22. Petiver Gaz. t. 10. f. 5, and 



t. 102. f. 10. Gualter, t. 28. f. Q. Knorr, iv. t. 17. f. 



6. Martini, ii. p. 1 13. t. 42. f. 432 and 433. Favanne, 



t. 24. f. H. Enc. Method, t. 377. f. 1* 

 Variety. With two dark interrupted transverse bands. 

 Martini, ii. p. 112. t. 42. f. 431. Enc. Method, t. 377» 



f. 8. 

 Inhabits the coast of Bombay. Petiver. African Ocean. 



Linnccus. 

 This beautiful species is about three-quarters of an inch long, 

 and rather more than half as broad, of a whitish or pale 

 olive or flesh-colour, with regular transverse rows of rather 

 distant black spots. I have a specimen like Martini's figure 

 431, which has the shoulder of the body- whirl plaited, and 

 has unquestionably a much greater claim to be considered a 

 Variety of this species than of V. glabdla, to which it has 

 been generally referred. 



