534 VOLUTA. 



transversely at the base, and in having the spire more pro- 

 minent and the whirls more ventricose ; the colour is yel- 

 Jowish, more or less tinged with red, especially on the spire, 

 and generally spotted with white. The pillar is so indis- 

 tinctly toothed, that Bruguiere has differed from other au- 

 thors, and has placed it among the Buccina. 



paupercula. 77. Shell ovate, nearly smooth, but 

 striated at the base ; spire rather prominent ; 

 pillar four-plaited; outer lip obtuse. 



Voluta paupercula. Linnmis Syst. Nat. p. 1190. Mar- 

 tini, iv. p. 228. t. 149. f. 1386 and 1387. Born Mus. 

 p. 223. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 217. t. 1. f. 1.1. Gmelin, 

 p. 3447. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 117. 

 Mitra Zebra. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 215. 

 Lister Conch, t. 819. f. 35. Gualter, 1. 15. f. L. Knorr, 

 iv. t. 26. f. 5. Etic. Method, t. 372. f. 8. 

 Variety, With the outer lip denticulated, and the spire shorter 

 and more obtuse. 

 Voluta paupercula. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 217. t. 1. f. 11. 



Chemnitz, x. p. 163. 1. 150. f. 1417 and 1418. 

 Mitra retusa. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 217. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linneeus. 



Shell varying from three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a 

 quarter long, and rather less than half as broad, thick, solid, 

 of a reddish black colour, with white broadish stripes ex- 

 tending throughout the whole length. Chemnitz's shell is 

 described to be from the East Indies, and the principal dif- 

 ference which I can find noticed, is that it has the outer lip 

 denticulated. 



pica. 78. Shell ovate, transversely striated through- 

 out ; spire prominent ; pillar five-plaited ; 

 throat brown. 



Voluta Pica. Chemnitz, xi. p. 24. t. 178. f. 1721 and 



1722. 

 Mitra Zebra, Var. ? Lamarck Ann. du. Mus. xvii. p. 215. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 372. f. 7. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Island of St. Bartholomew. Chem- 

 nitz. 



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

 with alternate white and dark brown stripes like those of 

 V. paupercula, from which species it may be at once known 

 by its being striated throughout, and having five plaits on the 

 pillar. 



