VOLUTA. 537 



Mitra microzonias. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 218. 



Enc. Meth. t. 374. f. 8. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Lamarck. 

 Shell about three-quarters of an inch long, and half as broad, 



of a very dark reddish brown colour with a white transverse 



band, which is sometimes interrupted so as to form a row of 



white spots on each whirl. 



cancellata. 85. Shell ovate, nearly entire, with 

 longitudinal ribs and transverse striae ; pillar 

 three-plaited, sub-umbilicated, and slightly 

 produced. 



Voluta cancellata. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1191. Born 



Mus. p. 224. t. 9. f. 7 and 8. Schrueter Einl. i. p. 219. 



Gmelin, p. 3448. 

 Murex cancellata. Linnaus Syst. Nat. edit. 10. p. 751. 



Ulysses's Travels, p. 466. 

 Lister Conch, t. 830. f. 53 and 54. Gualter, t. 48. f. D 



and E. Adanson Senegal, t. 8. f. 16. Knorr t iv. t, 6. 



f. 5. 

 Variety. With the spire more produced. 



Chemnitz, xi. p. 27. t. 179- f- 1727 and 1728. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Senegal at Cape Bernhardi. Adanson. 

 Antilles. Muller. Mediterranean. Humphreys. Shore at 

 Tarentum. Ulysses. 

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

 or pale brown, with yellowish transverse bands ; the whirls 

 are flattened at the sutures, and the longitudinal ribs much 

 elevated, sharp, rather oblique, and crossed by fine trans- 

 verse striae ; the aperture is slightly emarginated, and the in- 

 side ribbed. 



nassa. 86. Shell entire, ovate, transversely striated 

 and sharply ribbed longitudinally, with the 

 whirls flattened at the sutures ; pillar umbili- 

 cated and three-plaited. 



Voluta Na9sa. Gmelin, p. 3464. 



Voluta costata. Solander's MSS. 



Voluta, No. 120. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 276. 



Gualter, t. 48. f. B aud C. Seba, iii. t. 53. f. 42. Knorr, 

 iv. t. 26. f. 6. Martini, iv. t. 124. f. 1 172 and 1 173. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea, and the Mauritius. Martini. 

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



than half as broad, white or brownish ; the striae crossing 



