544 VALUTA. 



nodulosa. 103. Shell fusiform, emarginate, lon- 

 gitudinally grooved, and cancellated ; pillar 

 with four plaits. 



Voluta nodulosa. Gmelin, p. 3453. 

 Voluta lutosa. Solanders MSS. 

 Voluta, No. 125. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 277. 

 Mitra granulosa. Lamarck Ann. du Mm. xvii. p. 201. 

 Strombus Turricula. Ulysses's Travels, p. 459- 

 Gualter, t. 52. f. F. Martini, iv. t. 149. f- 1390. 

 Variety. Shell oblong. 

 Mitra crocata. Lamarck Ann. du Mm. xvii. p. 202. 

 Voluta, No. 124. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 277. 

 Gualter, t. 52. f. G. Martini, iv. t 149. f. 1385. 

 Inhabits the West Indies. Martini. Coast of Naples. Ulysses* 

 Shell an inch and a quarter long, and one third as broad ; white, 

 with cancellated red grooves, which form small nodules. 

 The variety, besides being more oblong, is rather larger and 

 broader in proportion, and of a more tawny colour. Martyn 

 Univ. Conch, i. t. 19, which is V. incompta of Solander 

 (see Portland Catalogue, lot 2116), has been quoted for this 

 species by Lamarck, but is more nearly allied to, and is pro- 

 bably only a variety of V. Ruffina. 



spadicea. 104. Shell fusiform, longitudinally 

 plaited, and transversely striped, smooth; 

 pillar with five plaits ; outer lip crenulated. 



Voluta spadicea. Gmelin, p. 3454. 



Voluta deusta. Solander's MSS. 



Voluta, No. 126. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 277- 



Martini, iv. p. 231. t. 150. f. 1392. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a quarter long, and the breadth is two-fifths 

 of the length, with eight whirls, of a pale brownish or yel- 

 lowish white colour, and chestnut spots; the aperture is 

 small, and the outer lip thick and crenulated. Knorr, ii. t. 

 4. f. 6, which Gmelin has placed as a variety of V . pertusa, 

 may probably belong to this species. 



becussata. 105. Shell fusiform, longitudinally 

 plaited and striated transversely : pillar with 

 four teeth. 



