546 VOLUTA. 



yellow with brown bands and spots, and numerous smaller 

 white spots. 



sanguisuga. 108. Shell fusiform, emarginate, lon- 

 gitudinally grooved, and transversely striat- 

 ed; whirls convex; pillar four-plaited, and 

 the outer lip smooth. 



Voluta sanguisuga. Linnccus Syst. Nat. p. 11Q2. Born 

 Mus. p. 226. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 224. Gmelin, p. 3450. 

 . Schreibers Conch, p. 124. 



Mitra sanguisuga. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 208. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 78. Lister Conch, t. 821. 

 f. 38. Rumphius, t. 29- f. V. Petiver Gaz. t. 4. f. 5, 

 and Amb. t. 13. f. 9. Gualter, t. 53. f. F. Seba, iii. t. 

 49. f. 11 to 16. Knorr, iv. t. 11. f. 4. Martini, iv. t. 

 148. f. 1373 and 1374. Enc. Meth. t. 373. f. 10. 

 Variety. Shell bluish grey, with transverse red stripes, and the 

 pillar three-plaited. 

 Voluta sanguisuga. Martini, iv. p. 215. t. 148. f. 1367 and 



1368. 

 Mitra stigmataria. -Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 208. 

 Regenfuss, i. t. 1. f. 5. 

 Inhabits Amboyna. Rumphius. Mediterranean. Linn&us. 



South Wales. Humphreys. 

 Shell an inch and a half long, and one third as broad, yellow- 

 ish brown or bluish, with red bands or transverse rows of red 

 spots, and the longitudinal grooves are sometimes red ; the 

 base is brown, and Gmelin mentions a variety with alternate 

 brown and white bands. Argenville, t. 9. f- V, from which 

 Gmelin has constituted his V . strigosa, is said to have the 

 spire smooth, and the same figure is referred to by Mar- 

 tini for this species, of which it appears at most to be only a 

 variety. 



caffra. 109. Shell fusiform, emarginate, with the 

 body-whirl rugged only at the base, and the 

 other whirls plaited and striated ; pillar four- 

 plaited. 



Voluta Caffra. Linncsus Syst. Nat. p. 1 192. Martini, iv. 



p. 218. t. 148. f. 1369 and 1370. Born Mus. p. 226. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 225. Gmelin, p. 3451. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 125. 

 Mitra CarTra. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 208. 



