VOLUTA. 549 



Vahntyn Abhandl. t. 2. f. 12. ? Eric. Meth. t. 373. f. 1. 



Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Chemnitz. 



Shell about two inches long, and one fourth as broad, and dif- 

 fers from V. costellaris, with which it has been confounded 

 by Gmelin, in being more produced, and the whirls much 

 less angulated transversely towards the sutures ; the colour is 

 reddish white, with dark reddish brown transverse bands, 

 and the base is more recurved than in V. Vulpecula. Gme- 

 lin's V. citrina is probably at most only a variety of this spe- 

 cies, and the figure of Valentyn's, from which it originates, 

 has been quoted by Born for V. Vulpecula. 



melongena. 115. Shell fusiform, with small lon- 

 gitudinal ribs and transverse striae which are 

 strongest under the sutures ; pillar four-plait- 

 ed. 



Mitra melongena. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 206. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 373. f. 9- 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. ? Lamarck. 



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

 white, with several transverse bands, of which some are dark 

 reddish brown, and others dull brownish yellow ; it is more 

 ventricose, and has the longitudinal ribs less elevated than in 

 V. subdivisa, and the whirls are not transversely angulated, 

 but more convex than in V. costellaris. 



polygona. 116. Shell turreted, elongated, with 

 cancellated stria?, and the three first whirls 

 angular and somewhat knotty ; outer lip 

 grooved; pillar five-plaited, and sub-umbili- 

 cated. 



Voluta polygona. Gmelin, p. 3454. 



Voluta, No. 130. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 278. 



Martini, iv. p. 233. t. 150. f. 1401 and 1402. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and one fourth as broad, white, 

 shaded with brown and black, marked with longitudinal striae, 

 and minutely striated transversely ; the spire consists of ten 

 whirls, and the pillar has about five plaits. Martini suspects 

 this may be the Linnaean V. Virgo, but it does not appear 

 to me to answer sufficiently to the description. 



