554 VOLUTA. 



Shell about the same length, but rather narrower than V, scii* 

 tulata, from which it differs in having the whirls, and parti- 

 cularly the body-whirl, less ventricose, and of an uniform 

 blackish brown colour, striated only at the base. Knorr, ii. 

 t. 3. f. 7,- from which Gmelin has constituted his V . leucos- 

 tica, differs in being spotted with white, and is most proba- 

 bly a variety of this species. 



casta. 127. Shell fusiform, emarginate, with the 

 body-whirl smooth, and the spire reticulated; 

 pillar five-plaited, imperforate. 



Voluta casta. Solander's MSS. Chemnitz, x. p. 174. 

 Vign. 20. f. c and d. Gmelin, p. 3453. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 112. 



Mitra casta. Lamarck Ann. da Mus. xvii. p. 202. 



Mitra fasciata. Marty n Univ. Conch, i. t. 20. 

 Inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Solander. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Chemnitz. 

 Shell two inches and a quarter long, and one fourth as broad ; 



white, with a broad brown band round the body-whirl, which 



becomes much narrower but is continued in the spire. 



acus. 128. Shell turreted, smooth, and marked 

 with transverse rows of red spots ; spire acu- 

 minated ; pillar plaited. 



Voluta Acus. Gmelin, p. 3451. 



Voluta, No. 143. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 280. 



Martini, iv. p. 329- 1. 157. f. 1493 and 1494. 



Inhabits 



Shell three-quarters of an inch long, and one third as broad, 

 white or pale brown, with transverse rows of red spots, which 

 are sometimes placed on a yellowish band. Martini has ar- 

 ranged this species among the Murices, but he says the pil- 

 lar is distinctly plaited. 



maculosa. 129. Shell turreted, smooth, white with 

 brown reticulated and spotted bands. 



Voluta maculosa. Gmelin, p. 3453. Schreibers Conch, 

 i. p. 113. 



Voluta, No. 122. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 276. 



Martini, iv. p. 223. t. 149- f. 1377. 



Inhabits 



Shell three-quarters of an inch long, and one third as broad, 



