VOLUTA. 555 



white, with reddish brown and yellowish bands variously 

 reticulated and spotted. Martini's description of this, as 

 also of the ten following species, is very imperfect. 



BiPLiCATA. 130. Shell turreted, smooth, white va- 

 riegated with yellow spots and black dots ; 

 outer lip acute ; pillar two-plaited. 



Voluta biplicata. Gmelin, p. 3454. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. J 19- 



Voluta, No. 132. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 278. 



Martini, iv. p. 223. t. 149. f- 1375. 



Inhabits 



Shell about eight lines long, and half as broad ; the colour is 



whitish, variegated with yellow spots and black dots. 



turricula. 131. Shell turreted, with the whirls 

 transversely angular ; outer lip thick ; pillar 

 two-plaited. 



Voluta Turricula. Gmelin, p. 3454. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 120. 

 Voluta, No. 133. Schroeter Einleitung. i. p. 278. 

 Martini, iv. p. 223. t. 149- f. 1376. 



Inhabits 



Shell nine lines long and four broad, yellowish, somewhat stri- 

 ated, and marked with transverse bands of cancellated black 

 lines. 



lineata. 132. Shell turreted, with longitudinal 

 black bands interrupted by a white line in 

 the middle ; pillar with about three plaits. 



Voluta lineata. Gmelin, p. 3454. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 120. 



Voluta, No. 134. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 279- 



Martini, iv. p. 223. t. 149- f. 1378 and 1379. 

 Inhabits the Sea-shore at Tarentum. Ulysses. 

 Shell about six lines long, and half as broad, brownish white, 



with blackish longitudinal bands interrupted by a white line 



in the middle of the body-whirl. 



sulcata. 133. Shell turreted, grooved longitudi- 

 nally, brown with a transverse white nodu- 

 lous band ; pillar four-plaited. 



