VOLUTA. 557 



inhabits the Mediterranean, and West Indies. Martini. 

 Shell half an inch long, and nearly half as broad. 



nasuta. 138. Shell turreted, red, with rows of 

 black spots ; outer lip prominent ; beak 

 slightly reflected. 



Voluta nasuta. Gmelin, p. 3455. Schreibers Co?ich. i. p. 

 120. 



Voluta, No. 141. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 280. 



Martini, iv. p. 233. t. 150. f. 1410. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean, and West Indies. Martini. 

 Shell half an inch long, and half as broad. 



marmorea. 139. Shell turreted, white, marbled 

 with brown ; outer lip inflected. 



Voluta marmorea. Gmelin, p. 3455. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 120. 



Voluta, No. 142. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 280. 



Martini, iv. p. 233. t. 150. f. 1411. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean, and West Indies. Martini. 

 Shell half an inch long, and very nearly half as broad. 



abbatis. 140. Shell fusiform, elongated, sub- 

 emarginate, and transversely striated ; outer 

 lip rather thick ; pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta Mitra Abbatis. Chemnitz, xi. p. 19. t. 177. f. 1709 



and 1710. 

 Mitra ferruginea, Var. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii, p. 

 200. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell near two inches long, and about half an inch broad, white, 

 with large irregular ferruginous spots. It differs materially 

 from V. vitulina, in being both longer and narrower. 



serpentina. 141. Shell sub-fusiform, with trans- 

 verse punctured strise, and longitudinal un- 

 dulated chestnut stripes; pillar five or six- 

 plaited. 



Mitra serpentina. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 204. 



Enc. Meth. t. 370. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean ? Lamarck. 

 Shell nearly an inch and a half long, and about two fifths as 



broad, white, with two orange zones, and numerous undu- 



