500 VOLUTA. 



Voluta episcopalis. Martini, iv. p. 205. t. 147. f. 1360 



and ] 360 a. Born Mus. p. 229. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 



230, Gmelin, p. 3459. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 127„ 



Shaw's Nat. Misc. vii. t. 244, upper figure. 

 Mitra episcopalis. Lamarck Syst. des Animaux, p. 74, 



and Ann. da Mus. xvii. p. 197. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 120. Lister, t. 839. f. 66. 



Rumphius, t. 29. f. K. Petiver Ami?, t. 13. f. 11. 



Gualter, t. 53. f. G. Argenville, t. 9' f. C. Seba, iii. 



t. 51. f. 8 to 14. Knorr, i. t. 6. f. 2. Regenfuss, i. t. 



3. f. 33. Favanne, t. 31. f. C 2. Enc. Method, t. 369- 



f. 2 and 4. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Island of Ceram, one 



of the Moluccas. Rumphius. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell from three to five inches long, and hardly one third as 

 broad, white, with orange or yellow squarish spots, which 

 are sometimes confluent, and covered whilst in a state of 

 nature, with a yellowish-brown epidermis. The shells when 

 young are marked with transverse and somewhat reticulated 

 striae, but they become perfectly smooth and glabrous with 

 age, especially on the body-whirl. 



papalis. 147. Shell emarginate, transversely stri- 

 ated, and the margin of the whirls toothed ; 

 outer lip denticulated ; pillar with four plaits. 



Voluta Mitra, Var. papalis. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1194. 

 Voluta papalis. Martini, iv. p. 195. t. 147. f. 1353 and 



1354. Born Mus. p. 229. Schroeter Einleitung,i.p. 



231. Gmelin, p. 3459- Schreibers Conch, i. p. 127. 



Shaw's Nat. Misc. vii. t. 244, lower figure. 

 Mitra papalis. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 197. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 119. Lister Conch, t. 839. 



f. 67. Rumphius, t. 29- f. I. Petiver Amb. t. 9- f- 15, 



and t. 13. f. 12. Gualter, t. 53. f. I. Argenville, t. 9. 



f. E. Seba, iii. t. 51. f. 1 to 5. Knorr, i. t. 6. f. 1. 



Regenfuss, i. t. 1. f. l. Da Costa Elements, t. 4. f. 3. 



Favanne, t. 31. f. D2. Enc. Method, t. 370. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Isle of Ceram. Rum- 

 phius. Amboyna. Humphreys. 

 This species is very nearly allied to V. episcopalis, but the 

 margins of the whirls are toothed, and the spots generally 

 of a darker colour. The spots are sometimes so entirely 

 confluent, that the shell appears to be orange with white 

 spots. 



