VOLUTA. 561 



thiara. 148. Shell emarginate, with transverse, 

 hollow, punctured striae ; whirls contracted 

 below, and strongly toothed at the margins ; 

 outer lip denticulated, and pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta Thiara. Solander's MSS. 



Voluta papalis, Var. £. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 232. Gmelin, 



p. 3459- 

 Mitra pontificalis. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 198. 

 Murex cinctus. Mus. Geversianum, p. 330. No. 789. 

 Lister Conch, t. 840. f. G8. Vahntyn Abh. t. 5. f. 45. 

 Gualter, t. 53. f. I, smaller figure. Seba, iii. t. 51. f. 

 37. Knorr, iv. t. 28. f. 2. Regenfuss, ii. t. (J. f. 22. 

 Martini, iv. t. 147. f. 1355 and 1356. Enc. Method, t. 

 370. f. 2. 

 Inhabits Madagascar. Humphreys. 



Shell generally about an inch and three-quarters long, and dif- 

 fers from V. papalis, not only in being smaller, but in hav- 

 ing the whirls of the spire narrower at the base, and the 

 body-whirl somewhat contracted in the middle ; the trans- 

 verse striae also are deeper and more distinctly punctured, 

 and the teeth on the margin of the whirls are stronger. 



coronata. 149. Shell ovate-fusiform, transversely 

 striated and punctured, with the sutures no- 

 dulous ; pillar five-plaited. 



Voluta coronata. Chemnitz, xi. p. 24. t. 178. f. 1719 and 

 1720. 



Mitra coronata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 215. 



Enc.Meth. t. 371. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the West Indian Ocean. Chemnitz. 

 Shell fourteen lines long, and five broad, of a reddish brown 



shining colour with white nodules at the sutures, and marked 



with a narrow pale band at the upper extremity of each 



whirl. 



musica. 150. Shell emarginate, with pointed nodules 

 on the whirls; pillar eight-plaited ; outer lip 

 smooth and thickish. 



Voluta musica. Linnaeus Sysl. Nat. p. 1194. Martini, 

 iii. p. 236. t. 96. f. 927 to 929- Born Mus. p. 230. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 232. Gmelin, p. 3460. Schrei- 

 bers Conch, i. p. 128. Lamarck Syst. p. 74. 

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