VOLUTA. 571 



Seba, iii. t. 67. f. a, b. Martini, iii. p. 215. t. 95. f. 922 

 and 923. 

 Inhabits the East Indies ? Martini. 

 Shell two inches and a quarter long, and one inch and a half 



broad, of a whitish or pale yellowish colour, clouded with 



darker yellow or brown. 



undulata. 169. Shell ovate-fusiform, emarginate, 

 scored at the base ; spire short and conical ; 

 pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta undulata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. v. p. 157- 1. 12. 



f. 1, and xvii p. 71. Shaw's Nat. Misc. xvii. t. 702. 

 Voluta fluctuata. Solanders MSS. Portland Cat. p. 53, 

 lot 1259- 

 Inhabits the Antarctic Seas, and coasts of Australasia. Shaw. 

 New South Wales, and Van Uiemen's Land. Humphreys. 

 Shell three inches and a half long, and half as broad, white, 

 with longitudinal somewhat parallel undulated stripes of pur- 

 ple brown, and a few irregular spots of the same colour. 



^iupestris. 170. Shell fusiform, slightly plaited 

 longitudinally, and transversely ribbed ; spire 

 papillary at the summit; pillar with many 

 plaits. 



Voluta rupestris. Gmelin, p. 3464. 

 Voluta fulminata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 70. 

 Voluta, No. 119- Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 275. 

 Martini, iii. p. 252. t. 93. f. 941 and 942. Enc. Method. 

 t. 381. f. 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of Japan. Humphreys. 



Shell about three inches and three-quarters long, and one third 

 as broad, of a pale yellow colour, with dark ochraceous zic- 

 zac longitudinal stripes, from which it has derived its com- 

 mon name of the Lightning Musick- Shell. 



jmagellanica. 171. Shell ovate, effuse, smooth, 

 with the whirls convex and papillary at the 

 summit ; pillar three-plaited. 



Voluta Magellanica. Chemnitz, x. p. 139- t. 148. f. 1383 

 and 1384. Gmelin, p. 3465. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 

 123. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 69. 



Voluta Ceramica, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3463. 



Voluta spectabilis. Gmelin, p. 3468. 



