VOLUTA. 573 



Shell four inches long, and one inch and three-quarters broad, 

 yellowish, with transverse rows of large squarish red spots ; 

 the base is striated transversely, and the summit of the spire 

 has cancellated striae. 



nivosa. 174. Shell ovate, smooth, with the whirls 

 transversely angular, and sub-papillary at the 

 summit ; outer lip sharply angulated above ; 

 pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta nivosa. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. v. p. 158. t. 12. f. 

 2, and xvii. p. 64. Shaw's Nat. Misc. xxi. t. 912. 



Inhabits the coast of New Holland. Shaw. 



Shell three inches and a half long, and half as broad, of a pale 

 yellowish red colour, sprinkled with snow-white spots, and 

 marked by two transverse dark brown bands with black 

 veins. Shaw's figure represents the whirls turning from left 

 to right, but as the circumstance is not noticed in the de- 

 scription, it probably arises from an error of the engraver. 



scapha. 175. Shell ovate, emarginate, sub-ventri- 

 cose, with the whirls of the spire concave, 

 and summit papillary ; pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta Scapha. Gmelin, p. 3468. Lamarck Ann. du Mus, 



xvii. p. 61. 

 Voluta nobilis. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 172, 



lot 3711. 

 Voluta, No. 237. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 305. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 10. Lister Conch, t. 799. 



f. 6. Gualter, t. 28. f. S. Seba, iii. t. 64. f. 5 and 6. 



Martini, iii. p. 54. t. 72. f. 774, and t. 73. f. 775 and 



776. 

 Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Martini. East Indian 



Seas, and coasts of China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about five inches long, and near three and a half broad, 

 white, or pale brownish yellow, handsomely marked with 

 dark brown zic-zac stripes ; the upper part of the body-whirl 

 from the shoulder and the five whirls of the spire are some- 

 what concave ; aperture large and of a pale flesh colour. 



magnifica. 176. Shell ovate, emarginate, sub- 

 ventricose, glabrous, with the whirls trans- 

 versely angulated, and summit papillary ; 

 aperture effuse ; pillar four-plaited. 



