580 VOLUTA. 



pr^eputium. 187. Shell sub-ovate, emarginate; 

 spire papillary, formed of several produced 

 whirls; pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta Praepirfium. Chemnitz, x. p. 143. t. 148. f. 1391 



and 13p£. Gmelin, p. 3468. 

 Lister Conch, t. 798. f. 5. Seba, iii. t. 6Q. f. 11. ? 



Inhabits' <lie coasts of Coromandel and Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 



Shell rather more than two inches long, and one inch broad, 

 yellowish, with reddish black spots often disposed in three 

 transverse rows ; the spire, consisting of several contiguous 

 whirls, is altogether papillary, and issues abruptly from the 

 body-whirl. I rather doubt whether it is more than a young 

 shell or variety of V. Melo. 



melo. 188. Shell ovate, ernargiuate ; spire papil- 

 lary, and nearly buried in the body-whirl; 

 pillar four-plaited. 



Voluta Melo. Solanders MSS. Portland Cat. p. 41. lot 

 969- Lamarck Ann. du Mas. xvii. p. 59. 



Voluta iEthiopica, Var. y. Bom Mas. p. 235. 



Voluta Indica. Gmelin, p. 3467. 



Voluta, No. 236. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 304. 



Knorr, v. t. 8. f. 1. Martini, iii. p. 53. t. 72. f. 772 and 

 773. Enc. Meth. t. 389. f- 1- 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell most commonly about five inches long, and three broad, 



yellow, with three irregular interrupted rows of large reddish 



brown spots ; the spire, consisting of several contiguous whirls, 



h papillary, and is nearly covered by the body-whirl. 



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