DESCRIPTION. 155 



Specimen white, marked with ochraceous trans- 

 verse and zigzag Hnes. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



PLATE XV. 



Fig. 1 . VoLUTA Auris Midce. 



Shell coarctate, oblong-oval; spire rough; co- 

 lumella two-toothed. 



Lister Gonch. tab. 1058. fig. 6. 



Specimen brown, solid, longitudinally wrinkled 

 and transversely striate; aperture white, waxy, 

 long, wider towards the base. Six whorls. 



Inhabits India. 



Fig. 2. V. Oliva, 



Shell smooth ; columella obliquely striated. 



Lister Conch, tab. 719. fig. 3. Q. 



Specimen white with very pale reddish brown 

 angular streaks and two obsolete bands. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



The varieties of this species are so numerous, 

 and many of them so nearly allied to Ispidula and 

 UtriculuSy that it is scarcely possible to distinguish 



