﻿5G 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  44. 
  Voluta 
  volva, 
  var. 
  (Plate 
  V. 
  fig. 
  K.) 
  

  

  {Chemnitz 
  ?), 
  Reeve, 
  Coneh. 
  Icon. 
  fig. 
  24. 
  

   Yoluta 
  pallida, 
  Grai/, 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Viv. 
  pi. 
  48. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  3-4 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Typical 
  specimens 
  of 
  V. 
  volva 
  should 
  be 
  uniformly 
  of 
  a 
  fleshy 
  buff 
  

   tint, 
  exhibiting 
  the 
  slightest 
  indication 
  of 
  two 
  bands 
  of 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   darker 
  colour 
  across 
  the 
  body-whorl 
  ; 
  the 
  normal 
  volutions 
  should 
  

   be 
  spotted 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  immediately 
  beneath 
  the 
  suture, 
  and 
  

   stained 
  with 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  above 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  aperture 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  from 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lip 
  should 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  brown. 
  

   Two 
  specimens 
  from 
  Swan 
  River, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   by 
  Capt. 
  Mangles, 
  E.N., 
  possess 
  the 
  above 
  characteristics, 
  but 
  in 
  

   addition 
  have 
  numerous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  wavj'^ 
  and 
  zigzag 
  pale 
  

   brownish 
  lines, 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  upon 
  the 
  two 
  indistinct 
  transverse 
  

   zones, 
  extending 
  downwards 
  from 
  the 
  suture, 
  but 
  not 
  reticulating 
  

   in 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  direction. 
  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Coppinger, 
  although 
  having 
  the 
  labrum 
  much 
  broken 
  away, 
  still 
  

   possesses 
  considerable 
  interest 
  in 
  that 
  it 
  resembles 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   just 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  tints 
  much 
  darkened, 
  in 
  which 
  

   respect 
  it 
  approximates 
  more 
  closely 
  to 
  V. 
  reticulata, 
  Reeve 
  ; 
  indeed 
  

   the 
  group 
  of 
  Volutes 
  from 
  North, 
  North-west, 
  and 
  West 
  Australia 
  

   includes 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  several 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  in 
  common, 
  and 
  present 
  considerable 
  difficulty 
  of 
  distinction 
  : 
  

   such 
  are, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  those 
  previously 
  mentioned, 
  V. 
  tarneri, 
  

   Gray, 
  V. 
  pra^texta. 
  Reeve, 
  and 
  V. 
  ellioti, 
  Sowerby. 
  

  

  45. 
  Ranella 
  rana. 
  

  

  Murex 
  rana, 
  Linn., 
  Hanley, 
  Ipsa 
  Linn. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  284. 
  

  

  Eanella 
  albivaricosa, 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon, 
  fig. 
  2; 
  Kohelt, 
  Con.-Cab, 
  

  

  p. 
  183 
  pi. 
  38. 
  figs. 
  4, 
  6, 
  8, 
  9. 
  

   Bursa 
  sueusonii, 
  Morch, 
  Cat. 
  Yoldi, 
  p. 
  106. 
  

   Var. 
  = 
  Ranella 
  subgranosa, 
  Beck, 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  fig. 
  1 
  ; 
  Soiverbi/y 
  

  

  Co7ich. 
  III. 
  fig. 
  18; 
  Kobelf, 
  Con.- 
  Cab. 
  p. 
  135, 
  pi. 
  39. 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

   = 
  Ranella 
  beckii, 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  5, 
  pi. 
  4. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  Queensland, 
  14 
  fms., 
  rock. 
  

  

  Other 
  localities 
  attributed 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  China 
  and 
  Ceylon 
  

   (albivaricosa) 
  ; 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  and 
  China 
  (subgranosa) 
  ; 
  Nicobar 
  

   Islands 
  {suensonii). 
  

  

  46. 
  Eanella 
  pulchella. 
  

  

  Forbes, 
  Voyaeje 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Rattlesnake; 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1852), 
  p. 
  382, 
  pi. 
  3. 
  

  

  figs. 
  6 
  alb. 
  

   Ranella 
  jucunda, 
  A. 
  Adams, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1853, 
  p. 
  70. 
  

  

  ffccb. 
  North 
  Australia 
  (Adams); 
  dredged 
  in 
  8 
  to 
  11 
  fms. 
  water, 
  

   on 
  a 
  bottom 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  shells, 
  between 
  Cumberland 
  Island 
  and 
  

   Point 
  Slade 
  (lat. 
  21° 
  S., 
  long. 
  149° 
  20' 
  E.) 
  (Forbes) 
  ; 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  

  

  