stitiis sub lente longitudinaliter tenuissime striatis ; apertura 

 rotundata, canali brevi aperto. 

 Hab. Ad litt. Scandinavise. 



2. Description of Three New Volutes from the Col- 



LECTIONS OF THE HoN. MrS. CaTHCART AND Mr. CuMING. 



By Lovell Reeve, f. L. s. & 6.S. 



(MoUusca, PI. XXXIII.) 



1. VoLUTA Cathcarti^. Vol. testa cylindraceo-oblonga, basi 

 recurva, spira brevi, apice papillari, anfractibiis superne con- 

 cavo-declivibus, deinde subplanatis ; columella ąnadriplicata, 

 plicis basin versus descendente ; apertura elongata, subangiista, 



labio simplici, curvato ; aurantio-fulva, nigricante-purpureo 

 trifasciatim interrupte maculata, maculis valde irregtdaribus 

 et varie nebulatis, anfractuum sutura peculiariter punctata et 

 maculata. 

 Long. 3\ poli. ; lat. If poli. 



Hab. ? 



This fine species of Foluta, from the coUection of the Hon. Mrs. 

 Macadam Cathcart, will not admit of defined comparison with any 

 known species. It has somewhat the tone of colour aud marking of 

 V. Pacifica, but is of quite another typioal form. The spire is 

 short and largely papillary, and the plaits of the columella, four in 

 number, descend elongately to the base. 



2. VoLUTA Americana. Vol. testa subabbremato-fusiformi, 

 spira exserta, turrita, apice vix 2iapillari, anfractibus superne 

 concavo-angulatis, ad angulum tvberculis rotundatis, interdtim 

 in plicis descendentibus eleganter coronatis ; columella superne 

 arcuata, deinde callosa et quadrij)licata, plica superna fere 

 obsoleta, apertura subeffusa; pallida, fulvescente, aurantio- 



fusco trifasciatim interrupte maculata, etjuxta suturam pieta, 

 interstitiis eximie reticulata. 

 Long. 1| poli. ; lat. |- poli. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Of very characteristic fonn, faintly banded and reticulated with 

 orange-brown ; also in the coUection of the Hon, Mrs. Macadam 

 Cathcart. 



3. VoLtTTA Africana. Vol. tcstū ovata, subventricosa, spira 

 exserta, apice subpapillari, anfractibus superne concavo-angu- 

 latis, ad angulum tuberculato-nodatis, nodis interdum in costis 

 descendentibus, columella arcuata, basin versus biplicata, aper- 

 tura subeffusa ; fulvo-aurantia, lineis fuscis, punctis hierogly- 

 phicis sparsim internotatis, in guaternis, fasciata, columella 

 superne intense nigra. 



Long. 21 poli. ; lat. lį poli. 



Hab. East coast of Africa. 



This species, from Mr. Cuming's coUection, partakes of the clia- 



