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Shell ovate-oblong, thin, brownish-yellow, with a mammillary, 

 subspiral, very obtuse apex ; volutions two, the lašt of which is large, 

 oval, marked with chestnut-coloured spots and zigzag lines ; aper- 

 ture large ; columella with three folds. 



From New Holland ; a single specimen, which appears to be only 

 a very young shell, is in the British Museum. This is a very re- 

 markable species, forming the link that unites Cymba with Melo, the 

 apex of this species being subspiral, while in Cymba the apex is 

 amorphous. 



VoLUTA PiPERiTA. Vol. testd obovūtd, ventricosiusculd, crassius- 



culd, pallescente, quinquefasciatd, fasciis posticd mediand et an- 



ticd brunneo-puncticulatis, strigisųue fuscis irregularibus ornatis ; 



fasciis duabus intermediis pallidioribus, strigis nonnullis lividis, 



cum strigis fuscis, fasciarum alternarum continuis ; anfractibus 



quinque, tribus primis papiliam efformantibus, papilld Ičevi, postice 



subgranosd ; ultimo maximo, ovali ; aperturd elongatd, latiori, intus 



aurantiacd ; columelld plicis 4, validis, labioque columellari auran- 



tiacis. 



Shell obovate, rather ventricose and thickish ; of a pale colour, 



with five bands, the posterior, middle and anterior of which are dotted 



■vvith brown, and omamented with irregular fuscous streaks ; the t\vo 



intermediate bands are paler, with livid streaks, which are continuous 



•vvith the brown streaks of the alternating bands ; volutions five, of 



which the first three form the papillary apex, -vvhich is smooth, and 



slightly granose posteriorly ; the lašt volution very large, oval ; aper- 



ture elongated, rather wide, orange-coloured within ; columella with 



four distinct folds, orange-coloured as well as the columellar lip. 



A single specimen only is known, which is in Mr. Norris's collec- 

 tion. 



VoLDTA NoKRisii. Vol. tcstd ovtttd, suboblongd, ventricosd, coro- 



natd, Icevi, cinereo-fulvd, maculis parvis niveis aliisque fuscis ad- 



spersd, fasciis duabus transversis fuscis, interruptis, hic illlc lineis 



interruptis, longitudinalibus notatis ; spird brevi, apice papillari, 



granoso ; anfractibus sex, ultimis duobus spinis brevibus acutis 



coronatis ; aperturd magnd, oblongd, intusfuscd; columelld qua- 



driplicatd, plicis duabus anticis validioribus. 



Shell ovate, rather oblong, ventricose, coronated, greyish brown, 



sprinkled with small snow-white and brown specks, with two trans- 



verse brown interrupted bands, here and there marked \vith inter- 



rupted longitudinal lines ; spire short, ■vvith a papillary granose apex ; 



volutions six, the lašt two crowned with short sharp spines ; aperture 



large, oblong, brown within ; columella with four folds, of which the 



t\vo anterior are prominent. 



Found on the reefs at low water, on Dupuch's Island, by J. C. 

 Dring, Esq., R.N. In Mr. Cuming's coUection. Wagner has figured 

 this species for V. nivosa. 



VoLUTA MEGASPiRA. Vol. tcstd fusifoTmi, turritd, tenuiusculd, 

 tavi, rufescente-carneolatd, strigis maculisque castaneis notatd ; 



