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spira anfractihus sex, subelongatis, medio ventricosiusculis, primis 

 duobus apiceni papillarem efformantibus, 3''", 4'", 5'" et 6'° obtuse 

 longitudinaliter costatis, ultimo magno, oblongo, antice attenuato ; 

 aperturd oblongd, labio externo subreflexo ; columetld guinguepli- 

 catd, plicis posticis obtusis, parvis. 

 Shell fusiform, turrited, rather thin, smooth, of a reddish flesh- 

 colour, marked with chestnut streaks and blotches ; volutions of the 

 spire six, rather elongated and ventricose in the middle, the first 

 two forming the papillary apex, the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th •with ob- 

 tuse longitudinal ribs, the lašt large, oblong, attenuated anteriorlv ; 

 aperture oblong, outer lip slightly reflected ; columella with five folds', 

 the posterior of which are small and obtuse. 



I have only seen a single specimen, which is in Mr. Cuming's ex- 

 traordinary collection ; it is probably the šame as Kiener's V. lyri- 

 formis, but it is not the šame as Broderip's, which is identical with 

 Swainson's Mitra lyriformis. Its papillary apex closely resembles 

 that of V. fulminatą. 



VoLUTA GuiLDiNGii. Vol. tcstd obloTigd, crossd, fulvescente, line- 



olis saturatioribus aliisguc albis pictd ; spird acuminatd, apice ob- 



tuso ; anfractibus o ad 6, subventricosis, longitudinaliter costatis, 



interstitiis costarum transversim striatis, ultimo magno, Iceviga- 



tiusculo ; aperturd mediocri, labio externo extus incrassato, albi- 



cante, intus dente parvo insiructo ; columelld plicis quinque ad sex 



parvis, anticis duabus validioribus. 



Shell oblong, thick, fulvous, marked •vvith little white lines and 



others of a darker colour ; spire acuminated, vvith an obtuse apex ; 



volutions five to six, rather ventricose, longitudinally ribbed, inter- 



stices of the ribs with transverse strise, the lašt volution large, rather 



smooth ; aperture middle-sized, outer lip externally thickened, whitish, 



furnished with a small tooth internally ; columella \vith five or six 



small folds, of which the two anterior are more prominent. 



This is the smallest known species of Volute ; it was discovered 

 at St. Vincent's by the late Rev. Lansdown Guilding. In Mr. Cu- 

 ming's and Mr. Metcalfe's collections. 



VoLUTA Cyllkniformis. Vol. testdparvd, ovatd, crassd, Itevius- 

 culd, albicante, maculis parvis flavicantibus sparsim ornatd ; spird 

 subconicd, anfractibus sex, postice coarctatis, ad suturam gra- 

 nosis, antice longitudinaliter costatis, ultimo magno, antice trans- 

 versim striato ; canali parvo, reflexo ; aperturd oblongd, labio ex- 

 terno extus incrassato, margine iriterno intus dente parvo instructo; 

 labio columellari antice ruguloso, dentibus tribus parvulia munito. 

 Shell small, ovate, thick, rather smooth, whitish, sprinkled with 

 small yello\vish specks ; spire somewhat conical, \vith six volutions, 

 which are contracted posteriorly, granose at the suturės and longi- 

 tudinally ribbed anteriorly ; the lašt volution is large and anteriorly 

 transversely striated ; canal small, slightly reflected ; aperture oblong, 

 outer lip externally thickened, its internal edge furnished \nth a 

 small tooth ; columellar lip rugulose anteriorly, furnished with three 

 small teeth. 



