5 

 VOLUTA Wetherellii. 



TAB. DCXII.-/g^s. 1 to 5. 



Spec. Char. Fiisiform,elongated,smooth or very finely 

 and spirally striated ; plaits on the columella 

 about three ; apex obtuse ; volutions elliptical. 



Syn. V. Wetherellii, Soioerbi/ in Phil. Mag. and 

 Journ. of Science, Si'd Series, v, 9. 463. 



A MORE elongated shell than V. Lamberti, Tab. 129: the 

 pullus (figs. 1 and 2) appears to have been about the size 

 of a small pea. As the animal grows, elevated striae, which 

 are conspicuous on the >oung shell, cease to be formed, and 

 the surface is smooth and even. 



Many specimens have been obtained from the clay du- 

 ring the formation of the London extremity of the Bir- 

 mingham Railroad, near Camden Town ; it has also been 

 found at Bayswater, Brentford, and on the Isle of Sheppey, 

 but it did not occur at Highgate. Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are 

 from specimens in the cabinet of N. T. Wetherell, Esq., 

 to whom 1 have had the pleasure of dedicating it ; fig. 5 re- 

 presents a specimen preserved by the late H. Woods, Esq., 

 while he resided in Camden Town. 



VOLUTA protensa. 



TAB. DCXn— Jigs. 6 and 7. 



Spec. Char. Fusiform, elong-ated, costated, and 

 transversely striated ; volutions rather conical. 



Ihe form of the volutions and the costaB, which however 

 are less conspicuous on the last-formed whorls, distinguish 

 this from the V. Wetherellii. 



From the Birmingham Railroad with the last, rare. Mr. 

 Wetherell's museum. 



