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4. Voluta (Ltria) Queketti, n.sp. 



Testa ovato-fusiformis, solidiuscula, pallide carnea, rufo maculata, 

 longitudinaliter costata et transversim striata; anfractus sex, duo 

 superiores beves, convexi, cseteri convexiusculi, 

 supra medium subangulati, costis leviter obliquis 

 sensim crassioribus instructi, sutura profunda 

 paulo obliqua sejuncti, ultimus costis crassis 

 11-12 antice evauidis ornatus, ad basim oblique 

 sulcatus et liratus, antice supra anfract. pen- 

 ultimum breviter asceudeus ; apertura elougata, 

 angusta, roseo - albida ; labrum intus et extus 

 incrassatum, ad marginem acutum ; columella 

 quinque-plicata, plicis parvis obliquis, secunda ab nMn Q^ kefHj n sp . 

 extremitate antica. caeteris paulo validiore, supra 



ad insertionem callo pallido crassiusculo induta. Long. 37, diam. 

 17 mm. ; apertura 24 longa, 6 lata. 



Hab. — Taken from the stomach of a fish caught in 40 fathoms 

 about ten miles from Durban, Natal (Quekett). 



The ground colour of this shell is a pale-yellowish flesh tint. This 

 is varied with bright red blotches upon the upper ends of the costac, 

 with an irregular interrupted band of the same colour above the 

 middle of the body- whorl and some spots towards the lower part. 

 An interrupted pale line is observable at the middle of the whorl, 

 and two others which are more oblique at the base. How far this 

 coloration may be constant has yet to be shown by the discovery of 

 other specimens. 



The species is allied to V. Delessertiana, Petit, but is smaller, 

 having one whorl less and stouter and fewer costae, which become 

 obsolete anteriorly. The characteristic transverse red lines of 

 V. Delessertiana are entirely wanting in the present species, and the 

 columellar plaits are only five ' in number instead of fifteen or more. 

 The spreading callus seen on the columella of the Madagascar shell is 

 absent in that now described. I have named this interesting species 

 after Mr. Quekett, who has done much to further our knowledge of 

 South African Mollusca. 



5. Voltjta (Callipara) bullata, Swainson. 



Voluta bullata, Swainson : Zool. lllust., ser. n, vol. i, pi. xv. 

 Reeve: Conch. Icon., vol. vi, fig. 55. Sowerby : Thcs. 

 Conch., vol. i, p. 206, pi. liii, fig. 88. Tryon : Man. 

 Conch., vol. ii, p. 100, pi. xxix, fig. 116 (copy of 

 Sowerby). Chenu : Man. Conch., vol. i, fig. 956 (copy 

 of Reeve). 

 Hal. — Port Elizabeth (Sowerby) ; Algoa Bay (Peeve). 

 Young shells of this species are ornamented with several transverse 

 reddish or brown lines dotted with white. 



1 Faint traces of two additional folds are just observable if the shell be closely 

 examined. 



