221 



Volutella, Swainson, Zool, Illust. 2d series, vol. i, No. 44 



(type M. hullata, Lam.), 1829. 

 Crlahella, Swainson, Treatise on Malacology, p. 324 (type 31. 



hifasciata, Lam.), 1840. 

 Cfibherula, Swainson, Treatise on Malacology, p. 323 (type M. 



oryza. Lam.), 1840. 

 Volvarina^ Hinds, Proc. Lond. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 75 (type 



M. nitida, Hinds), 1844. 

 fCystiscus, Stimpson, Am. Jour. Conch, i, 55 (type 31.? cys- 



tiseus, Redf.), 1865. 



A. Recent Species. 



1. M. abbreviata, C. B. Ad., Contrib. to Conchology, No. 4, 



p. 50, 1850. Jamaica. 



2. M. Adansoni, Kiener. 



Narel, Adanson, Hist. Nat. Senegal, p. 59, pi. 4, f. 2, 1757. 

 31. hifasciata (not Lam.), Sowb., Tankerville Catal. pi. 1, f. 4 



(not 3), 1825. 

 31. Adansoni, Kiener, Coq. Viv. Marginella, p. 5, pi. 7, f. 27, 



1835. Desh,, ed. Lam. Anim. sans Vert, x, 446, 1844. 



Sowb., Thesaurus Conchyl. i, 375, pi. 74, f. 3, 4, 5, 1846. 



Orb., Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. Moll. pi. 24, f. 4, 1849. 



Desh., Traitd Elem. pi. 123, f. 11, ? 1850. Chenu, 



Manuel de Conchyl. i, 199, f. 1048, 1859. Reeve, Conch. 



Icon. Marginella, pi. 7, f. 27, a, b, 1864. 

 31. hifasciata (in part), Klister, Syst. Conch. Cab. v, part 4 



pi. 1*, f. 11 (not 10), 1865. 



Senegal and Cramhia, West Africa. 

 M. AFFiNis, Beck, is 3f. oryza, Lam. 



3. M. affinis, Reeve, Conch. Iconica, Marginella, pi. 24, f. 



136, 1865. I. St. Thomas, West Indies. 



M. ALABASTER, Reeve, is probably 31. fauna, Sowb. 

 M. ALBA, C. B. Ad., is probably 3/. catenata (Mont.), bleached. 



4. M. Albanyana,* Gaskoin, Ann. Nat. Hist., 2d ser. xi, 358, 



1853. Albany, South Africa. 



M. ALBiLABRis, Conrad, Proc. Acad. N. S. iii, 26, is probably 



a species of 3Ielampus. 

 M. ALBiNA, Gaskoin, is 31. turhinata, Sowb., on authority of 



Reeve. 



* Compare with 31. Capensis, Duaker. 



