270 VOLUTA. 



" interpmnctata." If the original name is dropped, the first sub- 

 stitute must be adopted ; but I think retaining even an ill-con- 

 structed name preferable to multiplying synonyms, and should 

 therefore say of the name Lapponica, in general use, stel. 



46. poi/vzoNALis, Lamh. — Should be virescens, Gmel., by 

 priority. 



59. abyssicola (f. 124), Ad. and Rve. — " Testa pyriformis, 

 tenuis ; spira brevi, subturrita, apice acuta ; anfractibus superne 

 depresso-canaliculatis, liris numerosis acutis longitudinalibus et 

 transversis undique creberrime subproi'unde cancellatis; liris su- 

 perne mucronatis ; columella quadriplicate. ; apertura subangusta, 

 labro tenui, fulvescente-cinerea, fasciis rufo-fuscis angustis tribus 

 vel quatuor cingulata." Obs. The cancellated surface of this 

 Valuta connects it with those Eocene fossils, such as V. lima, 

 elevata, crenulata, etc., which Swainson has generalized under the 

 name Yolutilithes. One specimen dredged from a bank of dead 

 shells and rounded ironstones in 132 fathoms, Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



60. guttata (f. 122), Rve. Conch. Icon.pl. xxii. f. 56. — Ob- 

 louga, subpyriformis, solida, pallida, maculata, basi paululum re- 

 curva ; spira acuminata, elongata ; anfractibus plicatis, plicis sub- 

 evanidis ; apertura breviuscula ; labro incrassato, intus obsolete 

 denticulato ; columella obscure plicata. Obs. This little shell 

 approaches the Mitres in form. 



61. columbella (f. 123), Sowb. — Parva, oblonga, laevigata, 

 pallida, maculis rufispicta; spira acuminata ; apertura elongata; 

 labro medio incurvo ; columella obscurissime plicata. Obs. 

 Having the form of Columbella nitida, and showing rather faint 

 plica; on the columella. 



62. deliciosa (f. 131), Montrouzier. — Eesembles an inflated 

 specimen of Y. nucleus, with similar markings, but no ribs except 

 on the whorls near the apex. 



63. cassidula (f. 130), Reeve. — Resembling V. nucleus, but 

 with the ribs more distant and slightly angulated on the upper 

 part of the whorls. 



64. Deshayesii (f. 134), Reeve. — A now well-known species, 

 resembling V. aulica, but straight-sided, with the teeth less ob- 

 lique and more thickened and flattened. 



65. Sophia (f. 132), Gray. — The "four rows of distant chest- 

 nut-red spots " constitute the chief difference between this and 

 V. Norrisii. 



