VOLUTA. VOLUTE. 251 



, 5. Voluta reflexa. Reflected Volute, 



Shell oblong-oval, tapering to a very fine point, glossy 

 brownish horn-color, semitransparent, irregularly but dis- 

 tinctly striate longitudinally : spires nine, rounded and well 

 defined by the line of separation, the first large and cover- 

 ing more than half the shell : aperture oblong-oval, con- 

 tracted to a point at the upper end ; the outer-lip thick and 

 reflected, with five small teeth on the inside; pilla/-.'.) 

 somewhat spread and turned back so 1 as to form a small 

 perforation behind it, with three strong folds and a tubercle 

 #bove them: length more than a quarter of an inch ; breadth 

 a third of its length. 



Taken in a shrimp net on the sands at Exmouth, and is 

 in the cabinet of Mrs. C. W. Loscombe, v. m, 



6. Vbluta fusifor'mis. Spindle Volute. 



Shell glossy-white, transparent, quite smooth, swoLVr. m 

 trie middle and tapering to both ends: spires four, very 

 flat and only denned by a line lucid circular line, the first 

 very large and occupying more than three-fourths of the 

 .shell, inflated in the middle and tapering towards th'e base 

 which is rounded and a little reflected : aperture obiopg*. 

 oval, reaching to the top of the primary volution ; the outer* 

 lip very thin and plain ; pillar-lip smooth, not spreading 

 nor reflected, without teeth or folds, but furnished with 3 

 small oblique gibbosity in the middle : length ta'r&teq$fc$ 

 .of an inch - breadth half its length.. 



We were in some doubt whether to place this new as4 

 elegant species as a Murex or a Voluta; but the polished 

 surface, the aperture, and the general contour of the shdi 

 inclined us to the latter family. It was' found on the sands 

 at Exmouth, and is in the cabinet of 'Mrs, C. \V. Loscombe, 

 y. m. 

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7- Voluta pallida. Pale Voluta, 



Lister, pi. 714. f. /O, outer fig. Da Costa, pi, 2. f.7. 



Bulla pallida. Donovan, pi. 06, 



Shell cylindrical, ol^tuse, glossy-white, smooth, with 

 liardly any distinct spire at the end, the upper volution 

 being extremely small and scarcely defined by the line of 

 separation ; aperture narrow, reaching nearly the whole 



length 



