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tinguished by its acuminated, papillose spire, by the 

 obtuse angle ou tlic upper part of the last volution, 

 and by its markings, wliifli consist ofacutcly angular 

 broad streaks of a dark chesnut on a flesh coloured 

 ground. The left lobe of the mantle of the animal 

 must have been very large, since the columellar lip 

 is extended so as to co\erhalf of the lower volution. 

 This is the only specimen we have seen. 



2150. VOLmW AULICA, Solander. 



Obs. There can he no reason to doubt this be- 

 ing the identical specimen which was described by 

 Dr. Solander from the Portland Collection. As any 

 information relating to the history of so beautiful 

 and rare a shell may be interesting to our readers, 

 we copy Dr. Solander's description, which has been 

 communicated to us ))y \V. J. Brodorip, Esq. from 

 the MS. in the late Sir Josepli Banks's library, to- 

 gether with the notices relating to it from the Cata- 

 logue of the Portland Collection and tiiat from the 

 Catalogue of the Calonne Collection. 



I. From Dr. Solander' s MS, 

 Sjnra apkc mammillari. 



AuUca. A'oluta emarginatat, oblongiu, inermis, albo 

 luteofpie ncbulosa, spirii conica : anti'aetibus obli- 

 que planis : mamillu laevi ; columella quadrupliv 

 cata. Habitat in oceano I. 



M. e. p. 



II. From the Catalogue of the Portland Collection. 



4021. A very fine specimen of Voluta Aulica, S. a 

 beautiful red clouded species of the Wild Music 

 kind, its country unknown, uni(£uc. 



