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with brown-black, and partaking of the characters of V. corniculum 
of the Mediterranean, and other species forming the genus Voluto- 
mitra of Gray. 
22. VotutromitTra piena, A. Adams. V. testa ovato-fusiformi, 
spira acuminata, aperturam equante, anfractibus planis, transver- 
sim punctato-striatis, anfractu ultimo antice contracto ; apertura 
longiuscula, columella quinqueplicata, antice truncata, labro tenui, 
intus simplice ; colore hepatico, ad suturas maculis strigisque pal- 
lide fulvis ornato. 
Hab. Australia. Mus. Cuming. 
This peculiar-looking species belongs to Mr. Gray’s genus Voluto- 
mitra, which appears to have the lingual dentition of Voluta, with 
the shell resembling in form that of Mitra. 
23. Turricuta rosEATA, A. Adams. T. testa fusiformi-turrita, 
in medio angustata, rubella, spira anfractibus tumidiusculis, apice 
obtusa, rosea, undique crebre clathrata, anfractu ultimo antice 
contracto, vix producto ; apertura angusta, labro intus lirato. 
Hab. West Africa. Mus. Cuming. 
Most like M. mirifica, Reeve, but the nucleus is large, smooth and 
pink, the spire is shorter, and the last whorl is not so much produced 
and reflexed anteriorly as in that species; it belongs to the subgenus 
Thala. 
24. Turricuta Layarpu, A. Adams. T. testa fusiformi-tur- 
rita, spira acuminata, aperturam magis equante, anfractibus de- 
cem, planulatis, ad suturas vix angulatis, supremis longitudinaliter 
costellatis, interstitiis clathratis, ultimo transversim lirato, inter- 
stitiis punctato-clathratis ; apertura angusta, columella quadripli- 
cata, plica postica duplicata, labro intus lirato ; rufo-fusca, su- 
turis pallidis, anfractuum medio linea rubra. 
Hab. Ceylon (£. L. Layard, Esq.). Mus. Cuming. 
Most like Mitra crebrilirata, Reeve, but more subulate and slen- 
der ; the spire is longer, the whorls are less angulated at the sutures, 
and the columella is not so tortuous anteriorly. The species belongs 
to Swainson’s subgenus Callithea. 
25. Tupicta FusorpEs, A. Adams. T. testa fusiformi, fulvescente, 
rufo-fusco variegata ac lentiginosa, spira acuminata, apice mamil- 
lata, transversim lirata, liris majoribus cum minoribus alternan- 
tibus, fusco articulatis, anfractibus in medio angulatis, serie unica 
tuberculorum acutorum ornatis ; apertura ovali,intus alba, columella 
plica valida antica instructa, canali producta, recta, antice sub- 
recurva, labro intus valde lirato. 
Hab. China. Mus. Cuming. 
This species is fusiform, with a produced spire ; the apex, however, 
is papillary, and the shell has all the characteristics which mark Bol- 
ten’s genus Tudicla, or Pyrella of Swainson. 
26. Tupicua recurRvA, A. Adams. (Pl. XXVIII. fig.4.) 7. 
testa fusiformi, fulvicante, lineis transversis, rufescentibus ornata, 
