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+t Spire exposed, not produced, surrounded with arched spines. 
§ Shell pale yellow, with two or three bands of square dark spots. 
Spines broad at the base, decumbent. 
2. CYMBIUM TESSELLATUM. 
Melo tessellatus, Brod. 
Voluta tessellata, Lamk.; Swainson. 
Voluta Haustrum, Soland. MSS. 
Cymbium ethiopicum B, Schum. N.S. 237. 
Melo tessellata, Adams. 
Hab. Indian Ocean. 
§§ Shell brown or pale with angular brown lines ; spines spreading. 
3. Cymprum 2TuHiopicum, Menke. 
Cinnamon-brown, sometimes two-banded. 
Cymbium coronatum, Martini, ii. f. 784. 
Voluta Aithiopica, Linn. 
Melo Athiopicus, Brod. 
Cymbium Athiopicum, Schum. N.S. 237 ; Menke. 
Melo Aithiopica, Adams. 
Var. 6. Spines decumbent. 
Voluta Nautica, Linn. 
Melo Nautica, Brod.; Adams. 
Cymbium Nauticum, Menke. 
Hab. Indian Ocean? 
4. Cymspium DiapemMa. 
Chestnut, white-marbled. Spines short, rare. 
Melo Diadema, Brod. 
Voluta diadema, Lamk. 
Voluta amphora, Soland. 
? Melo senticosa, Adams. 
Hab. Indian Ocean? 
5. CyMBIUM ARMATUM. 
Orange, white-marbled. Spines elongate, straight. 
Melo armatus, Brod. 
Voluta armata, Lamk. 
Voluta Cithara, Soland. 
Voluta ducalis, Lamk. 
Cymbium ducale, Menke. 
Hab. Tndian Ocean? 
6. Cympium GEORGIN#. 
Melo Georgine, Gray, G. A. K. t. 34, 1833. 
Melo mucronatus, Brod. 1855. 
Melo mucronata, Adams. 
Hab. Moreton Bay ; Blackwood Bay; Port Essington. 
7. CyMBIUM UMBILICATUM. 
Melo umbilicatus, Brod. ; Sow. Gen. 
Melo umbilicata, Adams. 
Hab. Moreton Bay. 
