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V. test& fusiformi, spira turrita, anfractibus complanatis, superne angulatis, longltudinaliter 

 multiplicatis, spiraliter striatis : aperturA lanceolata, columella 4-plicata. 

 Variat sulcis spiralibus superne obsoletis. 

 Length 1 inch. Breadth 0| inch. Spire Oj^ inch. 



A very elegant fusiform shell, with somewhat flattened volutions, angulated 

 sharply near the suture, so as to give a turreted aspect to the spire. They are all 

 barred by numerous longitudinal ribs nearly as broad as the interspaces, crossed 

 by spiral striae, which however do not muricate them, and are most numerous 

 towards the canal. The sutures are impressed. The plaits upon the pillar-lip are 

 strong, elevated and nearly equidistant. The cast is smooth and does not exhibit 

 a trace of the angles of the whorls. 



Locality, Pondicherry. 



9. Valuta radula, G. Sowerby, MSS. PI. XII. fig. 9. 



V. testa oblongA, spira brevi, anfractibus 5, longltudinaliter (18-20) plicatis striatisque, spi- 

 raliter sulcatis ; plicis nodulosis ; sutura profunda ; apertura lanceolate 

 Variat plicis longitudinalibus obtusis, plus minusve distantibus. 

 Length ly'^^ inch. Breadth Oy^^^ inch. Spire Ot\ inch^ 



A very variable shell, more or less ovate in consequence of variations in the 

 length of the spire. All the whorls are longitudinally ribbed and spirally sulcated ; 

 the sulcations strongly marked, decussating and tuberculating the thick ribs. The 

 first sulcus near the suture on the body-whorl is sometimes deeper than the others. 

 The suture is deeply impressed. 



It is a near ally of the tertiary Voluta lima. 



Locality, Pondicherry, where it appears to be abundant. 



10. Voluta Trinchinopolitensis , sp. nov. PI. XV. fig. 5. 



V. testa oblonga (spira brevi?), anfractu ultimo prope suturam angulato, superne costata' 



costis (12) crassis, brevibus, distantibus (sulcis spiralibus nullis) ; apertura ? 



Probable length, when entire, 3y inches. Breadth 1| inch. 



A fragment of a large and strong volute, very distinct from any of the other 

 species in the collection. The body-whorl is ornamented at its upper part by 

 strong, distinct, short, vanishing ribs : the lower half is smooth. The summits of 

 the whorls are angled. Two of the plications of the body-lip are visible. 



Locality, Trinchinopoly. 



Genus Cypr^a. 

 1. Cypraa Kayei, sp. nov. PI. XII. fig. 20. 



C. testa globosa, inflate, laevigata, spir4 exsertiuscula, anfractibus 5. 

 Length If inch. Breadth ly^^ inch. Height 1^ inch. 



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