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V. Punctifera. Lam. 38. — V. Lttterata. Var. C. D.p. 103, 

 —CLf. 436,7—Valent. Amboy. t. 15./. 19. Oblong ovate, 

 somewhat angulated at the anterior extremity, obtuse ; pale straw 

 colour, sometimes with large spots indistinctly disposed in rays, 

 and smaller scattered ones with crowded transverse and very fine 

 longitudinal striae. 3. — Indian Ocean. 



V. Turgida. Lam. 39. Oval, turgid, transversely grooved, ful- 

 vous, with obscure letter-like markings, and about two rays ; lunule 

 ovate. Nearly 3. — Indian Ocean. — Distinguished by its shape 

 from Litterata. 2 



V. Litterata. Lin. 1135.— W. t. 8. /. 101. — Z>. p. 203.— 

 Lam. 40.— Ch. f. 332, 3.—E. t. 280. f. 4. and t. 281. f. 1.— 

 Pullastra L. So?v. G. — Reeve, t. 72. f. 2. Ovate, some- 

 what angulated at the anterior end, finely grooved transversely, 

 whitish with concentrically disposed angulated chesnut lines or 

 brown spots; beaks small and smooth; white within. — Variety. 

 Ch. f. 435. With both deep brown spots and indistinct letter-like 

 markings. — Indian Ocean. 



V. Textile. -5 Gmel. 3280.— Lam. 42.— W. t. 8. f. 104.— 

 V. Undulata. D. p. 204.— Ch. f. 442.— E. t. 283. /. 1. 

 Oblong, very smooth and glossy, pale fulvous with a network of 

 angularly flexuous livid lines, both the lunule and the anterior 

 slope lettered, the former lanceolate. 1^ . . 2f . — Malabar. 



V. Geographica. Cliem. f. 440.— Gmel. 3293.— D. p. 203. 

 Lam. 44. — JV. t. 8. f. 102. Ovate oblong, posterior side very 

 short, white with reddish brown zigzag stripes, which form a kind 

 of network, transversely grooved and indistinctly striated lon- 

 gitudinally, inside white. \\. —Mediterranean. — Amboyna ? 



V. Rariflamma. Lam. 45. — V. Dura. Gmel. 3292. — 



of it as a distinct species, and to bestow on it, and not on the 

 species we have described, the original name of Chemnitz. 



2 Ovulea. Lam. 59, is a worn specimen of this species. 

 Deshayes has stated from an examination of specimens named 



by Lamarck himself, that V. Dorsata. Lam. 31. is but a local or 

 accidental variety of this species. I will however in accordance 

 with my usual plan of adding the doubtful species in the notes, 

 give the characteristics specified in the Animaux sans Vertebres. 



V. Dorsata. Lam. 31. Oval, tumid, the anterior side elevated 

 and obtusely angulated, with numerous transverse grooves of which 

 those nearer the margin are sublamellar : lunule brown and oblong, 

 either straw colour with the anterior slope somewhat spotted 

 or whitish with chesnut letter-like markings : within white with 

 a flesh coloured stain on the disc. 2|. — New Holland. 



3 V. Sulcaria. Lam. 41, is a variety of this, (fide B. 31.) 



