PLATE XXXVIII. 



VoLUTA Efiscopalis: testa emarginata Isevi: anfractuum mar- 

 gine integro, labro denticulato^ columella quadri- 

 plicata. Linn. Mus, Lud. Ulr. 598. n, 237. — 

 Gmel, Limi. Syst. Nat. T. 1. i). vi. p. 3459. 

 n. 94. 



Mitra Episcopi. Rumpf. Mus. t. 29 K. 



Mitra, Argenv. Conch, t. 9./. C.—Seha. Mus, 3. t. 51. f. 8. 19.— 

 Bonann. recr. et, Mus. Kircher^ ^*f' 1^0. — 

 List Condi, t, 839./ 66. 



Voluta Episcopalis is a shell of conspicuous character and 

 appearance. The form is elegant, long and slender, and tapering 

 gracefully from the more ventricose whorls to the apex of the spire 

 or summit ; the mouth is formed with equal symmetry, and the 

 plaits or folds of the pillar lip, the character that associates it with 

 the Voluta tribe, adds not a little to its beauty. This shell varies in 

 length from three to four or five inches. 



The singularity of this shell consists principally in the peculiar 

 form and very decided colouring of the spots upon the shell, and 

 which are indeed so very peculiar as to give it a pretty distinct 

 appearance from any other of the known species of the Voluta tribe. 

 The ground colour of the shell is white, more or less inclining to a 

 lacteal yellowish tint, and possessing an inimitable politure of surface, 

 resembling highly glazed porcellain. The spots, which are of a sub- 

 quadrangular form in general, and of a rich scarlet colour, are by no 

 means confluent : they stand at a distance from each other, leaving 



