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9. Voluta undulata (pi. xlviii. f. 28, 29.). 



Testa ovato-subfusiformi, crassa, lsevi, fulvescente, maculis fuscis, 

 lineisque longitudinahbus castaneis undatim flexuosis picta, spira 

 conica, apice papillari; aiifractibus senis, tribus primis papillam 

 efformantibus, caeteris tribus solum coloratis ; ultimo postice obtuse 

 subangulato, ventricoso; apertura elongata, antice latiori; labio 

 extemo incrassato ; intemo (setate) expausissimo ; columella? pbcis 4, 

 nonnunquam plica vel plicis duabus minoribus adjectis. 



Shell ovate, subfusiform, thick, smooth, pale fulvous, with darker 

 spots, and undulated, flexuous, longitudinal, chesnut lines; spire 

 conical, with a papillary apex of 3 volutions, the remaining 3 volu- 

 tions alone being varied in colour, and the last posteriorly obtusely 

 angulated and ventricose, aperture lengthened, broad in front, 

 outer bp thickened ; columella with 4 distinct folds, and sometimes 

 with one or two smaller additional folds. 



In old specimens the inner lip spreads far over the front of the 

 shell and its margin is much thickened ; the folds on the columella 

 also are occasionally more or less irregular. From Austraba. We 

 regard the V. stragulata of Mulilfeld as a variety of this species. 



10. Voluta maculata (pi. liii. f. 85, 86.), Swains.; Exot. 

 Conch., p. 23. pi. xxxviii. 



Testa oblonga, crassiuscula, lasvi, nitida, fulvescente, macularum 

 subquadratarurn fasciis nonnulbs transversis castaneis picta ; spira 

 brevi, obtusa, apice papillari, papilla magna, anfractuum 3^ ad 4 

 sistente; aiifractibus cseteris duobus solum pictis, ultimo postice 

 subventricoso ; apertura recta, elongata, latiuscula, fulvescente ; co- 

 lumellas plicis 4 albis 



Shell oblong, thickish, smooth, shining, fulvous, Math several 

 transverse bands formed of squarish chesnut spots ; spire short, 

 obtuse, with a large papillary apex of 3-1- to 4 volutions, the two 

 remaining volutions oidy having the spots, and the last being pos- 

 teriorly somewhat ventricose ; aperture straight, lengthened, rather 

 broad, fulvous within ; columella with 4 distinct white folds. 



A very beautiful Australian species, first described by Swainson. 

 We have represented two varieties, which differ slightly in their 

 proportions ; f. 85 is in Mr. Cuming's collection, and f. 86 in the 

 British Museum. 



11. Voluta pallida (pi. liii. f. 91-94.), Gray, in Griffith's 

 Cuvier, v. 13. pi. xxx. f. 4 ; V. Turneri, ibid. pi. xl. f. 1. 



Testa elongato-ovata, tenuiuscula, lasvi, fulvescente, spadiceo- 



