198 



This extremely rare and valuable shell is said to be brought from 

 the Gulf of Mexico : the few specimens we have seen have measured 

 from 2± to 4 inches in length. Lamarck has inadvertently described 

 the columella as suiseptemplicata. 



14. Voluta punctata (pi. liii. f. 89, 90.) Swains. 



Testa, subovali, crassiuscula, laevi, pallide fulva, maculis satura- 

 tioribus subquadratis seriatim dispositis, punctisque concoloribus 

 sparsis picta, ; spira breviuscula, conica, apice obtuso ; anfractibus 

 paucis, ultimo postice tubcrculato, tuber culis_ par vis ; columellas pli- 

 cis 4, vahdis, albis. 



Shell nearly oval, thickish, smooth, pale fulvous, with darker 

 squarish spots disposed in rows, and sprinkled over with dots of the 

 same colour ; spire rather short, conical, with an obtuse apex ; volu- 

 tions few, the last with small tubercles posteriorly • columella with 

 4 distinct white folds. 



First described and figured by Swainson in his Zoological Illus- 

 trations, 1st series, pi. 161, from the only specimen hitherto known, 

 which is imperfect. It is in the British Museum. We tlunk it 

 nearly related to V. undulata, and that Swainson has made the apex 

 too acute in his figure. 



15. Voluta atjlica (pi. xlvi. f. 9, 10, 11, 12.), Sol; Tank. 

 Cat. App., p. 19. pi. hi. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, crassiuscula, laevi, carneola, maculis lineo- 

 lisque runs varie picta, spira conica, apice obtuso, papillari; an- 

 fractibus senis, 3 ad 4 primis papillam eftbrmantibus, politis, uni- 

 coloribus; cseteris coloribus variegatis, nonnunquam inermibus, 

 plermnque tuberculis vel spinis brevibus armatis ; ultimo maximo, 

 elongato ; apertura elongata, postice acuminata, antice latiori ; co- 

 lumellEe plicis quatuor, vahdis. 



Shell ovate-oblong, rather thick, smooth, flesh coloured, variously 

 marked with red spots and lines ; spire conical ; volutions 6, the 

 3 or 4 first, which form the obtuse papillary apex, are polished, and 

 of one colour ; the remainder are varied with other colours, some- 

 times unarmed, frequently armed with tubercles or short spines ; 

 the last very large, lengthened ; aperture lengthened, posteriorly 

 acuminated, anteriorly wider ; columella with four distinct folds. 



Tor a series of valuable observations on this and several other 

 species of Volutes by W. J. Broderip, Esq., we refer to the second 

 volume of the Zoological Journal ; and descriptions of seven varie- 

 ties of this species by the same gentleman will be found in Part X. 

 of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society. We have represented 



