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was first described and figured by Swainson in his Zoological Illus- 

 trations, second series ; but has been omitted by Kiener with many 

 others. We have only seen two specimens, the one from which 

 our figure was drawn is in the British Museum. 



34. Voluta Mamilla (pi. 1. f. 57, 58.), Gray. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, tenui, lutescente, apice mamillari, obtusis- 

 simo, subspirali ; anfractibus duobus, ultimo magno, ovali, maculis 

 lineisque castaneis picto; apertura magna, columella? plicis tribus. 



Shell ovate-oblong, thin, brownish yellow, with a mammillary 

 subspiral, very obtuse apex; volutions two, the last of which is 

 large, oval, marked with chesnut coloured spots and zigzag lines ; 

 aperture large ; columella with three folds. 



Prom New Holland ; a single specimen is in the British Museum, 

 which appears to be only a very young shell ; it is a very remark- 

 able species, forming the link that unites Cymba with Voluta, the 

 apex in tliis species being subspiral, while in Cymba the apex is 

 amorphous. 



35. Voluta Fulgetrum (pi. xlviii. f. 33, 34.), nobis; Tank. 

 Cat. App., p. 28. pi. iv., v. ; Brod., Zool. Jomm., vol. ii. p. 35. 



Testa oblonga, tenuiuscula, lsevissime transversim striata, fulvo- 

 carnea, strigis fiammiferis, enormiter angulosis, castaneis, ornata; 

 spira production, apice truncato-papilloso, anfractibus senis, ultimis 

 tribus gibbis, idtimo ventricoso, postice subangidari ; apertura ob- 

 longa, postice acutiuscula ; labio columellari tenui, supra aufractum 

 ultimum extenso ; columella, triplicata. 1 



Shell oblong, rather thin, very finely transversely striated, yel- 

 lowish flesh coloured, Avith very angular, flame-like, chesnut streaks ; 

 spire rather prominent, with a truncate-papillary apex, volutions 6, 

 the three last gibbous, the last ventricose, and posteriorly suban- 

 gular ; aperture oblong, posteriorly rather acute ; columella lip 

 thin, spread over the last volution ; columella with three folds. 



Several varieties of this rare species are now to be seen in col- 

 lections, we have represented two; and a third which is in the 

 British Museum has two rows of chesnut spots on the last volution. 



36. Voluta papillosa (pi. xlviii. f. 30.), Swains., in Appen- 

 dix to Bligh Catalogue. 



Testa oblongo-ovali, crassa, laavi, pallida, lineis fulvis subtilis- 

 sime reticulata, fasciistpie castaneo-fulvis, transversis, interruptis, 

 ornata; spira brevi, subacuminata, apice papillari, papilla crassa, 

 aulractuum duorum composite ; anfractibus cteteris tribus coloratis.,, 



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