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a small tooth, columellar lip rugulose, anteriorly furnished with three 

 small teeth. 



The only specimen of this curious little shell we have seen is in 

 the collection of W. Metcalfe, Esq., who has obligingly permitted us 

 to describe and figure it. In general appearance it nearly resembles 

 a Cyllene. 



51. Voluta Hakpa (pi. lv. f. 114.), Barnes; Annals of the 

 Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of New York, vol. i. p. 139. pi. ix. f. 4. 



Testa ovali, crassa, lseviuscula, albido-carneola, maculis punc- 

 tisque castaneis seriatim transverse picta, spira breviuscula, acumi- 

 nata, apice acuto ; anfractibus novem, brevibus, ultimis 4 longitu- 

 dinaliter costellatis, ultimo autem obsolete transversim striate ; labio 

 externo extus varice instructo, intiis unidentato, margine tenui, pos- 

 tice decurrente; columella plicis tribus antice instructa, aliisque 

 duabus vel tribus inconspicuis. 



Shell oval, thick, rather smooth, pale flesh colour, with chesnut 

 spots and dots in transverse rows ; spire rather short, acuminated, 

 with an acute apex ; volutions 9, short, the last four with small 

 longitudinal ribs, and the last having also obsolete transverse striae ; 

 outer lip with an external varix, and a single tooth within, its edge 

 thin and posteriorly decurrent ; columella with three distinct folds 

 anteriorly, and 2 or 3 indistinct behind. 



From the coast of Peru ; in Mr. Cuming's and other collections. 



52. Voluta costata (pi. lii. f. 71, 72.), Swains., Journal of 

 Science, vol. xvii. 1824, p. 33 ; Y. lyrata, Sowerhy, Tankcrville, Cat. 

 no. 2140 ; V. Anna, Lesson. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, tenuiuseula, nitida, albida, maculis lineisque 

 interruptis aurantiacis transversim fasciata ; spira brevi, obtusa, an- 

 fractibus 5 ad 6, duobus primis papillam mediocrem efformantibus, 

 cseteris longitudinaliter costatis, costis subdistantibus, postice mu- 

 cronatis, anfractu ultimo antice transversim costellato ; labio externo 

 extus varicem instructo, margine tenui ; columella plicis tribus, 

 anticis majoribus, plurimis joosticis minimis distincta. 



Shell oblong-ovate, rather thin, shining, whitish, transversely 

 banded with orange coloured spots and interrupted hues; spire 

 short, obtuse, with a moderate sized papillary apex of 2 volutions, 

 the remaining volutions with somewhat distant longitudinal ribs, 

 each rib being posteriorly mucronated, with a rather flat space be- 

 tween the ends of the ribs and the suture ; last volution transversely 

 striated in front ; outer lip furnished with an external varix, and 



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