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a tldn edge; columella with tliree large anterior, and many very 

 small posterior, folds. 



Tins species has long been known in this country under the 

 name of V. lyrata, of Humphrey. It is Harptda Harpa, of Swain- 

 son, Exot. Conch. ; and Lesson has published it in his Illustr. 

 Zoologiques, under the name of J . Anna. It is not the V. mitri- 

 J'ormis of Lamarck. 



53, Yoluta Delessertiana (pi. lii. f. 73, 74.), Petit; Mag. 

 de Zool, 1842, pi. lvii. 



Testa oblonga, subfusiformi, crassiuscula, longitudinaliter mul- 

 ticostata, carnicolore, aurantiaco-sphacelata et fasciata, castaneoque 

 lineata ; anfractibus duobus primis papillam parvam lsevigatam effor- 

 mantibus, cseteris quinque subventricosis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis crebris, fiexuosis, interstitiis costarum transversim striatis ; 

 suturis crenatis ; anfractu ultimo magno : apertura oblonga, intus 

 alba, margine castaneo-punctato ; labio externo extus varicem in- 

 structo, labio columellari subexpanso, plicis anticis tribus validis, 

 posticis plurimis filiformibus. 



Shell oblong, subfusiform, thickish, longitudinally many-ribbed, 

 flesh colour, with orange coloured blotches and bands and chesnut 

 lines ; the two first volutions form the small papillary smooth apex, 

 the remaining five are subventricose, and longitudinally ribbed, ribs 

 close set, flexuous, transversely striated in the interstices ; sutures 

 crenated ; last volution large ; aperture oblong, white within, the 

 margin spotted with chesnut ; outer lip furnished with an external 

 varix ; inner lip rather spread ; columella with 3 distinct folds ante- 

 riorly, and many tliread-like folds posteriorly. 



From Nosse-Be, on the north coast of Madagascar ; Petit. This 

 species has been named by M. Petit in honour of M. Delessert. 



54. Voluta Mitripormis (pi. lii. f. 81, 82; pi. lv. f. 109.), 

 Lam. ; V. multicostata., Prod. ; Zool. Jouni. vol. iii. pi. hi. f. 2. 



Testa oblonga, subfusiformi, crassiuscula, pallescente, maculis 

 castaneis variis subfascial ; spira subacuminata, apice papillari, 

 papilla minuta; anfractibus ceteris 5 longitudinahter crebre cos- 

 tatis, transverse castaneo-lineatis ; idtimo anfractu antice transver- 

 sim costato-subrugoso ; apertura oblonga, labio externo extus vari- 

 cem instructo ; columella multiplicata, plicis anticis majoribus sub- 

 ternis. 



Shell oblong, subfusiform, thickish, pale, somewhat banded with 

 various chesnut spots ; spire subacuminate, with a small papillary 

 apex, the remaining five volutions longitudinally closely ribbed, with 



