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transverse chesnut lines, the last volution anteriorly transversely 

 somewhat rugose, with small ribs ; aperture oblong, outer lip fur- 

 nished with an external varix ; columella with many folds, of which 

 the two or tliree anterior are much the larger. 



From the Australian and Javan seas, according to Lamarck. 

 Broderip's V. multicostata is undoubtedly identical with this species, 

 as he seems to have suspected it might be : it varies greatly in 

 colouring. 



55. Voluta lyr/eformis (pi. xlix. f. 45, 4<6.), JBrod. ; Zool. 

 Journ. vol. iii. p. 83. pi. hi. f. 3 ; Mitra lyrseforrnis, Swains. ; Zool. 

 Illus. t. 54. 



Testa fusiformi-turrita, crassiuscula, pallide carneola, macuhs 

 lineisque subcseruleis, castaneis, rubro-castaneisque, fasciatim con- 

 gestis, transversis, picta ; spira, valde producta, attenuata, apice acuto- 

 papillari; anfractibus 7, primis 1 ad 1\ papillam efformantibus, 

 cseteris longitudinaliter costatis (costis interstitiisque longitudinaliter 

 striatis,) ultimo antice transversim sulcato-corrugato ; apertura sub- 

 elongata, postice acuminata : labio externo extus varicem instructo ; 

 columella multiplicata, plicis anticis majoribus, casteris parvis. 



Shell fusiform-turreted, tliickish, pale flesh colour, with blueish ( 

 chesnut, and chesnut-red spots and transverse hnes, arranged in 

 bands ; spire much produced, attenuated, with an acute papillary 

 apex of 1 to \\ volutions, the remaining 5 or 5^ volutions longi- 

 tudinally ribbed, (ribs and interstices longitudinally striated) ; the 

 last volution anteriorly transversely grooved, rugose ; aperture some- 

 what elongated, acuminated posteriorly, outer lip with an external 

 varix ; columella with many folds, of which the anterior are large, 

 and the remainder very small. 



First published by Swainson under the name of Mitra lyrteformis, 

 afterwards, at his suggestion, altered to Voluta lyreeforrnis by Mr. 

 Broderip. From the Eastern coast of Africa. Kiener pretends to 

 have been acquainted with this species, but his figures represent a 

 totally different one, not even nearly related to it. 



56. Voluta concinna (pi. li. f. 66.) Brod. ; Zool. Proc, 1836, 

 p. 43. 



Testa, oblonga, fusiformi, tenuiuscula, lsevi, transversim subtihs- 

 sime striata, costata, fulvescente, lineis castaneis confertis undulatis 

 picta; spira, subacuminata, anfractibus 6-7, longitudinaliter cos- 

 tatis, medio subnodosis, ultimo maximo, antice acuminata; aper- 

 tura magna,, angustiore ; labio externo tenui ; columellas phcis 4, 

 obsoletiuscuhs. 



