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Shell oblong, fusiform, rather thin, smooth, transversely and very 

 finely striated, longitudinally ribbed, yellowish brown with close-set 

 undulated chesnut lines, spire subacuminate ; volutions 6-7, longi- 

 tudinally ribbed, subtuberculated in the middle ; the last very large, 

 acuminated anteriorly ; aperture large and narrow, outer lip thin ; 

 columella with 4 rather obsolete folds. 



A single specimen of this remarkable Volute was brought to 

 England by M. Marguier ; it is now in the British Museum. There 

 is some resemblance between this and V. lyrEeformis, Kiener. 



57. Voluta Nucleus (pi. lv. f. 116.), Lam. 



Testa ovata, crassiuscula, fulva, vel fulvescente, maculis seu punc- 

 tis castanets albidisque transverse seriatim dispositis notata; spira 

 breviuscula, coniea acuminata ; anfractibus 6 ad 7, duobus primis 

 minimis, lsevibus, cseteris longitudinaliter costatis, ultimo antice 

 transversim striato ; apertura ovali, postice subacuminata, columella 

 plicis duabus anticis majoribus, tertia parva, nonnullis obsoletis. 



Shell ovate, thickish, fulvous or fulvescent, with chesnut and 

 whitish spots or dots arranged in transverse rows ; spire rather short, 

 conical, acuminated, volutions 6 to 7, the two first very small and 

 smooth, the remainder longitudinally ribbed, the last transversely 

 striated anteriorly ; aperture oval, subacuminated posteriorly ; colu- 

 mella with two distinct anterior folds, a third quite small, and several 

 others nearly obsolete. 



From Australia. Schubert and W tgner have given it under the 

 name of V. Perdicina. This species has much the appearance of a 

 little Harpa ; it may nevertheless be very easily distinguished from 

 the fossd f . Ilarpula, which is much more elongated, and which has 

 numerous small folds on the posterior part of the columella. 



58. Voluta eestiva (pi. lii. f. 79, 80.), Lam. 



Testa ovato-fusiformi, crassiuscula, subventricosa, longitudina- 

 liter costata, glabemma, carneolata, maculis lineolis verticalibus, 

 guttisque fulvis subseriatim ornata; spira subelongata, anfracti- 

 bus 6|, primis \~ papillam efformantibus, cseteris 4 ad 5 costis 

 obtusis longitudinalibus instructis, costis prope suturain obsoletis ; 

 anfractu ultimo antice subaciuninato, transversim striato; colu- 

 mella antice triplicata, plicis perobhquis. 



Shell ovate-fusiform, tliickish, somewhat ventricose, longitudi- 

 nally ribbed, very smooth, with fulvous spots, vertical hues, and 

 dots, arranged in rows ; spire somewhat elongated, with a papillary 

 apex of 1-g- volutions, the remaining four or five volutions with ob- 

 tuse longitudinal ribs, which are nearly obsolete at the suture ; last 



