Genus XVIII; Voluta. 



270. uEthiopicus — a. a. curious undulated deviation from the na- 

 tural form, owing to fome accident ; b. fifteen inches long, with the 

 mouth muchfpread and extending beyond the fpire; this magnitude is 

 very uncommon, and is probably about the utmoft fize this fpecies 

 attains to — La Couronne Ethiopique — Ethiopian Crown — Moluc- 

 cas — Voluta JEthiopica Linn. 



Genus XVIII. VOLUTA — Volute — Volute, or Wil» 



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271. Ziczac — Zigzag — Weft Indies — Voluta Fluctuata, var. 

 Soland. — Extremely fcarce. M. P. 4016. 



272. Flu&uata — L'Ondule — Waved — Van Diemen's Land — ■ 

 Voluta Flu&uata Soland. — Very rare. 



^273. Aulica — Le Courtifan, ou Le Nuage Rouge — Courtier, 

 or Red Clouded — Voluta Aulica Soland. This beautiful (hell is 

 unique. Its country is unknown, but prefumed to be from fome 

 newly difcovered ifland in the South Seas. M. P. 4021. 



274. Produ&a — Le Long Spire — Long Spired — Falkland Iflands 

 — Voluta Ancilla Soland. — Very rare. 



275. Scrofa — Le Cochon — Pig — Voluta Scrofa Soland. — Ex- 

 tremely fcarce. 



476. Nobilis — Le Grand — Noble — China —Voluta Nobilis 

 Soland. — Very rare. 



Cornuta — Cornu — Cornuted. 



277. Calcarata — L'Eperon — Spur — Voluta Calcarata Soland. — 

 Extremely fcarce. We have feen only two of this curious fpecies, 

 this, and one which was in the collection of M. Lyonnet, of the 

 Hague. Its country is unknown. M. P. 4036. • 



278. Gambaroonica — Le Gambaroon — Gambaroon — Gamba- 

 roon, in Perfia. This is the only perfect fpecimen of this beautiful 

 fpecies known, and but one more, which was very imperfect, has 

 come under our cognizance, and which is in the collection of Mr, 

 Hwafs, a Danifli gentleman, a few years fince, if not at this 

 prefent, Danim Conful at Paris. Both were originally in the 

 mufeum of Mr. Ingham Fofter, of London, who received them 

 by a friend from the country mentioned. At the difpofal of the 

 late Mr. Fofter's collection of fhells, it was purchafed for the late 

 Duchefs Dowager of Portland, and at the fale of her Grace's 

 Jftufeum was bought for M. de Calonne, M. P. 4024. \ 



279. Vefpertilio — a. dark coloured; b. orange colour; c. with 

 long horns; d uncoated — Le Chauve-fouris — Bat — China — Volu- 

 ta Vefpertilio Linn. 



280. Imperialis — a. broad, with fmall markings, 4J inches 

 long, Philipine Iflands ; b. broad, with long horns, and 6 J inches 

 in length, Straits of Malacca, M. P. 4041 ; r. with large mark- 

 ings, richly coloured, and 64 inches long, Philipine Iflands — LTm- 

 jperiale— Imperial — Voluta Imperialis Soland. — Extremely fcarce. 



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