Genus XVIIL Voluta. 



syo. ^thlopicus — a, a curious undulated deviation from the na- 

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

 mouth much fpread 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 ^thiopica Linn. 



Genus XVTIL VOLUTA— Vol^tti:— Volute, or Wild 

 Music. 



ayi. Zlczac — Zigzag — Weft Indies — Voluta Flu6luata, varo 

 Soland. — Extremely ^arce, M. P. 4016. 



272. Fluftuata — L'Ondule — Waved — ^Van Diemen's Land — » 

 Voluta Fluftuata Soland. — Very rare. 



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

 or Red Clouded — Voluta Aulica Soland. This beautiful fhell is 

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

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



274. Produ6la — LeLongSpire — Long Spired — Falldand Iflands 

 ■ — V oluta Ancilla Soland. — V ery rare. 



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

 tremely fcarce. ^kilihyf^^^^S^h^ 



276. Nobilis — Le Grand — Noble — ^^at — ^Voluta Nobilis 

 Soland. — Very rare. ^ 



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 colleition of M. Lyonnet, of the 

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



278. Gambaroonica — Le -Gambai-oon — Gambaroon — Gamta- 

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

 fpecies known, and but one more, which was very imperfe£i:, has 

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

 Hwafs, a Danilh gentleman, a few years iince, if not at this 

 prefent, Danifli 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 colledlion of fliells, it was purchafed for the late 

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

 Mufeum was bought for M. de Calonne, M. P. 4024. f 



279. Vefpertilio — ^. dark coloured; ^. orange colour; c. with 

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

 ta Vefpertilio Linn. ■ 



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

 long, Philipine Iflands; (5. broad, with long horns, and 65 inches 

 In length, Straits of Malacca, M. P. 4041 ; c. with large mark- 

 ings, richly coloured, and 6-^- inches long, Philipine Iflands — Llm?- 

 |)eriale — Imperial-— Voluta Imperialis Soland. --Extremely fcarce. 



Ccrnuta — Cornu — Cornu ted. 



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