Chap. IV. CONCH 
nigra. 62. V. tapering, emarginated, blackifli ; whirls flat- 
• tiih ; four plaits in the pillar. Guinea, Greenland. 
fubdivifa. 63. V. tapering, emarginated, longitudinally ribbed, 
plaited, and tranfverfely ftriated ; three plaits in the 
pillar. Indian ocean. 
cruentata . 64. V. tapering, emarginated, barred and tranfverfe- 
ly ftriated with longitudinal knotty ribs, fpotted with 
red ; pillar with three plaits. Indian ocean. 
exafperata. 65. V. tapering, emarginated, granulous, with de- 
cuffated ftrise and longitudinal ribs barred with brown •, 
five plaits in the pillar. Indian ocean. 
granofa. 66. V. tapering, emarginated, tranfverfely ftriated 
and longitudinally grooved, with elevated dots and 
reddilh lines ; three plaits in the pillar. Indian 
ocean. 
cajla. 67. V. tapering, fmooth, brown with white bands ; 
fix plaits in the pillar, which is emarginated at the 
bafe. Shores of Amboyna. 
ieucogoni- 68. V. tapering, chefnut, with flexuous white bands; 
as. pillar obfoletely plaited : two inches long. 
maculofa. 69. V. tapering, white with reticulated and fpotted 
brown bands : one inch long. 
nodulofa. 70. V. tapering, brown, cancellated ; angles of the 
feftion nodulous, and whitifti ; four plaits in the pil- 
lar. 
fpadicea. 71. V. tapering, chefnut with yellow clouds and 
fpots ; eight whirls in the fpire, which are longitudi- 
nally plaited and tranfverfely ftriated ; five plaits in the 
pillar. 
aurantia. 72. V. tapering, orange; a white band in the four 
firft whirls of the fpire ; lip denticulated ; four plaits 
in the pillar. 
decujfata. 73. V. tapering, with decuffated ftrSae ; the longitu- 
nal one undulated ; about four plaits in the pillar. 
polygona. 74. V. tapering, punflured, whirls longitudinally 
ribbed, and finely ftriated tranfverfely ; three firft an- 
gular ; about five plaits in a flightly umbiiicated pil- 
lar. 
acuminata. 75. V. tapering, cancellated ; beak flrort and cancel- 
lated ; four plaits in the pillar. Tranquebar. 
biplicata . 76. V. tapering, fmooth, white with yellow fpots 
and black dots; pillar doubly plaited. 
turricula. 77. V. tapering, two plaits in the pillar : whirls 
turgid, with a band of black dots ; firft whirl double. 
Uneata. 78. V. tapering, with perpendicular black lines 
crofting a white band ; 3 plaits in the pillar. 
difcors. 79. V. tapering ; beneath brown dotted with white; 
above white, with perpendicular waved yellow ftripes ; 
a minute {hell. 
Jiriata. 80. V. tapering, finely ftriated tranfverfely ; dufky, 
with red dots, and two paler bands ; minute. 
fulcata. 81. V. tapering and grooved longitudinally ; brown, 
with a tranfverfe white nodulous band ; pillar five- 
toothed. 
Icevigata. 82. V. tapering, fmooth, brown; fpire with a paler 
band ; narrow, fmall. 
oceliata. 83. V. tapering, chefnut, with white eyes ; mi- 
nute. 
najuta. 84. V. tapering, red, with rows of black dots ; lip 
prominent; beak reflefled. 
marmorea. 85. V. tapering, varied with white and brown ; lip 
inflected. 
barbaden - 86. V. tapering, reddilh, finely ftriated tranfverfely ; 
Jis , aperture oblong, oval ; fpire obtufe ; if- inch long. A- 
jnerican feas. 
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87. V. tapering, cancellated, with an obtufe fpir Q iclathrata, 
lip margined ; beak refle&ed. American ocean. 
88. V. tapering, gibbous, yellow; each whirl with tricolor, 
a white band, teflelated with black ; 3 plaits in the 
pillar. 
89. V. tapering, chefnut brown, with undulated turritti. 
brown lines ; aperture ftriated ; 3 plaits in the pillar. 
90. V. tapering, fmooth, white, with perpendicular, fyracufana 
waved, biackiih yellow ftripes. Syracufe. 
91. V. tapering, polilhed, chefnut; within white ; nitens. 
pillar with 4 plaits. 
92. V. tapering, citron, with rufous bands; 2 \citrina. 
inches long. 
93. V. tapering pale brown, and longitudinally mucronata» 
ftriated ; fpire periorated ; pillar perforated, and 4- 
plaited. 
94. V. tapering, a little ventricofe ; longitudinally rugofa . 
wrinkled, and tranfverfely ftriated ; whitifh with pice- 
ous lines. 
95. V. tapering, cinereous, ftriated with red ; fp u&Jlrigofa . 
glabrous ; whirls rather tumid. 
96. V. tapering, glabrous ; 5 plaits in the pillar \foJJilis . 
has been only found in a foil'll ftate. 
97. V. tapering, thin, glabrous ; brown furrounded leucojlefia. 
with lines of white dots. Friendly iflands. 
98. V. tapering, whitilli, cancellated; whirls with clathrus, 
a band of yellow' fpots. 
99. V. tapering, tranfverfely ribbed, with a tranf- virgata, 
verfe brown band, and longitudinal waved fpots ; two 
inches long. 
100. V. tapering, cancellated ; varied with tawney leucofloma, 
and white, with waved brown fpots ; mouth ochraceous. 
101. V. tapering, tranfverfely ftriated ; yellow with variegata, 
a brown band and fpots. 
102. V. emarginated, tapering, marked with decuf- filar is. 
fated ftriae, and red threads ; pillar 3-plaited. 
103. V. cylindrical, whitifti, glabrous ; fpire projeft- vo/va, 
ing, obtufe, emarginated at the bafe ; pillar 4-plaited ; 
2 inches long. Shores of Guinea. 
104. V. ovate, bay, longitudinally wrinkled; b z-xiervoyeliL 
nea.h tranfverfely grooved ; fpire obtufe, and crenated 
at the future ; 4 plaits in the pillar ; lip denticulated. 
105. V. ovate, triangular, rugged, knotty, tranf- rhinoceros, 
verfely grooved and umbiiicated ; pillar 3-plaited ; lip 
toothed ; throat ftriated ; whirls muricated with knobs. 
Shores of New Guinea. 
106. V. tapering, white; fpire with fine tranfverfe cojiaia. 
ftriae, and rounded ribs; firft whirl with 3 brown 
bands ; 4 plaits in the pillar. 
107. V. ovate, white; fpire fpotted with browm \fpuria. 
6 brown bands in the firft whirl ; tail emarginated ; 
lip impreffed ; pillar 6-plaited. 
108. GV- emarginated, ftriated, and marked with pertufa. 
hollow punflures ; lip denticulated ; 5 plaits in the 
pillar ; 3 inches long. India. 
109. V. emarginated, tranfverfely ftriated; white cardinal is, 
with rows of teflelated chefnut fpots ; pillars 5-plaited 
Indian ocean. 
no. V. emarginated, fmooth ; margin of the whirls epifcopalis. 
entire; lip denticulated; 4 plaits in the pillar; 5 
inches long. India. — The animal of this fhell is faid 
to be poifonous when it is eaten, and has the power of 
inflifting a wound on thofe who touch it, with a kind of 
pointed trunk. Thp natives of the ifland Tanna em- 
ploy the (hell as a hatchet ; fixing it in a handle. 
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