Ge NUS XVIII. VoLUTA. 
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270. zEthiopicus — 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 iEthiopica Linn. 
Genus XVIII. VOLUTA — Volute — Volute, or Wild 
Music. 
271. Ziczac — Zigzag — Weft Indies — Voluta Flu&uata, var. 
Soland. — Extremely fcarce. M. P. 4016. 
272. Flu&uata — L’OnduIe — Waved — Van Diemen’s Land — 
Voluta Flucftuata 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 ifiand in the South Seas. M. P. 4021. 
2 74. Produdla — Le Long Spire — Long Spired— Falkland Iflands 
— Aoluta Ancilla Soland. — Very rare. 
275. Scrofa — Le Cochon — Pig — Voluta Scrofa Soland. — Ex- 
tremely fcarce. 
2 76. Nobilis — Le Grand — Noble — China — Voluta Ndbiiis 
Soland. — Very rare. 
Cor nut a — Cornu — Cor nut ed. 
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 perfedt fpecimen of this beautiful 
fpecies known, and but one more, which was very imperfect, has 
come under our cognizance, and which is in the colledlion of Mr. 
Hwafs, a Danifh gentleman, a few years fince, if not at this 
prefent, Danifh 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 ftiells, 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. 
279. Vefpertilio — a. dark coloured; orange colour; c. with 
longhorns; d uncoated — Le Chauve-fouris — Bat — China — Volu- 
ta Vefpertilio Linn. 
280. Imperialis — a . broad, with fmall markings, 4^ inches 
long, Philipine Iflands; b. broad, with long horns, and bfa inches 
in length, Straits of Malacca, M. P. 4041 ; c. with large mark- 
ings, richly coloured, and 6|- inches long, Philipine Iflands — L’lm- 
periale— Imperial — Voluta Imperialis Soland. — Extremely fcarce. 
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