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The Hijlory fl/'ANIMALS. 
' Voluta femi-coronata fuperficie undulata . 
The femi-coronated Voluta , with an undulated furface . 
This is the moft Angular of all the fhells 6f this genus, and is not without it 5 s 
beauty: it more approaches to the crown imperial than to any of the other fpecies, 
but differs abundantly from that in many refpeds: it is about two inches and a half 
in length, and is near an inch and three quarters in diameter at the head : the verge 
of this is deeply indented, fo as to form a kind of corona or crown, with the denti- 
culations, but they are ftiort, low, and obtufe at the points: the clavicle conflfts but of 
a few volutions, and is obtufe at the point 5 the whole furface of the (hell is undulated, 
or is marked with a number of longitudinal, but not ftraight, furrows, placed at the 
diftance of a draw’s breadth from each other, and the ridges between thefe form a 
kind of undulations: the colour of the fhell is white, and the variegations are irregu¬ 
lar, and of a faint brown. 
We have it from the African coaft. 
Voluttt tenuior clavicula longa. 
The jlender Voluta , with a long clavicle . 
This is a very Angular and very beautiful fhell: it is about two inches in length, and 
hardly three quarters of an inch in diameter at the head : from this part the body 
forms a kind of cone, tapering very regularly to a point ; and the other way the cla¬ 
vicle is long, very flender, and formed of ten or twelve volutions, terminating in a 
fharp point; this Angular ftru&ure of the fhell is attended with a Angular colouring : 
the ground colour is white, and fhews itfelf on the body, in the form of three zones, 
conflderably broad and variegated, with purple fpots and lines; between thefe are two 
other zones, which are alfo broad, and are of a beautiful orange colour. 
We have it from the Eaft Indies but rarely. 
Voluta punSlata fafciis trihus atigujlis oculatis . 
The punEiated Voluta, with three narrow, 0- 
culated fafcice. 
Butterfly- 
fyell. 
This is one of the moft elegant of this beautiful genus: it is three inches long, and 
about an inch and three quarters broad in the largeft part, or at the head j the body 
from this forms a tolerably regular cone, tapering very gradually, and but obtufely 
pointed j the clavicle has Ave or Ax volutions, and is pointed at the extremity, but it 
is not very prominent: the ground colour of the fhell is yellow; it is all over beauti¬ 
fully variegated with fmall, brown fpots, formed into regular, round feries: there are 
three very beautiful fafciae or bands round the body, and one narrower near the head ; 
thefe are formed of continued large fpots, formed of a deeper brown, a paler brown, 
and white, and they refemble nothing fo much as the fpots in the form of eyes, upon 
the wings of fome of the butterAies. 
This is an Eaft Indian fhell, and is a very rare one; we have it in fome of our 
cabinets. 
The other fpecies of the Voluta are, 1. The orange-coloured Voluta, variegated 
with purple. 2. The large-headed, fhort Voluta, called the Turnep-fhell. 3. The 
brown, elegantly-lineated Voluta. 4. The pale Voluta, with flame-coloured fpots. 
5. The elegantly-fpotted and variegated Voluta, called the Guinea-fhell, or the Specu- 
lation-fhell. 6. The reddifh, fafciated, and ftriated Voluta. 7. The yellow Voluta, 
variegated only with fmall fpots. 8. The brown Voluta, with two broad zones of 
white. 9. The dufky brown Voluta, called the Bat-fhell. 10. The large, whitifli 
Voluta, with fmall yellow fpots, and innumerable pundules of the fame colour. 11. 
The black-fpotted Voluta, called the black Leopard-fhell. 12. The yellowifh Leo- 
pard-fhell. 13. The reddifh Leopard-fhell. 14. The fafciated Voluta, with yellow 
and whitilh fpots. 15. The a gate-coloured, virgated Voluta. 16. The yellow Vo¬ 
luta, with a white fafcia. 17. The elegantly-variegated Voluta, called the Onyx- 
fhell. 18. The greenifh Voluta, variegated with numerous fpots, and with two vari¬ 
egated fafcise. 19. The coronated Voluta, variegated with brown,- 20. The coro- 
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