THE 
^ETHIOPIAN VOLUTE. 
Generic Character. 
Animal resembling a Limax or Slug. 
Shell unilocular, spiral. 
Pillar twisted or plaited. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Yellow-Brown, emarginated, ventricose VO¬ 
LUTE, with .four wreaths on the pillar, 
and the spire crowned with spines. 
La Couronne d’Ethiopie. 
Argenv. 17. f. f. 
The ETHIOPIAN Crown. 
This large and elegant shell, which sometimes far 
exceeds the size of the annexed engraving, is a na¬ 
tive of the Indian seas. Its general colour is a yel¬ 
lowish brown, which is sometimes varied, as in the 
present specimen, with one or more transverse fas eke 
of large and somewhat heart-shaped or angular spots: 
it also occasionally varies in having either longer 01: 
shorter spines or processes round the base. 
