24.2 
The Natural Hiftoryof JAMAICA, 
Ceti Ay Bo VN I. 
Of Buccina whofe Spire are fbort. 
ani ij ontrt im Depittun, maximum. tyi- 
I. Uccinum brevi roftrum ventricofum, andatin D pictuni, imu, fir: 
atum, clavicula muricata, depref[a. Lift. Fyft. Conshyl. Tab, mut. 
1004. Caffis rubra. Ramph. Thef. Tab. XXIII. p. 4. Cochtea Indica Ventri- 
cofa. Bon. p. 159. N°* 323. Mu. Kircher. p. 470. N “327. 
Conchs. 
This Shell is very ponderous and thick, being almoft at the Bafe or 
under Part by the Mouth triangular, every fide of the Triangle being 
near five Inches in Length. It hatha long narrow Mouth, a little crooked 
or oblique at the End, rooth’d on both Sides and brown. The Lis oppo- 
fice to the Clavicleis welted orturn’d up. The Circumvolutiens are all 
ftriated according to their Courfe with Ridges, the moft eminent of 
which are nodofe or knobbed, the fmaller are numerous, and the Fur- 
rows between them have Eminencies and Hollows between them run- 
ning, crofs them. ‘The whole Shell is whitifh, and hath many larger 
and {maller brown Spots upon them. Placing this Shell.on its Mouch, 
itis about four Inches high. | : a ) 
They are common on the Shores of the Ifland Samaica, and-are'éaten 
for Food, but are counted very hatd to be digefted. eau 
II. Buccinum brevi-roflrum, ventricofum,undatim depitum, clavicula muri- 
cata. Lift. Hift. Conchyl. Tab. 1004. "N° 69. Burla Famaicanfis maxima 
nodofa. Pet. Mem. cur. ann. 1708. p. 190. N°: 18. Ax Turbo anritus tuber- 
culofus Aldrov. exang. Fig.351. 1d. Franc. 120. Tab. ? -Cuffidis fecunda 
fpectes. Rumph. The/. p. 4. Tab. XXIII. N° 2. ui, 
This differs from the foregoing -in being lefs; having the Clavicle 
more raifed, and ‘no Srr#e or Lines ¢creffing one another upon ‘its - 
I found it with the former, ~ Ud 
HIE. Rhombas 'fafeus quafi reticulatus clavicula tntégha. Litt. lift. Con- 
chyl. Tab. 72'5.'N° 12. Cylindraceos Barbad. wulgaris ‘undis inarmoratis. 
Pet. Mem. Cur.’anno 1708. 'p. 158. N° 19. - 1 1090 
This was an Inch and half long, about ‘half as thick in the Middle 
where thickelt, and whence it grew lefs to‘both'Ends. The ‘ffit’'Cir- 
‘ctrmvolution made the greateft ‘Part -of ‘the Shell, ‘it was fhinie as if 
polifhed, white and had many waved redifh brown ‘Lines upon it. ‘The 
Mouth was dentated towards the firft Volta, thick, long, and narrow. 
The Apex was made up of feven Circumvolutions and ended in a Point. 
There are of different Magnitudes of this Shell, many being larger and 
fome there are {maller. 
I hadit fromthe Shores of Famaica and Barbados. 
Buccinum dentatum leve Jubrujum, fafcijs interfectis five maculatis depic- 
tui. Lift. Hist. Conchyl, Tab. 542. N°: 41. : 
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