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or flesh-coloured, with pale brownish sweeps of colour; 

 apex smooth and distorted ; spiral raised liues^ more or 

 less conspicuous. 



F. jjrojmiqmis has the shell much like the last, but the young 

 shell, and consequently the apex of the adult, is sym- 

 metrical. 



F. Bemiciensis: a very handsome and rare shell, with gra- 

 nulated spiral keels, a very obtuse apex, and well-deve- 

 loped canal. It is covered with a light brown epider- 

 mis, under which it is of a delicate pink colour, show- 

 ing beautifully in the mouth. It is about two inches 

 and a half long, of an elegant fusiform contour. 



F. antiquns, the well-known large species, has a solid shell, 

 is of a more oval form, with wider aperture than the 

 other species. It ranges in colour from white to 

 orange-brown, the white variety being sometimes beau- 

 tifully tinged with orange in the inner part of the 

 mouth. Like Buccinum, this species is occasionally 

 met with reversed: the apex, unlike that of Bernici- 

 ensis, is smooth and distorted. Laid on the back, 

 with the mouth horizontal and filled with oil, with a 

 lighted wick passing through the canal, this fine shell 

 serves as a lamp to cheer the gloom of the northern 



