GASTEROPODA. 135 



Alectrion (Hima?) nigrolabra (Verrill). 



Nassa nigrolabra Verrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, vol. 3, 

 p. 371. [south of Makthas Vineyard.] Verrill, Trans. Conn. 

 Acad., 1882, vol. 5, p. 512, pi. 58, fig. 12. 



Mass. — South of Marthas Vineyard, 155 fathoms. 



* Alectrion (Ilyanassa) obsoleta (Say). 



Nassa obsoleta Say, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, ser. 1, 

 vol. 2, p. 232. " COAST OF THE United States." Gould, Inv. 

 Mass., 1870, p. 362, fig. 631. 



Common from the mouth of the Kennebec River, Me., south- 

 ward, on mud flats. 



*Alectrion (Tritia) trivittata (Say). 



Nassa trivittata Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, ser. 1, 

 vol. 2, p. 231. "middle and southern states." Gould, Inv. 

 Mass., 1870, p. 364, fig. 632. 



Common from Eastport, Me., southward, in from 1 to 40 

 fathoms. 



BUCCINIDAE. 



*Buccinum undatum Linne. 

 Whelk. 



Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1767, vol. 1, p. 1204. "O. Europaeo." 

 Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 366, fig. 634. 



Me. — Casco Bay; Frenchman's Bay; Eastport, common. 

 Mass.— Massachusetts Bay; ofi^ Gay Head, 6 to 19 fathoms. 

 R. I. — Rocks at Newport (Carpenter). 

 Conn. — Stonington, taken in eel-pots (Linsley). 



Buccinum cyaneum Bruguiere. 



Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth., Hist. Nat. des Vers, 1792, vol. 1, 

 p. 266. " cotes du Groenland." Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 

 1882, vol. 5, p. 492, pi. 43, fig. 5. 



