614 BUCCINtJM. 



Shell one or two inches long, and about half as broad, more or 

 less striated transversely as well as longitudinally, and usually 

 of an uniform dirty white or yellowish colour, but sometimes 

 banded with brown or yellow ; in some specimens the longi- 

 tudinal strijfi are membranaceous and wrinkled, and others 

 are almost smooth ; aperture oval, and the outer lip slightly 

 toothed within. 



FiLOSUM. 6*2. Shell ovate, whitish, with red trans- 

 verse striae; sj3ire rather prominent; aperture 

 oval ; outer lip striated with red, and the pil- 

 lar sub-umbilicated. 



Buccinum filosum. Gmelin, p. 3486. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 161. 

 Buccinum, No. 23. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 363. 

 Martini, iii. p. 433. t. ICl. f. 1113 and 1114. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch long, and near two thirds as broad, of a yellow* 

 ish white colour, with narrow transverse red strite, and ap- 

 pears to be nearly allied to B. Lapiltus, 



SULCATUM. 63. Shell oblong-ovate, with the Mhirls 

 contiguous and transversely grooved ; outer 

 lip crenulated, and striated within. 



Buccinum sulcatum. Bruguiere Enc. Method, p. 255. 

 Variety A. Blackish, with white spots. 



Buccinum sulcatum. Born Mus. p. 258. t. 10. f . 5 and 6. 

 Gmelin, p. 3491. 



Buccinum, No. 159- Schroeter Einl. i. p. S97. 



Lister Conch, t. 976. f. 31. 

 Variety B. White, with square black spots. 



Buccinum, No. 47- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 369. 



Lister Conch, t. 980. f. 39- 

 Variety C Greyish, with longitudinal waved black stripes. 



Buccinum pyramidalis. Gmelin, p. 3488. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 159. 



Buccinum, No. QQ. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 369. 



Martini, iv. p. 44. t. 124. f. 1170 and 1171. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Martini. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and half as broad, and 



Bruguiere says that all the above-mentioned varieties differ 



only in colour. Messrs. Favanne have referred to Martini's 



