Gl6 BUCCINUM. 



has five or six plaits on its middle, so that the species might 

 without impropriety be considered a Volute, but ac<-.ording 

 to Adanson these plaits occur only on the shells of females. 



VARiUM. 66. Shell ovate, coarse, with transverse 

 elevated nodulous ribs ; aperture ovate, and 

 the pillar not plaited. 



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



i. p. 163. 

 Buccinum, No. 22. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 362. 

 Knorr, vi. t. 23. f. 3. Martini, iii. t. 121. f. 1 106. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a half long, and one inch broad, of a yel- 

 lowish brown colour with darker bands, and a few distant 

 longitudinal blue streaks on the spire. Martini's figure is 

 copied from Knorr's, and it appears to be a very doubtful 

 species. 



TUBA. 67. Shell sub-fusiform, with the body-whirl 

 nearly smooth, and thrice as long as the 

 spire, which is cancellated. 



Buccinum Tuba. Gmelin, p. 3484. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 171. 



Buccinum, No. 6. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 358. 



Martini, iii. p. 201. t. 94. f. 908. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Martini. 

 Shell three inches and three-quarters long, and near one and a 



half broad, of a yellowish brown colour ; the body-whirl is 



full thrice as long as the other five whirls put together, and 



gradually tapers from near its upper extremity to the canal 



in which it ends at the base. 



PYRUM. 68. Shell pyriform, with a short spire, and 

 the body-whirl ventricose ; pillar smooth, 

 and the aperture orange. 



Buccinum Pyrum. Gmelin, p. 3484. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 162. 

 Buccinum, No. 7. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 358. 

 Martini, iii. p. 202. t. 94. f 909 and 910. 



Inhabits the Red Sea and coast of Coromandel. Martini. 



Shell an inch and three-quarters long, and about thirteen lines 

 broad, of a pale brownish colour with reddish streaks, and 

 transversely striated at the base ; spire depressed, and com- 

 posed of five whirls. 



