620 BUCCINUM. 



the Portland Catalogue, p. 137, lot 3516. Chemnitz, in 

 his eleventh volume, p. 91j has described a shell under the 

 name of B. annulatum, which he considers to be nearly 

 allied to this species, but his figure answers badly to the de- 

 scription, and appears to be entirely different. 



****#* Somewhat polished, and not enumerated in 

 the former Divisiotis. 



SPIRATUM. 76. Shell smooth, with the whirls se- 

 parated by a deep canal ; pillar abrupt and 

 perforated. 



Buccinum spiratum. Linneeus Si/st. Nat. p. 1203. Born 



Mus. p. 256. Martini, iv. p. 14. 1. 122. f. 11 18. Schroe- 



ter EifiL i. p. 338, and Inn. Bau Conch, p. 37. t. 4. f. 3. 



Gme/in, p. 3487. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 160. Bru- 



guiere Enc. Meth. p. 262. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 370, and Kirch, f. 362. Lister Conch. 



t. 1)83. f. 42 c. Rumphius, t. 49. f. D' Petiver Gaz. 



t. 101. f. 13, and Amb. t. 9- f. 21. Argenville, t. 17. f. 



N. Seba, iii. t. 73. f. 21, 22, 24, and 25. Knorr, ii. 



t. 6. f. 5, and iii. t. 3. f. 4, Regenfuss, i. 1. 10. f. 41. 



Favanne, t. 33. f. E 1. 

 Variety. With the spire produced, and the whirls not se- 

 parated by a canal. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 70. Lister Conch, t. 981. 



f. 41. Rumphius, t. 49- f. C Petiver Jmb. t. 9- f. 20. 



Klein Ost. t. 2. f. 46. Seba, iii. t. 73. f. 23 and 26. 



Martini, iv. t. 122. f. 1120 and 1121. Favanne, t. 33. 



f. E2. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. Petiver. Coasts of Tranquebar. 

 Regenfuss. Mediterranean. Linnaus? Coasts of China, 

 Martini. Arabia Felix. Humphreys. 

 Shell an inch and a half, or two inches long, and about two 

 thirds as broad, with the whirls more or less sunk into each 

 other, and separated by a deep canal ; the colour is white, 

 with brown, yellow, or saffron-coloured spots, of which those 

 on the upper parts of the whirls are largest. A shell dif- 

 fering in no other respect than having the whirls more pro- 

 duced, and only flattened at the suture, is not uncommon, 

 and has been considered to be a Variety of this species by 

 all authors except Martini. 



