622 BUCCINUM. 



Buccinum adspersum. Bruguiere Etic. Meth. p. 265. 

 Chemnitz, x. p. 201. t. 154. f. 1475 and 1476. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Martyn. 



Shell two inches long, and near an inch and a quarter broad, 

 yellowish, with numerous transverse rows of small red spots, 

 and the inside pale orange ; there are six whirls, of which 

 the three lower are extremely level and smooth, and the 

 other upper ones are slightly plaited longitudinally. 



SCUTULATUM. 80. Shell ovate, smooth, brown with 

 longitudinal veins ; whirls flattish, and the 

 beak obtuse. 



Buccinum scutulatum. Martyn Univ. Conch, ii. t. 55. 

 Chemnitz, x. p. 179- Vign. 21. f. C and D. Gmelin, p. 

 3498. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 157. 

 Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Martyn. 

 Shell about two inches and a quarter long, and rather more 

 than half as broad, brown, with obsolete darker bands, and 

 longitudinal veins, and somewhat spotted with white. 



TESTUDiNEUM. 81. Shell oblong-ovate, smooth, 

 with transverse rows of crowded dark brown 

 spots, and somewhat produced at the base. 



Buccinum testudineum. Chemnitz, x. p. 187. t. 152. f. 



1454. Gmelin, p. 3498. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 151. 



Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 266. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Chemnitz. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and half as broad, of a bluish 



white colour, with numerous transverse rows of squarish 



dark brown spots, which become confluent on the spire ; it 



is narrower in proportion to its length than B. turgitum, 



and has the inside of the outer lip spotted with dark brown. 



CATARRACTA. 82. Shell ovate, rough with crowded 

 minute transverse grooves, and marked lon- 

 gitudinally with undulated decurrent stripes. 



Buccinum Cataracta. Chemnitz, x. p. 188. 1. 152. f. 1455. 

 Gmelin, p. 3498. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 146. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Chemnitz. Cape of 

 Good Hope. Humphreys. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and nearly half as broad, of a 

 bluish white colour, with the whirls tinged at both ends with 

 pale brown, and marked with longitudinal decurrent undu- 

 lated brown stripes. 



