624 BUCCINUM. 



Martini, iv. p. SQ. t. 124. f. 1150. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Martini, 



Shell about sixteen lines long and ten broad, of a pale brown 

 colour with daiker bands, and minute transverse rather dis- 

 tant striae ; the body-whirl is slightly ventricose, and more 

 than twice as large as the spire, which consists of four or 

 five whirls. 



IGNEUM. 86. Shell oblong, narrow, glabrous, yel- 

 lowish clouded with red, and the upper 

 whirls longitudmally striated. 



Buccinum igneum. Gmelin, p. 3494. Schreibers Conch, 

 i. p. 151. 



Buccinum, No. 68. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 372. 



Martini, iv. p. 72. 1. 127. f. 1217- 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a half long, and about seven lines and a half 



broad, with seven whirls of a yellowish colour, and marked 



irregularly with undulated red streaks and spots. 



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tLUMATUM. 87. Shell oblong, transversely striat- 

 ed ; pillar-lip with a tooth at the upper end, 

 and the outer-lip striated. 



Buccinum plumatum. Gmelin, p. 3494. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 152. 

 Buccinum, No. 69- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 373. 

 Murex accinctus. Born Mas. p. 31 6. 

 Lister Conch, t. 822 b. f. 41. Knorr, iv. t. 21. f. 6. Mar- 

 tini, iv. t. 127. f. 1218 to 1220. 



Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Curagoa and Ascen- 

 sion Island. Martini. 



Shell an inch and a half or two inches long, and less than half as 

 broad, with eight slightly convex whirls, of a purplish or 

 blackish brown or chestnut-colour, with transverse rows of 

 darker spots, and a narrow reticulated white band which ex- 

 tends only to the second whirl. Bom's reference to Martini 

 is erroneous, and this is certainly his Murex accinctus. 



OCELLATUM. 88. Shell smooth, black, with rows 

 of white spots and dots ; body-whirl ventri- 

 cose, and the spire rather prominent and no- 

 dulous. 



