BUCCINUM. 593 



AREOLA. 20. Shell with the body-whirl smooth, 

 and the spire elevated and rough with decus- 

 sated striee ; aperture toothed ; beak recur- 

 ved ; pillar wrinkled. 



Bucciniim Areola. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1199- Mar- 

 tini, ii. p. 39. t. 34. f. 355 and 356. Born Mas. p. 247. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 321. Gmelin, p. 3475. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 145. 



Cassidea Areola. Bruguiere Enc. Methodique, p. 423. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 154. Lister Conch, t. i012. 

 f. 76. Rumphius, t. 25. f. B, and 1. Petiver Atnh. t. 

 2. f. 11. Argenville, t. 15. f. 1. Gua/ter, t. 39- f. H. 

 Seba, iii. t. 70. f. 7 to 9- K/ein Ost. t. 6. f. 102. Knorr, 

 iii. I. 8. f. 5. Favanne, t. 24. f. I. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean and Java. Linnaus. Amboyna. 



Rumphius. East Indies. D'Avila. Chum. Humphrei/s. 

 Shell about two inches and a half long, and near one and a half 



broad, white with transverse rows of square yellow or orange 



spots ; the body-whirl is polished and smooth, except at the 



base which is slightly grooved ti ansversely. 



STRIGATUM. 21. Shell sub-vcntricose ; body-whirl 

 rather smooth, and the spire rough with de- 

 cussated striae ; aperture toothed ; beak re- 

 curved ; pillar wrinkled. 



Buccinum strigatum. Gmelin, p. 3477. 



Buccinum cassideum strigatum. Chemnitz, x. p. 189. t. 



153. f. 1457 and 1458. 

 Buccinum rugosum. Grnelin, p. 3476. 

 Buccinum Areola, Var. Linnaus Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 605. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 321. 

 Buccinum, No. 99. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 320. 

 Cassidea Areola, Var. Bruguiere Enc. Methodique, p. 



424. 

 Lister Conch, t. 1014. f. 78. Rumphius, t. 25. f. 2. Petiver 



Amb. t.21. f. 11. Argenville, t. 15. f. D. Martini, ii. 



t. 34. f. 356 A. Favanne, t. 24. f. D. 

 Inhabits Amboyna. Rumphius. Mediterranean and Indian 



Seas. Martini. 

 Shell near three inches and a half long, and more than two and 

 a quarter broad, white with longitudinal yellow stripes. The 

 shell, besides the difference in its markings, is larger and 

 more distended than B. Areola. 



