592 BUCCINUM. 



1. 1001. f. 66. Rumphius, t. 23. f. 3. F ether Gaz. t 

 152. f. 17. Gualter, t. 3y. f. C. Seha, iii. t. 72. f. 17 

 to 21. Knorr, iii. t. 8. f. 2, and iv. t. 6. f. 1. Favanne, 

 t. 26. f. D 3. 

 Junior. Martini, ii. t. 37- f. 377 and 378. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Isle of France, and 

 shores of Coromandel. D'Avila. Madagascar and Guada- 

 loupe. Bniguiere. 

 Shell about two inches and a half, or three inches long, and 

 rather more than half as broad, of a whitish or pale yel- 

 lowish red, generally marked with darker red spots, either 

 placed irregularly or in transverse rows ; the elevated longi- 

 tudinal lines are placed thrice nearer to each other than 

 those transverse ones which they cross over, and the side 

 next the pillar is less strongly marked than the other ; 

 aniong the teeth of the pillar is a longitudinal groove, and 

 the outer lip is marginated; and marked with dark brown 

 spots. 



DECUSSATUM. 19. Shell decussately striated, and 

 covered with small square scales; aperture 

 toothed ; beak recurved. 



Buccinum decussatum. Linmcus S;i/st. Nat. p. 1199. Mar- 

 tini, ii. p. 44, Born Mas. p. 246. Schroeter EinL i, 

 p. 3:iO. Gmeiin., p. 3474. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 144. 

 Cassidea decussata. Bruguiere Enc. Methodique, p. 425. 

 Variety A. Olivaceous, with transverse rows of square yel- 

 low )sh spots. 



Bonnnni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 157. Lister Conch, t. 1000. 

 f 65. Gualter, t. 40. right hand fig. B. Knorr, ii. t. 

 10. f. 3 and 4. Martini, ii. t. 35. f. 360 and 361. 

 Variety B. Whitish, with longitudinal yellow stripes. 



Gualter, i. 40. left hand fig. B. Martini, ii. t. 35. f. 367 



and 368. 



Inhabits the African Ocean. Linnaus. Coast of Portugal. 



Bonanni. Mediterranean. Martini. China. Humphreys. 



Shell about an inch and three-quarters long, and one inch 



broad, marked with hollow transverse striae and elevated 



longitudinal lines, which divide the surface into small square 



compaitments ; the raised belt-like appendages, of which 



there are six, are pointed at their upper extremities, and two 



of them are extended along the body-whirl on each side of 



the aperture. The Variety with longitudinal stripes differs 



only in colour and markings from that with square spots, and 



the inside of both is brownish red. 



