BUCCINUM. 627 



Gnielin has constituted his B. nanum (p. 3497), from one 

 of these figures, with the appearance of which his specific 

 character is notwithstanding at variance. 



PR^ROSUM. 93. Shell ovate, smooth, black, with 

 the spire carious, and the pillar glabrous. 



Buccinum praerosum. Linnaus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1203. Chem- 

 nitz, ix. part 2. p. 40. t. 1'21. f. 1035 and 1036. Gme- 

 tin, p. 3489. Schreibers Cotich. i. p. lOl. 

 BuUmus praerosus. Bruguiere Enc. Metli. p. 36 1. 



Inhabits Southern Europe. In the aqueduct at Seville. Liu' 

 naus. 



The shell figured by Chemnitz is about seven lines long, and 

 four or five broad, and the spire terminates abruptly, and 

 appears as if bitten oflf. It may perhaps be doubted whether 

 the Linnaean B. prcerosum was more than a damaged shell 

 of Helix palmtris, which Montagu says is sometimes almost 

 black, and not uncommonly worn or decorticated about the 

 apex. 



cocHLiDiuM. 94. Shell oblong, smooth, with the 

 whirls flattened at the sutures ; aperture oval 

 and effuse. 



Buccinum Cochlidium. Chemnitz, xi. p. 275. t. 209. f. 

 2053 and 2054. 



Inhabits the Islands in the South Sea, and is a land shell. 

 Chemnitz. 



Shell about three inches long, and half as broad, white, with- 

 out any markings. 



AUSTRALE. 95. Shell oblong, smooth, with nar- 

 row transverse variegated bands and veins ; 

 aperture oval, and entire. 



Buccinum australe. Gmelin, p. 3490. 



Buccinum Tritonis fluviatile. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 38. 

 t. 120. f. 1033 and 1034. 



Helix solida. Born Mus. p. 393. t. 13. f. 18 and 19. 

 Gmelin, p. 365 1 . 



Helix, No. 197. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 231. 



Trochus Phasianella. Brookes's Introd. p. l63. t. 7. f. 96. 



Le Faisan. Favanne Cat. Rais. p. 11. t. 1. f. 46. 

 Inhabits fresh-water streams in New Zealand. Chemnitz. 

 This beautiful shell, generally known by the name of the 



