630 BUCCINUM. 



Buccinum versicolor. GmeliUy p. 3491. 

 Buccmum, No. 33. Schroeter Einl. i. p. SQo. 

 Martini, iv. p. 34. t. 123, lower tig. 1143. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. 



Shell about an inch and three quarters long, and rather more 

 than two-thirds as broad, of a dirty brown colour with three 

 transverse rows of irregular large darker spots on the body- 

 whirl, besides the markings which are above described. 



CRUENTATUM. 102. Shell ovate, white, minutely 

 striated transversely, and marked with squar- 

 ish red spots ; whirls convex. 



Buccinum cruentatum. Gmelin, p. 3491. 



Buccinum, No. 32. Schroeter JLinl. i. p. SQS. 



Martini, iv. p. 34. t. 123. f. 1143 and 1144. 



Inhabits 



Shell an inch and a half long, and one inch broad, white with 



rather large scattered squarish red spots ; the upper parts of 



the whirls are somewhat flattened, which gives an angular 



projection to the outer lip. 



BEZOAR. 103. Shell roundish, wrinkled, with the 

 whirls laniellated above ; pillar perforated. 



Buccinum Bezoar. Linnceus S^/st. Nat. p. 1204. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 343. Gmelin, p. 3491. Schreihers Conch. 

 i. p. 163. 

 Buccinum luxurians. Solafider's MSS. Portland Cat.^ 



p. 143. lot 3168. 

 Muriciformis trifoliatum. Mus. Gevers. p. 31 6. No. 683. 

 Murex rapiformis, Var. jS. Bo7n Mus. p. 307. 

 Jrgenville, t. 15. f. G. D'Jvila, t. 11. f. E. Martini, 

 iii. t. 68. f. 754 and 755. 

 Inhabits the coasts of China. D\Avila. 



Linnaeus has described this species to be " as large as an apple, 

 coarse, with decussated wrinkles or stride, and the base per- 

 forated; body-whirl on the upper part imbricated with pro- 

 minent, undulated, numerous membranes ; spire angular 

 with straight sides, and the upper part flattish, and plaited 

 or toothed above." He adds that it is very nearly allied to 

 the Murices. Born for this species has referred to Martini, 

 f. 398 and 399, which is B. calcaratiim, and has quoted f. 

 755 as a variety of his Murex rapiformis. 



