646 BUCCINUM. 



Buccinum monile. Linnaus Mant. p. 550. Gmelin, p. 

 3505. 



Inhabits 



Linnaeus, who alone has noticed this species, says it is subulate, 

 white or yellowish, with a transverse row of nodules on the 

 upper division of the whirls, which is narrowest, and the 

 lower division grooved longitudinally. Linnaeus, on the 

 same page of the Mantissa, has given two almost exactly si- 

 milar descriptions of this species. 



viTTATUM. 141. Shell turreted, and striated trans- 

 versely ; whirls with a double crenulated su- 

 ture on the upper margin. 



Buccinum viltatum. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1206. Mar- 

 tini, iv. p. 305. t. 155. f. 1461 to 1463. Born Mus. p. 

 264. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 352. t. 2. f. 7, and Inn. Bau 

 Conch, p. 52. t. 3. f. 8. Gmelin, p. 3500. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 168. Chemnitz, xi. p. 92. t. 188. f. 1814 

 and 1815. 

 Lister Conch, t. 977. f. 34. Petiver Gaz. t. 98. f. 15. 

 Klein Ost. t. 7. f. 121. Favanne, t. 40. f. C2. 

 Variety. Elongated, and marked with decussated strije. 



Chemnitz, xi. p. 94. t. 188. f. 1816. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Ceylon. Chemnitz. 

 Shell generally about an inch and a half long, and more than 

 one-third as broad, of a dull bluish white or pale livid colour, 

 mixed sometimes with a tinge of red. The variety figured 

 by Chemnitz is marked with longitudinal as well as remote 

 transverse strias, and the breadth scarcely exceeds one-fourth 

 of the length. 



DIGITALE. 142. Shell conical, sub-turreted, gla- 

 brous, with the aperture eftuse at the base. 



Buccinum digitale. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 296. No. 



507. 

 Buccinum vittatum, Var. Gmelin, p. 3500. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 168. 

 Buccinum, No. 180. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 404. 

 Lister Conch, t. 977. f. 33. Petiver Gaz. t. 102. f. 15. 



Adanson Senegal, t, 4. f. 1. Martini, iv. p. 310. 1. 155. 



f. 1468 and 1469, and t. 157. f. 1491. 

 Variety. Narrower, and somewhat elongated. 

 Buccinum, No. 181, and No. 182. Schroeter Einl, i, p. 



405. 



