652 BUCCINUM, 



broad, and Bonanni says it is white and sliining like alabas- 

 ter, and twice encircled with a dark violet band which is 

 shaped like a tongue, or the leaf of wheat, and terminates in 

 a fine point ; the whirls are continuous, and the sutures ob- 

 solete. Petiver calls it the ' Grass-girdled Indian Uni- 

 com,' and says, Mt is a beautiful shell and rarely met with.' 

 Gmelin, at p. 3471 and 3495, has two other species mider 

 the name of B. niveum. 



RADIATUM. 156. Shell turreted, with transverse 

 granulated striae ; whirls convex, and the first 

 twice as large as the next. 



Buccinum radiatum. Gmelin, p. 3504. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 173. 



Buccinum, No. 199- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 409. 



Murex strombiformis. Ulysseses Travels, p. 466. 



Gualter, t. 52. f. D. 

 Inhabits the coast of Naples. Ulysses. 

 Shell about an inch long, and one third as broad, white, with 



two or three large reddish spots somewhat radiating from 



the base ; the body-whirl is more ventricose, and twice as 



large as the next. 



VIRGINEUM. 157. Shell turreted, with the whirls 

 of the spire flattish, and the aperture large 

 and oval. 

 Buccinum Virgineum. Gmelin, p. 3505. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 173. 

 Buccinum, No. 217. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 414. 

 Hehx, No. 74. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 198. 

 Lister Conch, t. 113. f. 7. Petiver Gaz. t. 104. f. 8. 

 Martini Berlin Mag. iv. p. 347. t. 10. f. 48. 

 Inhabits rivers in Virginia. Lister. 



Shell about an inch long, and one third as broad, of a greenish 

 yellow colour, with two transverse red bands. 



ACicuLA. 158. Shell subulate, minute, with the 

 whirls well defined by an oblique suture; 

 aperture oblong. 



Buccinum Acicula. Muller Verm. ii. p. 150. 



Buccinum terrestre. Montagu Test. p. 248. t. 8. f. 3. 



Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 139. 

 Buccinum longiusculum. Adams's Micros, p. 639. t. 14. 



