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broad, angulated posteriorly, white within ; inner margin of 

 the outer lip fuscous, denticulated. From the Gulf of 

 Nocoiya, Central America, R. B. Hinds, Esq. 



44. Col. corniculata (pi. xxxviii. f. 101, 102.) Bucc. 

 corniculatum Lamarck, Kiener ; Buccm. Linnsei Payrad. 



Col. testa oblongo-conica, angusta, Isevi, nitida, pallida, 

 varie maculata et strigata, apice acuminate ; anfractibus 8, 

 planulatis, connatis ; apertura brevi, latiuscula, plerumque 

 aurantiaca, labio externo sub-incrassato, intus denticulate, 

 denticulis medianis majoribus, canali brevissimo. 



Shell oblong, conical, narrow, smooth, shining, pale coloured, 

 variously spotted and streaked; apex acuminated ; volutions 

 8, flat-sided, lying close at the sutures ; aperture short, rather 

 broad, generally orange coloured, outer lip somewhat thickened, 

 denticulated within, the middle teeth being the largest ; canal 

 very short. 



This species which is the Buccm. corniculatum of Lamarck 

 and Kiener, has been named Buccm. Linnai by Payradeau. 

 It is a common species in the Mediterranean and very 

 variable in its colouring. 



45. Col. semiconvexa. (pi. xxxviii. f. 103, 104.) Buccm. 



Lam. 



Col. testa ovato-subulata, crassiuscula, leevi, pallida, strigis 

 irregularibus castaneis ornata, spira acuminata, anfractibus 

 8, sub-planulatis ; apertura brevi latiuscula, antice efFusa, 

 labio externo intus sub-incrassato, denticulate : anfractu 

 ultimo antice transversim striate. 



Shell ovate-subulate, thickish, smooth, pale with irregular 

 chestnut stripes, spire acuminated, volutions 8, flattish ; 

 aperture short, rather broad, anteriorly effuse; outer lip some- 

 what thickened within, denticulated ; last volution transversely 

 striated in front. 



From Port Lincoln, Australia, Lamarck and Kiener have 

 placed it with the Buccina ; it varies much in size and col- 

 ouring, and approximates in general character to CoL corni" 

 culata (B. Linnm Payr.) 



46. Col. Zebra Gray (pi. xxxviii. f. 105.) 



Col. testa oblonga, pyramidali, laevi, pallida, castaneo-stri- 

 gilata, spira subacuminata, anfractibus 6, subconvexis, apice 

 obtusiusculo ; apertura lata, labio externo intus subincrassato, 

 denticulis paucis, distantibus. 



Shell oblong, pyramidal, smooth, pale, streaked with chestnut 



