BULLIA.— Plate I. 



Beechey's Voyage ', and by M. Kieiier in liis ' Icouographie', 

 to the Buccinum cocMidium of Chemnitz, until M. Deshayes, 

 with his usual acumen, observed a marked dissimilarity 

 between the shell here represented and the figure in the 

 ' Conchylien Cabinet '. Upon the discoveiy of this want 

 of resemblance he introduced the species imder considera- 

 tion with the name here adopted, and I am happy to bear 

 testimony to the value of his discrimination by publishing 

 in Plate IV. a fis;ni'e of the true Siiccinnm cochlideum of 

 Chemnitz, taken fi'om a worn and rather mutilated speci- 

 men in the British Museum, the oulv one I have seen. 



Fig. 4 proves to be merely a contracted belted growth 

 of the B. lavigata, Sp. 6. For Sp. 4 see Plate IV. 



Species 5. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



BuLLiA GLOBULOSA. Bul. testd ovatd, venificosd, spird 

 hrevi ; anfractibus swperne rotundatis, undique Icsvi- 

 gatis, columella Mcallosd, aperhtrd snbmiipld ; pur- 

 ptireo- aid fmcescente-albd, colnmelld luieo-aurantid. 



The globular Bullia. Shell ovate, ventricose, spire 

 short ; whorls rounded at the upper part, smooth 

 thi-oughout, columella somewhat caUous, apertm-e 

 rather lai'ge ; purple- or brownish-white, cokmiella 

 yellowish orange. 



Buccinum (/lobulosicm, Kiener, Icon. coq. viv.p. 2. pi. 10. f.3. 



Hah. ? 



Distinct from the following, the globose variety of which 

 it approximates in general aspect ; the sutures of the spii-e 



are not filled up with any callous deposit of enamel, 

 the shell is of a more rude obtuse growth, and it is 

 distinguished by a different system of colouring. 



Species 6. (Fig. 4 and 6, Mus. Cuming.) 



Bullia LiEviGATA. Bul. testd ovato-ttirritd, basem versus 

 uiflatd, spird acutd, suturis callosis, anfractibus nndique 

 lavigatis, siilco parvo subobsoleto superne cingulatis ; 

 aperturd subampld ; purpureo-albidd, rubiginosoapiceni 

 versus tinctd, columelld alba, muculd purpureo-fuscd 

 ornatd. 



The smooth Bullia. Shell ovately tm-reted, inflated 

 towards the base, spu'c sharp, sutures callous, whorls 

 smooth throughout, encircled round the upper part 

 with a small rather obsolete groove ; aperture rather 

 large ; piu-ple-white, stained towards the apex with 

 rusty brown, columella wliitc, ornamented with a 

 purple-brown blotch. 



Gray, Zoology of Beechey's Voyage, p. 127. 

 Buccinum ItBvigatmn, Martini. 

 Buccinum lesvissimiim, Gmebn, Lamarck. 

 Nassa Icevissima, Deshayes. 



Hab. ? 



Tin's species, as shown by the examples represented at 

 Fig. 4 and 6, varies exceedingly in its growth, some speci- 

 mens being very much contracted and belted, whilst in 

 others the spu-e is sharply acuminated ; a character, too, 

 which appears to be worth noticing as of constant occur- 

 rence, is the purple brown blotch on the columella. 



