BULLIA. 



Plate II. 



Species 7. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLLiA Grayi Bui. testa ovato-turritd, spird peculiar- 

 iter attermatd, et acute aciculafd ; aufraclibus lavi- 

 ffatis, trausversim superfcialiter sulcntis, casta callosd 

 plana, spirali jiixta siduram ; Uvido-fmcesccnie, casta 

 spirali Uvido-albidd, colmnelld alba, apvrtnra fauce 

 rubiginosd. 

 Gray's Bullia. SheU ovately turreted, spire pecu- 

 liarly attenuated and shar])ly aciculated; whorls 

 smootli, transversely superficially grooved, with a 

 flattened callous spu-al rib next the suture; livid 

 bromi, spu-al rib li\dd-white, columella white, inte- 

 rior of the apart m-e rust-brown. 



Hab. ? 



There is a magnificent specimen of this sharply acicu- 

 lated species in the British Museum, nearly twice the size 

 of the one here figured, and which I regret not having 

 observed imtil after the accompanying jilate was cngTaved. 

 I consider it distinct from the smaller B. Maitrttiana, and 

 dedicate it to the founder of the genus. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bullia vittata. Bui. te-itd elongato-tmritd, spii-fe suturin 

 submipre.isis, a?ifractibus ItBvit/afis aui conceutrlci sul- 

 catis, superiiejuxta sutnram tennlplk-aUs ; ulhidd, npcr- 

 tiira fauce croced. 



The riband Bullia. SheU elongately turreted, sutures 

 of the spire rather deep, whorls smooth or concentri- 

 cally striated, spii'ally delicately grooved, finely plaited 

 round the upper part next the suture ; whitish, in- 

 terior of the aperture yellowish. 



Buccinum vittatum, Linnfeus, Syst. Nat. (12thedit.)p. 1 306 . 

 Terebra vittata, Lamarck. 



Ilab. Ceylou. 



Two species appear to have been confounded under this 

 head by Linnaeus and subsequent authors ; that which I 

 retain to represent it, answers best with the Linnaean 

 diagnose, and is the one figiu'ed in the ' Encyclopedic 

 Mcthodique ', and by Kiener ; the other species which 

 follows under the name B. livida, is that figured by 

 Martini and De BlainviUe. 



Species 8. (Mus. Curaing.) 

 Bullia Belangeei. Bui. testd tiirritd, spira: siituris 

 subprofimdis, avfractibus lcevifjati:S, bad profmide sul- 

 cata, Urd plana superne juxta sutnram cingnlatis; 

 aperturd parviuscidd ; pallide lividd, lineis nijis exilibus 

 undulatis longitudbiaUter tinctd. 

 Belanger's Bullia. Shell turreted, sutures of the spire 

 rather deep, whorls smooth, deeply grooved at the 

 base, encircled \vith a flattened ridge round the ' 

 upper part next the suture ; apertm-e rather small ; 

 pale livid colour, stained longitudinally with waved 

 faint red lines. 

 Bucciuum Belangeri, Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 14. f. 48. 

 Buccinum politum, Deshayes (not of Lamarck) in 

 Belanger's Voyage. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



This species which may be easQy recognised by its un- 

 dulating faint red lines, was figiu-ed by Martini, Conch. 

 Cab. vol.iv. pi. 155. f.l463 ; and is one of many instances 

 of species published in that important work between sixty 

 and seventy years since, which escaped the observation of 

 Lamarck, and have since remained in obscurity. 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bullia livida. Bui. testd elongato-turritd, spira suturis 

 impressis, anfractibus lavibus politis, spiraliter obsolete 

 impresso-striatis, superne juxta suturam fortiter erenu- 

 lato-plicafis, labro incrassafo, varicoso, aperturd brevi ; 

 Uvido-carnlescente, columelld albd, aperturce fauce 

 rubiginosd. 



The livid Bullia. SheU elongately tm-reted, sutures 

 of the spu'e impressed, whorls smooth, polished, 

 spii-aUy obsoletely impressly striated, strongly crenu- 

 lately pUcated round the upper part next the suture. 

 Up thickened, varicose, aperture short; livid-blue, 

 columella white, interior of the aperture rust-brown. 



Hab. Zanzibar. 



This species may be readily distinguished fi'om the for- 

 mer with which it has been hitherto coufoimded ; the 

 pUcated crenulations round the summit of each whorl are 

 much more strongly developed, whilst there are no con- 

 centric stria?, the Up has a thickened varix, sometimes 

 two or tlu-ee upon it, the uniform li\dd colouring of the 

 sheU is characteristic, and it is from a very different locaUty. 



December, lS4fi. 



