BUCCINUM.— Plate II. 



Murex varieosus, Ckemnitz, Couch. Cab. vol. x. p. 

 256.pl. 162. f. 1546,7. 

 Eab. ? 



The Murex varieosus of Chemnitz falls so peculiarly int o 

 this novel group of recurved-chauneUed Buccina, that I 

 included it in the series, before noticing that M. Kiener 

 had described it mider the head of Fmits, and M. Deshayes 

 observed that it has as much the appearance of Buccinum 

 as of Fusus, ("coqiulle qui a autant I'apparence d'un 

 Bitccin que d'un Fiisemi"), and I incHne to think the 

 situation to which I have here assigned it is the more ap- 

 propriate. Lamarck does not appear to have noticed the 

 species. 



Species 11. (Mus. Cimiing.) 



Buccinum Cassidaki^forme. Buc. testa, ovatd, sub- 

 ventricosd, basi canaliculatd et recurm; anfract'Aus 



transversim undiqtte snbirregulariter mlcatis, siiperne 

 declivibus et angulatk, ad angidum coiispicue iwdosis ,■ 

 aperturd oblongd, fauce liratd ; iidiis exiusque fusco- 

 auranfid. 



The Cassidaeia-shaped Buccinum. Shell ovate, 

 rather ventricose, channelled and recurved at the 

 base ; whorls transversely somewhat irregularly 

 grooved throughout, sloping and angulated round 

 the upper part, conspicuously nodose at the angle ; 

 apertui'e oblong, interior ridged; brownish-orange 

 within and without. 



Eai. ? 



None of the rare and interesting species of this plate 

 from Ml'. Cuming's cabinet and the British Museum were 

 collected by him, nor does he possess any information 

 as to their locality or cii'cumstances of habitation. 



