BUCCINUM. 



Plate III. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BnccixcM N.4.SS0IDES. Buc. testa pyramidali-omtd, 

 aplce acum.inald ; aiifractiljus superne concavk, coiiccii- 

 trice nodoso-plicaiis, traiisversim obsolete U.ratis et snb- 

 tilissme striatis ; aurantio-fmcescmte, nodulin lirisque 

 alhulis. 



The Nassa-like Buccinuji. SIicll pyi'amidally ovate, 

 acuminated at the apex ; whorls concave round tlie 

 upper part, concentrically nodosely plicated, trans- 

 versely obsoletely ridged and very finely striated; 

 orange-brown, nodides and ridges whitish. 



Hab. ? 



Mr. Cuming possesses no information relative to this 

 new and interesting species. 



Species 13. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM SPIBALE. Buc. testd ovald, spird aciiminatd, 

 miitru profmulis ; avfractibus superne plano-angulatis, 

 IntujUudinaliter obsolete tubercidato-pUcatis, transver- 

 sim llratis, liris promhientibm, iuterstltiis excavatis et 

 striatis; apertune fame sulcata et crenatd; albd,fusco 

 hie illic sparsim tinctd. 



TiiE SPIRAL BucciNUM. Shell ovate, spu-e acuminated, 

 sutures deep ; whorls flatly angidated round, the 

 upper part, longitudinally obsoletely tubercularly pli- 

 cated, transversely ridged, ridges prominent, inter- 

 stices excavated and striated ; interior of the apertm-e 

 gi'ooved and crenated ; white, sparingly tinged here 

 and there with brown. 



FolUa spiralis. Gray, Zoology of Beechey's Voyage,p. 111. 



Hab. Mam'itius. 



Though not uncommon I find no mention of this species, 

 except in the work above quoted ; some collectors possess it, 

 named in manuscript B. fuscatmn, but it is obviously not 

 the B. fuscatmn of Brugiuere. 



Species 14. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM ERYTHROSTOMA. Biw. testd ovatd, spird acu- 

 minata, anfractihm concentrice tuberculatis, transversim 

 subtiUter et creberrime liratis ; apertura fatice sulcata 

 et crenatd; lutescente, epidermide sericed indutd, tuber- 

 culis nigricante-fuscis, aperturce fame alba, colmnelld 

 labriqm limbo interno r/ijis. 



The red-mouth Buccinum. Shell ovate, spire acumi- 

 nated, whorls concentrically tubercidated, transversely 

 finely and closely ridged ; interior of the aperture 

 grooved and crenated ; yellowish, covered with a 

 • silken epidermis, tubercles blackish bro^vn, interior 

 of the aperture white, columella and inner margin of 

 the lip red. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Easily distinguished by the characteristic blood red 

 colomiug of the mouth. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM MELAnostoma. Bm. testd oblongo-ovatd, sub- 

 ventricosd, anfractibiis s/iperne rotimdaio-a.ignlatis, su- 

 tiiris profmidis, lougitudinaliter pUcato-undatis, trans- 

 versim irregulariter liratis et striatis, apertura ovatd, 

 fame sidcatdet crenatd; aiirardio-fuiicd, macidis satura- 

 tioribus hie iUic tinctd, colmnelld nigricante-fuscd, 

 apertura fame alba. 



The black-mouth Buccinum. Shell oblong-ovate, some- 

 what veutricose, whorls rotuudately angled round the 

 upper part, sutm-es deep, longitudinally plicately 

 waved, transversely ii-regidarly ridged and striated, 

 apertui'e ovate, interior grooved and crenated ; orange 

 brown, stained here and there with spots of a darker 

 brown, columella blackish brown, interior of the aper- 

 ture white. 



SowERBY, TankervUle Catalogue, Appendix, p. 21. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



M. Deshayes arranges this species together with the B. 

 sephnentum a.i\AjilmnbeuM {Monoceros plmnbeus, mihi), in a 

 separate section, under the title of " Les Monodontes "; I 

 do not, however, see that it has any such affinity with 

 them. It may be easily distinguished from the B. Tran- 

 qiiebaricum wth which species M. Kiener has confounded it, 

 under an impression that they are the same in different 

 ages. 



Species 16. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum maculatbm. Buc. testd gibboso-ovatd, spird 

 bremusculd, anfractibiis superne leviter concavis, inedio 

 turgidis, lavibus, ad apicem tuberculato-nodosis ; colu- 

 melld excavatd, superne callosd et canaliculatd, basi am- 

 pliter emarginatd ; griseo-fiavd, taniis fusco-articulatis 

 undique cingtdatd. 



December, 184fi. 



