BUCCINUM.— Plate III. 



The spotted Bdccinum. Shell gibbously ovate, spii-e 

 ratlier short, whorls slightly concave at the upper 

 part, swollen at the apex ; columella excavated, cal- 

 lous and channelled at the upper part, base largely 

 emarginated ; gTeyish yellow, encircled throughout 

 with brown-articulated tillets. 



Maetyn, Universal Conchology, vol. ii. pi. 49. 

 Bnccinum adspermm, Chemnitz. 

 Bucciimm turgidum, Dillwj'n. 

 Buccinwni tedudineum, var. Kiener. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



I quite agi-ee with M. Deshayes in the propriety of dis- 

 tinguishing this from the B. testiulineum, independent of 

 the specific difference which he notices in the animal. 



Species 17. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM TuANauEBARicuM. Buc. testd omtd, mhven- 

 tricosd, anfmcUhm mperiie rotmuhto-mignlatis, longl- 

 tttdinaliterforUter plicato-codatis, transversim uudique 

 Uratis; apertitrafmce sulcata et crenatd; flavescente, 

 zona angimta alhd interdum cingulatd, liris n(fescenti- 

 bm, columella et apertura fauce alb'is. 



The TEANauEBAR Buccinum. Shell ovate, somewhat 

 ventricose, whorls rotiuidately angled round the upper 

 part, longitutlinally strongly plicately ribbed, trans- 

 versely ridged throughout; interior of the apertine 

 ridged and crenated ; pale bright yellow, sometimes 

 encii-cled with a narrow white zone, ridges reddish, 



columella and interior of the aperture white. 

 ISIassa Tranquebarica Martini, Couch. Cab. vol. 4. p. 35. pi. 



133.f. 1146, 7. 

 Hab. Tranquebar. 



Not often so brightly colom-ed as the specimen here 

 figm-ed, which is moreover distinguished by a central white 



band. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BncciNBM GLACiALE. Buc. tcstd sitbidato-ovatd, sjrine 

 suturis profuudis, aiifractibas mbplanatii loiujitmlina- 

 liter oblique plicatis, transversim bi-tri-ccirinatis, carinu- 

 rum intentitiis regulariler elevato-siriafis; apeiiunt 

 brevi, labro compicue effaso ; sordide favido-fuscd, 

 labro albo. 



The icy Buccinum. Shell snbulately ovate, sutm-es of 

 the spire deep, whorls somewhat flattened, longitudi- 

 nally obliquely plicated, transversely two-thi-ee-keeled, 

 interstices between the keels regidarly elevately 

 striated ; aperture short, lip conspicuously effused ; 

 duU yellowish brown, lip white. 



LiNN^us, Syst. Nat. (13th. edit.) p. 1204. 

 Tritonium glaciale, MuUer. 



An eadem? Buccinum angulosum. Gray, Zool. Beeehey's 

 Voyage, p. 127.pl. 36. f. 6. 



Hab. Northern Seas. 



I have not seen the fractured specimen from Icy Cape 



described by Mr. Gray under the above mentioned name, 



but fear nevertheless it is a variety of the present species. 



