BUCCINUM. 



Plate IV. 



Species 19. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM MODESTUM Bttc. testd ovato-fmiformi, bmi 

 sulcata, supra snUilitei- striata; aperiurd oMoiir/dJabro 

 iiwrussato, margimtu ; albiduaut lutescmte, rufescentc- 

 castaneo tinctd, in strigis juxta sutitras disposito, an- 

 fraclu idtimo zona angustd albidd ciiigulatd. 



The .modest Buccintjm. Shell ovately fusiform, grooved 

 at the base, finely striated above ; aperture oblong, 

 lip thiekened, mai-giiiated ; whitish or yellowish, 

 stained with reddish chesnut, arranged in streaks next 

 the sutures, last whorl encii-cled by a narrow white 

 zone. 



Powis, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 91. 



Euh. Bay of ]Montija, Central America (dredged from 

 ■ muddy gravel at a depth of from seven to seventeen 

 fathoms); Cimiing. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BucciNUM COSTATUM. Buc. icstd pyramidali-ooaid, aiifrac- 

 tibus transversim undique creberrime suleatis, superni 

 concavo-amjidatis, ad augidum nodosis, infra ohsdeti 

 plicato-costaiis ; cohmielld excavatd, upcrtnra; faucc 

 Virata; alhidd ant cinered, areis inter sidcos transver- 

 sos riifo-fusco articidatis, colmnelld aurantio-fuscd, 

 apertura fauce albd. 

 The ribbed Buccinum. Sliell pyramidally ovate, whorls 

 transversely very closely grooved throughout,concavely 

 angled round the upper part, nodose at the angle, 

 obsoletely plicately ribbed beneath, columella exca- 

 vated, callous and channelled at the upper part, 

 interior of the aperture ridged ; wliitish or ash colour, 

 areas between the transverse rows articulated with 

 reddish brown, columella orange-brown, interior of 

 the aperture white. 

 QuoY & Gaimakd. Voy. de I'Astrol. Zool. vol. ii. p. 117, 



pi. 30. f. 17, to 30. 

 Hid). South Australia. 



The name selected for this species is a very inappro- 

 priate one, there being little or uo appearance of ribs. 



upper part, sharply noduled at the angle, trans- 

 versely very closely grooved thi'oughout ; columella 

 excavated and channelled at the upper part ; ashy or 

 blueish white, areas between the transverse groo\es 

 artieidated with blackish brown, interior of the aper- 

 tm'e purple-black. 

 Bab. South Australia. 



Closely approximating to the preceding species and 

 from the same locality ; its more gibbous and shortened 

 growtli cannot be estimated of any specific importance, l)ut 

 the columella is rather different, and the interior of the 

 aperture deep purple-black. Mr. Cuming possesses speeir 

 mens of each without any intermediate modification of 

 these characters. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum porcatuai. Buc. testd omto-ohlongd, anfruc- 

 tibiis supcrni'. coucavis, liris plam-convexis, snbdistanti- 

 bus regulariter cinctis, lirarmn interstitiis termiter 

 striatis ; columdld superne lira callosd mimitd, supra 

 canalicnlatd; labro temii, simplici ; fernigineo-fusco, 

 liris saturaliorihus, colmnidld alhd, apertura fauce car- 

 neo tinctd. 



The iiiDGED Buccinum. SheU ovately oblong, whorls 

 concave round the upper part, regularly eneii-cled with 

 rather distant flatly convex ridges, interstices between 

 the ridges finely striated ; columella fm-nished at the 

 upper part with a callous ridge, channelled above ; 

 lip thiu, simple ; rusty brown, ridges darker, colu- 

 mella white, interior of the apertm-e tinged witli flesh- 

 colour. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3191. 



Buccinum asperius striatum, &c.. Martini. 

 Buccinum Mexicanum, Bruguiere. 

 Purpura ligata, Lamarck. 

 Buccinum li.gatmn, Kiener. 



Hub. ? 



I refer this species to the Purpura ligata of Lamarck 



solely on the authority of JM. Kiener. , 



Species 31. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Buccinum acutinodosum. Buc. testd ovatd, spird bre- 

 viiisculd, turritd, anfractibus superne angulatis, ad an-^ 



Igulmn acute nodosis, transversim undique creberrime 

 suleatis; colmnelld excavatd et superne canuliculaid ; 

 cinereo- vel caruleo-albicante, areis inter sulcos nigri- 

 cante-fusco articulatis, aperturm fauce purpureo-nigri- 

 cante. 

 The shakply noduled Buccinum. SheU ovate, spn-e 



I rather short, turreted, whoris augulated round the 

 December 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum Anglicanum. Buc. tesid oblongd, tenuicidd, 

 anfractibus superne leviter coucavis, liris parvis con-^ 

 fertiusmdis striisque cinctis, columella superne lira 

 callosd munitd, suprd canaliculatd ; labro simplici; 

 ferrugineo-fuscd, columella et apertura fauce albidis. 



The' English Buccinum. Shell oblong, rather thin, 

 whorls slightly concave round the upper part, encii-- 

 cled with close-set small ridges and strife, columella 

 furnished at the upper part with a callous ridge, 



181G. 



