BUCCINUM. 



Plate VII. 



Species 4-1. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM D'Orbignyi. Buc. testa fu.iiformi-ovatd, 

 basem versus paululmn contractu ; anfractibm concen- 

 trice plicato-costatis, trausversini striatis et mlcatis ; 

 labro intus plicato-dentato ; luteo nigroque pulcJierrinie 

 varid, zona ancjustd albidd chujulatd. 



D'Orbigxy's BncciNHM. Shell fusiformly ovate, a little 

 contracted towards the base ; whorls concentrically 

 plioately ribbed, transversely striated and gi-ooved ; 

 lip pUcately toothed within; beautifully variegated 

 with black and yellow, encircled with a narrow wliite 

 zone. 



P.^YRANDEAU, Cat. Moll. de. Corse, p. 159. pi. 8. f. 4 to 6. 

 Cancellaria If Orb'ujmji, De Blainville. 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



The colouring of this shell is extremely characteristic ; 

 the plicated ribs are di\ided, as it were, by the transverse 

 grooves into nodules which are bright yellow on the front 

 side and black at the back. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM RiNGENs. Buc. testd ovatd,solidd, gibbodusculd, 

 spird brevi, acuta ; anfractibus fortiter turberculato- 

 plicatis, transversim snbtilissime liralh et striatis, colu- 

 mella labroque profuse sulcatis et corrugatls, superne 

 canaliculatis ; fnsco viridiqiie varid, lirisfusco articu- 

 latis, columella et aperturo' fauce albis. 



The grinning Buccinum. Shell ovate, solid, rather gib- 

 bous, spire short, acute ; v. horls strongly tubercularly 

 plicated, transversely very finely ridged and striated, 

 lip and columella profusely grooved and wi-iukled, 

 channelled at the upper part ; variegated with green 

 and brown, ridges articulated with brown, columella 

 and interior of the aperture brown. 



Ilah. Panama (on the rocks at low water) ; Cuming. 

 Of a dark blue-green colour, varied with fine spiral 



cord-Kke ridges articulated with rusty brown. 



Species 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum h^mastoma. Buc. testa ovatd, solidittsculd, 

 spird brevi, anfractibus medio tuberculato-plicatis, 

 tratisversini subtillssinw liratis et striatis, columella 

 margins minute verrucosa, superne lird callosd mimitd, 

 supra canaliculatd ; viridi, liris transversis hie illic 



aanguineis, coluTnella labrique Umbis vivide sanguineis, 

 columella verrucis albis, aperturrs fauce alhd. 



The blood-red-mouth Buccinum. Shell ovate, rather 

 solid, spire short, whorls tubercularly plicated in the 

 middle, transversely very finely ridged and striated, 

 edge of the columella minutely warty, fm'nished at 

 the upper part with a callous ridge, channelled above ; 

 dark green, transverse ridges here and there dark 

 blood-red, warts of the columella white, interior of 

 the aperture white. 



Pallia hamastoma. Gray, Zool. of Beechey's Voyage, 

 p. 112. 



Hab. Panama (under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



Easily recognised by the blood-red coloiu'ing of the lip 

 and columella, the latter sprinkled with minute white warts. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum rubiginosum. Buc. testa ohlongd, ovato-fusi- 

 formi, concentrice subobsolete plicatd, transversim sub- 

 irregulariter liratdet striata; aperturce fauce sulcatd; 

 ferrvgineo-aurantid, fusco hie illic tinctd, zonA miicd 

 albdcingulatd. 



The rusty Buccinum. SheU ovately fusiform, concen- 

 trically somewhat obsoletely plicated, transversely 

 somewhat in-egularly ridged and striated ; interior 

 of the apertm-e grooved ; rusty-orange, stained here 

 and there with brown, encircled with a single white 

 zone. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



This species has a very strong resemblance with the 

 B. Vrotem which follows at Sp. 51, but is more elongated 

 and constantly distinct. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum variegatum Buc. testd oblongo-ovatd, spird 

 acuta, anfractibus superrie depressiusculis, liris subti- 

 libus superficiariis undique cingulatis ; columella, exca- 

 vatd, lird callosd superne mimitd, supra canaliculatd ; 

 cinereo-fuscd, maculis viridibus variegatd, liris nigria 

 interdum, viridi interrnptis, aperturce fauce ccerules- 

 cente-albd. 



The variegated Buccinum. Shell oblong-ovate, spire 

 sharp, whorls rather depressed at the upper part. 



December, 1846. 



