BUCCimiM.— Plate VII. 



encircled with fine superficial ridges ; columella exca- 

 vated, fm-nished with a callous ridge at the upper part, 

 chanuelled above; ashy brown, variegated with blotches 

 of light gi-een, ridges black, sometimes internipted 

 with gi-een, interior of the aperture pale blueish white. 

 Le Tafon, Adansou. 



Pollia variegata. Gray, Zool. Beechey's Voyage p. 113. 

 Buccimim vwerratum, Kiener. 

 Hah. Senegal. 



I cannot recognise with M. Deshayes the propiiety of 

 naming this species Bticcinum Tafon; the french word 

 Tafo7i, given to it by Adanson, wiU not assist the Latin 

 binomial in a gi-ammatical sense. 



Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNiiM GEMMATUM. Buc. testd ovatd, crassd, spird 

 breviusculd, aeutd ; anfract'ihm longUudinaliter subob- 

 solete plicatis, supeme depresdmculis, transversm 

 striatis, liris peculiariter interriiptis undique cingulatk ; 

 colmwlld, subverrucosd, excavatd, lira callosd supeme 

 munitd, supra canaliculatd, apertura fame sulcata et 

 crenatd; ferrugineo-fuscd, maculis albis variegatd, liris 

 interriiptis coiispicue atris, colimielld et apertura fauce 

 albis. 



The jewelled Buccikum. Shell ovate, thick, spire 

 rather short, sharp ; whorls longitudinally obsoletely 

 plicated, slightly depressed round the upper part, 

 tranversely striated, encircled throughout with pecu- 

 liarly interrupted ridges ; columella a little warty, 

 excavated, fm-nished with a callous ridge at the upper 

 part, channelled above, interior of the aperture 

 gi-ooved and crenated ; rusty brown, variegated with 

 blotches of white, inteiTupted ridges conspicuously 

 jet black, columella and interior of the apertm-e 

 white. 



Hab. Monte Christi, West Columbia (in clefts of the 

 rocks) ; Cimiing. 

 A very striking species of which the transverse jet beads 



remind one of the irridiseent Turbinella prismatica. 



M. Kiener figures it for the female B. undosum. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM PAGODUS. Buc. testd ovato-fusiformi, spird 

 acimiinatd, anfractibus swperne depresse rotnndato- 

 angulatis, apicem versus coucentrice tuberculatis, liris 



irregularibus undique cingulatis ; columella mbexcava- 

 td, lira callosd parvd supeme munitd, apertura fauce 

 suleatd et crenatd ; castaneo-fusco midique tinctd et 

 variegatd, columella et apertura fauce carulescente- 

 albis. 



The pagoda Bhccinum. Shell ovately fusiform, spire 

 acuminated, whorls depressly rotundately angulated 

 round the upper part, concentrically tubercled towards 

 the apex, encuxled throughout with ii-regular ridges ; 

 columella a little excavated, furnished at the upper 

 part with a small callous ridge, interior of the 

 aperture grooved and crenated ; stained and varie- 

 gated throughout with chesnut-brown, columella and 

 interior of the aperture pale blueish white. 



Hab. Island of Taboga, Bay of Panama (in clefts of the 

 rocks at low water) ; Cuming. 



An elegantly formed species of which Mr. Cuming only 

 collected one or two specimens. 



Species 51. (Pig. a, b, c. Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM Peotetjs. Buc. testd suhfusiformi-ovatd, spii'd 

 subacutd, anfractibus longitudinaliter plicato-costatis, 

 transve/'sim creberrime liratis et striatis; columelld 

 subexcavatd, supeme callositate parvd munitd, apertura 

 fauce sulcata et crenatd ; albidd aut lutescente, fusco 

 tinctd, zona albidd medio formante, liris costas super 

 fusco saturatioribus. 



The Protean Buccindm. Shell somewhat fusifonnly 

 ovate, spire sharp, whorls longitudinally plicately 

 ribbed, transversly very closely ridged and striated ; 

 columella a little excavated, fiimished with a smaU 

 callosity at the upper part, interior of the aperture 

 gi-ooved and crenated, whitish or yeUomsh, stained 

 with brown so as to leave a central white band, 

 ridges stained with darker brown on crossing the 

 ribs ; lip tinged with orange. 



Hab. Ceylon and the Philippine Islands. 



Vai-iety ^. Fig. 51. 6. 



Testa undique vivide crocea. 

 Shell bright yellow throughout. 

 Hab. Australia. 



The brown colouring of Var. a is much darker in some 

 specimens than in others ; in Var. /3. from Australia the 

 colour is one uniform delicate bright yellow 



