BUCCINUM. 



Plate VIII. 



Species 52. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BncciNUM AVELLANA. Buc. testd mbahhrvv'mto-ovatd, 

 crassd, solidd, spird brevl, anjradihm siiperne rude 

 plicato-nodosis ; columella suhexcavaid, labro simplici ; 

 albidd, cadaneo nigroque irregularikr tiiidd et fas- 

 ciatd, columelld et aperturcB fauce (Mis. 



The pilbekt-nut Buccinum. Shell somewhat abbrevi- 

 ately ovate, thick, solid, spire short, whorls rudely 

 plicately noduled round the upper part ; columella a 

 Kttle excavated, lip simple; whitish, irregidarly 

 stained and banded with chesnut and black, colu- 

 mella and interior of the apertm-e white. 



Hal). North Coast of New Holland ; Bring. 



A heavy solid shell of rude structm-e and somewhat 



irregular style of painting. 



Species 53. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum contractum. Buc. testd subfusiformi, basi 

 contmctd et carmliculatd, canali subrecarw ; anfrac- 

 tibus transversim conspicue elevato-striatis, longitudi- 

 naliter pUcato-costatis, superne angulatk, costis ad 

 angulum nodosis, labro iiitus noduloso ; ferrugineo- 

 fiisco varid, columelld et aperUinp fauce albis. 



The contracted Buccinum. Shell somewhat fusiform, 

 contracted and canaliculated at the base, canal slightly 

 recurved ; whorls transversely conspicuously elevately 

 striated, longitudinally plicately ribbed, ribs nodose 

 at the angle, lip nodose within ; vaiiegated with 

 rusty bron-n, columella and interior of the apertuj-e 

 white. 



Hoi. Island of Samar, Philippines (in sandy mud at the 

 depth of eight fathoms) ; Cuming. 



On the left side of the last whori is a fuUy developed 

 varix, impai'ting a RanellaAike appearance to the shell 

 which I have not noticed in the description fearing it may 

 be of inconstant occurrence. 



Species 54. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum anomalum. Buc. testd gracili-fusiformi, spird 

 acutd, anfractibus longitudinaliter costatis, costis an- 

 gustk, numerosis, franversim liratis, liris acutis, tenui- 

 bus, regularibus, labro ititus minute noduloso ; rosaceo- 



albd,fuscescente fasdatim tinctd et maculatd, apertures 

 fauce rosaceo-alhd. 



The anomalous Buccinum. Shell slenderly fusiform, 

 spii-e sharp, whorls longitudinally ribbed, ribs nari'ow, 

 numerous, transversely ridged, ridges sharp, thin, 

 regular, lip minutely noduled within ; pink-white, 

 stained and spotted in bands with light brown, aper- 

 tm'c pink-white. 



Eah. ? 



Partaking also of the character of both Murex and Tusus. 



Species 55. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Buccinum undosum. Buc. testd ovatd, crassd, spird 

 acutd, anfractibus longitudinaliter subobsolete plicatis, 

 liris undosis con-spicuis undique creberrime citigulatis ; 

 columelld subexcavatd, apertura. fauce sulcata et cre- 

 natd ; aurantio-albidd, liris olivaceo-nigris, columelld 

 et aperturts fauce albis, margine vivide aurantio-luteis. 

 The waved Buccinum. Shell ovate, thick, spire sharp, 

 whorls longitudinally somewhat obsoletely plicated, 

 very closely encii'cled thi-oughout with conspicuous 

 waved ridges; columella a little excavated, interior 

 of the aperture grooved and crenated ; orange-white, 

 ridges olive-black, columella and interior of the aper- 

 tm'e white, edge bright orange yellow. 

 Buceimtm, undomm, Liimaeus, Syst. Nat. (12th. edit.) p. 

 1203. 



Nassa undosa, Martini. 

 Triton undosum, Lamarck. 

 Variety, Buccimim affine, Gmebn. 



Hab. Straits of :Malacca ; Australia ; Philippine and Society 

 Islands ; Cuming. 

 The errors which M. Kiener has committed in reference 

 to this ancient and well known species, have been so fully 

 exposed by M. Deshayes, that it is unnecessary here to 

 recm- to them, except for the sake of noticing that the 

 shell figiu-ed by him, under some new dogma, as a sexual 

 variety characteristic of the female, appears to be the 

 B. gemmatum, Sp. 49. found in a locality which the B. undo- 

 sum does not inhabit. Lamarck referred the B. undosum 

 to the genus Triton in consequence of ha\'ing incidentally 

 met with a specimen in which a varix had been deposited 

 on the last whorl, in a manner similar to that just spoken 

 of in the B. contractum, Sp. 43. 



December, 1S4G. 



