BUCCnsrUM.— Plate IX. 



closely ridged, ridges small, narrow, slightly waved ; 

 pale yellowish brown. 



Hah. 



This is another species of the peculiar form of that 

 figured above it, and of those represented in Plate II. ; 

 tlie detail of sculpture is the same in a modified form. 



Species 68. (Mus. Taylor.) 



BucciNUM OBSCURUM. Buc. testd pyramidali-ovata, an- 

 fractibus superne depressiuscuUs, leevigatis out trans- 

 versim obscure Uratis ; plumbeo-albicante, aperturce 

 fauce purpureo-Juscd. 



The obscure Buccinum. Shell pyramidaDy ovate, whorls 

 rather depressed roimd the upper part, smooth or 

 transversely obscm-ely ridged, leaden white, interior 

 of the aperture purple-brown. 



Hab. ? 



Having somewhat the general aspect of a Planaxk. 



Species 69. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum cyaneum. Buc. testd ovatd, temd, mbinjlatd, 

 spird breviusculd, lavigatd out obscure incisd, labro 



simplici, subeffuso ; plumbed, maculis perpaucis fuscis 

 oblongis tinctd, apertures fauce castaneo-fmcd. 



Tue azure Buccinum. Shell ovate, thin, somewhat in- 

 flated, spire rather short, smooth or obsoletely en- 

 graved, lip simple, efl'used ; lead colour, stained with 

 a very few transversely oblong spots, interior of the 

 aperture chesnut brown. 



MuLLER ; Gray MSS. British Museum. 



Hab. ? 



A light thin shell of a duU leaden colom- exteriorly, and 



of a deep chesnut interiorly. 



Species 70. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Buccinum citrinum. Buc. testd ovatd, bad truncatd et 

 late emarginatd, spird breviusculd, anfractibus convexis, 

 lavigatis, atate rngosis ; columelld brevi, labro teimi, 

 simplici; pallide luteo-aurantid. 



The citron-coloured Buccinum. Shell ovate, trun- 

 cated and widely emarginated at the base, spire rather 

 short, whorls convex, smooth, rough with age, colu- 

 mella short, lip thin, simple ; pale yellowish orange. 



Hab. ? 



Of rather an aberrant form, and which M. D'Orbigiiy 



has, I believe, proposed for the type of a new genus. 



