B U C C I N U M . 



Plate XL 



Spedes 80. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM PULCHRUM. Buc, testd ovatd, medio gibhosd, 

 utrinqne attemudd, anfraclibus longitndbialiter fortUer 

 tubfrcvlato-costalis, traitHversim striatis, castas stipcr 

 Uratis, lahro intm deiiticulato ; cairuleo-oUvaced. 



The pretty Buccinum. Shell ovate, gibbous in the 

 middle, attenuated at both ends, whorls longitudinally 

 strongly tuberculavly ribbed, transversely striated, 

 ridged across the summit of the ribs ; Lip denticulated 

 within ; blueish olive, banded with lilack, short ridges 

 white, interior of the aperture violet. 



Hah. Gallapagos Islands ; Cuming. 



The colouring of this species is very characteristic ; a 

 livid olive or green crossed by narrow black bands passing 

 between short white ridges surmounting the ribs. 



Species 81. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



Buccinum solidum. Buc. testd ovatd, crassd, solidd, basi 

 leviter recnrvd, spird acumhiatd ; aiifractibus rotun- 

 datis obscure pUcato-costatis, tranwersim subobsolete 

 liratis, mterstitiis minutissime incisis ; aperturd partd, 

 fauce snl'catd ; sordide aJbd, macnlis quadratis niff?'is 

 inter castas uuiscriatim cinctd, apertura fauce luted. 



The solid Buccinum. Shell ovate, solid, slightly re- 

 curved at the base, spire acuminated ; whorls rounded, 

 obscurely plicately ribbed, transversely rather obso- 

 letely ridged, interstices very Biinutcly engi-aved ; 

 aperture small, interior grooved ; dead wliite, en- 

 circled with a single row of square black spots be- 

 tween the ribs, interior of the aperture yellow. 



Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Easily recognised by the central row of square black 



spots ; the columella is obscurely plaited, presenting a link 



with Turbiriellus. 



Fig. 82 proves on further examination to be identical 

 with Sp. 54-. For Sp. 83 see Plate XIII. 



Species 83. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum raphlum. Buc. testd oUongo-ovatd, solidi- 

 uscnld, basi cantractd, contortd et recurvd, lavigatd, 

 basi striatd ; albd, epidermide lutescente indutd. 



Tun LITTLE TUKNIP BucciNCM. Shell oblong-ovate, 



December, 



rather solid, contracted, twisted and recurved at the 

 base, smooth, striated at the base ; wliite, covered 

 with a yellowish epidermis. 

 Hah. Malacca. 



A stout smooth shell of a form rather foreign to the 

 present genus, though irreferable to any other. 



Species 84. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum cinis. Buc. testd pyramidali-ovatd, basi leviter 

 recurvd, anfractibus granulis rugosis muliqne seriatim 

 decussatis, apertnrce fauce sulcatd, stiperne callositatibus 

 m.iniitd ; cisndescente-alhd, granulis atris. 



The cinder Buccinum. Shell pyramidally ovate, slightly 

 rccm-ved at the base, whorls decussated throughout 

 with rows of rough gi-anules, interior of the aperture 

 grooved, furnished with callosities at the upper part ; 

 blueish white, granules jet black. 



Hah. Gallapagos Islands (under stones) ; Cuming. 



The granules of this shell impart a rough touch to it, 

 resembling that of a coal cinder. 



Species 85. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum maculosum. Buc. testd ovatd, crassd, Imtigatd, 

 traMversim temdssime et creberrime iucisd ; columella 

 minute denticulatd, superne callosd, labro intus denti- 

 culato ; oUvacea-fuscd, alba profuse et irregnlariter 

 strigatd el maculatd. 



The spotted Buccinum. SheU ovate, rather tliick, smooth, 

 transversely very finely and closely engraved ; colu- 

 mella minutely denticulated, callous at the upper 

 part, lip denticulated within ; olive-brown, profusely 

 and iiTegidarly streaked and spotted with white. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. x. p. 164. 

 Valuta striata, Gmelin. 

 Purpura variegata, Schubert and Wagner. 

 Purpura G^ialtieri, Scacchi. 

 Purpura maculosa, De Blainvdle, Kiener. 



Eadem, varietas fasciolata. 



Purpura fascialaris, Lamarck. 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



Dr. Philippi has expressed his opinion in ' Wiegman's 

 Archives ', that this species is without doubt (absque uUo 

 dubio) the Buccinum pusio of Linnseus ; I have, however. 



1846. 



