BUCCnsrUM.— Plate XI. 



through the kindness of Mi-. Hanley in drawing my atten- 

 tion to it, identified that species with Lamarck's Turns 

 articulatus by an examination of the very specimen, in the 

 collection of our Linnjean Society, fi-om which the diagnose 

 in the ' Sy sterna Naturae ' was drawn up. It is a specimen 

 of immature growth, in which the dark spots are disposed 

 in longitudinal streaks, in a manner very similar to a 

 figure of the species in Bonanni, to which Liimfeus refers. 

 Gmehn appears to have been the first to notice the B. ma- 

 culosum under the title of Valuta striata, a name whioli 

 cannot be used as a specific with the present genus, in 

 consequence of its ha\ing been ah-eady made use of by his 

 predecessors Martyn and Gronovius. M. Deshayes quotes 

 the Valuta Syracusana of Gmelin as synonymous with the 

 present species ; but tliis is unsatisfactory inasmuch as 

 Gmelin refers to the same figm-e in Bonanni, beyond doubt 

 Lamarck's T. articulatus, as Linnaeus does for the B.pusio, 

 and his description agrees with that species although it 

 is equally unfavourable in resjject of locality. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BucciNUM DiSTORTUM. Buc. testd ovatd, crassissimd, 

 ponderosd, spird brevi, desessd ; anfractibus Icevibus, 

 apicem versus sulcatis et nodosis, iiltimo basi inciso, 

 superne rotundato, dhtorte elevato, ad aperturam in 

 alam sinuafam extenso ; colmnelld suhexcavatd, corru- 

 gatd, Itthro intus sulcata ; alhd, castaneo-fusco profuse 

 tinctd et variegatd. 



The distorted Bdccindm. Shell ovate, veiy tliick, 

 ponderous, spire short, sunken ; whorls smooth, 

 grooved and nodided towards the apex, last whorl 

 engraved, rounded at the upper pai-t, distortedly ele- 

 vated, extended at the apertm-e into a kind of sinuated 

 wing; cohimeUa a little excavated, wrinkled, Hp grooved 

 within ; white, profusely stained and variegated with 

 chesnut brown. 



Gray, Wood's Index Test. Supp. pi. 4. f. 7. 



Hah. Punto, St. Elena, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



A species of curiously distorted gi-owth, reminding one 

 very much of the remarkable Tnrbiuella-like shell described 

 by Mr. Hinds in the ' Zoology of the Sulphur ' as the ty^je 

 of a new genus, under the name of Cyrtulus. 



fraciihus traiuversim creberrinie elevato-striatis, medio 

 angulatis, ad angulum compresse nodosis ; labro intus 

 denticulate; livido-fuscd, variegatd, apertura fauce 

 fused. 



The eivid buccinum. Shell somewhat fusiformly ovate, 

 whorls transversely very closely elevately striated, 

 angulated in the middle, compressly nodose at the 

 angle; lip denticulated within, Uvid brown, variegated, 

 interior of the apertm'e brown. 



Eab. Island of NegTos, Philippines ; Cimiiug. 



This and the following species belong rather to the den- 

 ticulated group wliich I have introduced under the head 

 of Ricinida. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Species 87. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Buccinum lividum. Buc. testd subfusiformi-ovatd, an- 



BUCCINUM BIMUCRONATUM. Buc. testd ovatd, siibfusi- 

 formi, anfractibus transversim rude liratis, medio au- 

 gulat'is, ad angulum biseriatim nodosis, nodis acnte 

 mucronatis ; labro intus denticulate ; cinereo-fuscd. 



The DOUBLE-POINTED Buccinum. Shell ovate, some- 

 what fusiform, whorls transversely rudely ridged, 

 angidated in the middle, encircled with two rows of 

 sharp pointed nodules at the angle ; Mp denticidated 

 within ; ashy brown. 



Hab. Philippines ; Cuming. 



A stouter shell than the preceding, and more shai-ply 

 noduled. 



Species 89. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum pastinaca. Buc. testd ovatd, crassiusculd, 

 spirts suturis excavatis, anfractibus rotundatis, longi- 

 tudinaliter creberrime pllcato-costatis, costis latiuscidis, 

 liris transversis acutis decussatis ; columella minute 

 corrugatd, aperturd suhrotundd, fauce sulcata ; alba, 

 epidermide flavescente indutd. 



The parsnip Buccinum. Shell ovate, rather thick, 

 sutures of the spire excavated, whorls rounded, longi- 

 tudinally very closely pUcately ribbed, ribs rather 

 broad, crossed with sharp transverse ridges ; colu- 

 mella minutely wrinkled, aperture nearly round ; white, 

 covered mth a yeUomsh epidermis. 



Eab. Bay of Montija, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



A distinct varix is formed at the lip of this shell after 

 the manner of some of the Tritons. 



