BUCCINUM. 



Plate XIII. 



Species 47. (Fig. Kiener.) 



BucciNUM DISCOLOR. Buc. testd parvd, OKvcpformi, vio- 

 laceo-grked, transvers'm tenu'mime striata, spird acuta, 

 siiperne plicis longitmVmalUms didlmtd ; anfractihm 

 convexiusculis ; aperttird cinered, ovatd ; columelld 

 lavi; lain dextro denticulato, intus pKcato. 



The discolodred Buccinum. Shell rather small, Olive- 

 shaped, voOet grey, transversely very finely striated, 

 spire sharp, distinguished at the upper part by longi- 

 tudinal plaits; whorls rather convex; aperture ash- 

 colour, ovate ; columella smooth ; right lip denticu- 

 lated, plaited within. 



QuoY, and Gaimard, Voy. de I'Astrol. pi. 30. f. 33, 35. 



Hab. Island of Tonga-Tabou. 



As this species has a characteristic appearance I venture 



to copy M. Kiener's figure and description of it ; it is (juite 



unknown to me. 



Species 100. (Fig. Kiener.) 



Buccinum Blainvillii. Buc. ie-std ovatd, elongatd, 

 albeseente ; spird acutd, cancdlaid, costulis longitudi- 

 nalihm et striis transversis dectmatd ; aiifractibus an- 

 gustis, in medio carinatis ; apei-turd ovatd, molascmle ; 

 columella rufescente ; lahro dextro intus teitue striato. 



Blainville's Buccinum. Shell ovate, elongated, wliitish, 

 spii-e sharp, cancellated, decussated with fine longitu- 

 dinal ribs aud transverse striae; whorls narrow, 

 keeled in the middle ; aperture ovate, pale \-iolet ; 

 columella reddish ; right lip finely striated within. 



Deshayes, Voy. Bellanger aux Indes Orientates. 

 Buccinum textmn. Wood. 

 Buccinum cancellattim, Quoy and Gaimard. 



llah. Malabar. 



This species I insert also on the authority of M. Kiener. 



Species 101. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum cingillum. Buc. testd ovatd, spird breviusculd, 

 spirre sutnris subprofundls ; anfractibus convexis, ere- 

 herrime midique teuuisulcatis, aperturd oblongd; labro 

 intus denticulato ; rufo-castatted, zouuld angustd albd 

 medio cinctd. 



The little girdle Buccinum. Shell ovate, spire 



rather short, sutui-es of the spire rather deep, whorls 

 convex, very closely finely grooved throughout ; aper- 

 ture oblong, lip denticulated within ; reddish chesnut, 

 encircled round the middle \vith a narrow white zone 

 Hah. ? 



It shoidd perhaps be observed that there is a smaU 

 callosity at the upper part of the columella. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum ferreum. Buc. testd acumitiato-turritd, sub- 

 fiisiformi, anfractibus rotundatis, superne leviter sulca- 

 tis; columelld subcontortd, apertura fauce radiatim 

 iemnlirald; cinereo-fuscd, nigro obscure spiraliter 

 litieatd. 



The iron Buccinum. Shell acuminately turreted, some- 

 what fusiform, whorls rounded, slightly grooved 

 round the upper part; columena slightly twisted, 

 interior of the aperture rayed with fine ridges ; ashy- 

 brown, obscurely spirally liueated witii black. 



Hab. ? 



A smooth polished shell of an ashy slate colour, 

 obscurely lineated throughout. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Buccinum hydrophanum. Buc. testd oblongo-ovatd, 

 tenui, subhjalind, epidermide tenui virescetite partim. 

 indutd; spird productd, anfractibus rotundatis, Icsvi- 

 bus ant tenuissime concentrice striatis ,- columelld brevi, 

 subtruncatd; cinered aut livido-carulescente, intus 

 vivide ferrugineo-castaned. 



The hydrophanohs Buccinum. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 thin, somewhat hyaline, partially covered ivith a thin 

 pale green epidennis ; spii-e produced, whorls rounded, 

 smooth or veiy finely concentrically striated; colu- 

 mella short, somewhat truncated ; ash colour or livid 

 blue, bright ferruginous chesnut within. 



Hancock, Aim. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xviii. p. 335. 



Hab. West Coast of Davis's Strait ; Warham and Harrison. 



A thin bright ferruginous brown shell more or less 

 enveloped with that livid chalky coating, permeable to 

 water, which is in a mamier peculiar to Arctic species. 



February, 1847. 



