BUCCINUM.— Plate XIV. 



irregularly plicated, peculiarly channelled and con- 

 tracted at tlie base ; apertm-e smaU ; yeUowish white. 



Hab ? 



A light delicate species in which the whorls ai-e of a 



tubulous Scalaria-like growth. 



Species 116. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bdccinum lineare. Buc. testa ovatd, cramuscidd, lavi- 

 gatd, spird brevi, acuta; an/ractibus supene mbcom- 

 pressk; columelld arcuaid, superue callosd; citiereo- 

 aiit viridescente-fuscd, linek 7dgris inaqnalUms undique 

 conspicue c'mgulatd, columelld alhidd, aperturcE fauce 

 purpureo-cinered. 



The line-deawn Buccincm. Shell ovate, rather thick, 

 smooth, spire short, acute; whorls somewhat com- 

 pressed round the upper part; columella arched, 

 callous above ; ash or gi-eenish brown, conspicuously 

 encircled thi-oughout with unequal black lines, colu- 

 mella whitish, interior of the aperture purple ash. 



Hah. ? 



A vei-y characteristic species of solid growth not much 



unlike the common periwinkle in general aspect. 



Species 117. (Mus.^Cuming.) 



BucciNDM LACTEUM. Buc. testd oblovgo-ovatd, spird 

 acuta, anfractibm superrw concavo-impressis ; columelld 

 arcuatd, apertura fauce radlatim liratd; lacteo-ceem- 

 hd, llneis nigrkantibiis obscure notatd, apertura fatice 

 Med, purpureo-fusco thictd, liris radiautibus albis. 



The milky Buccinum. Shell oblong-ovate, spire shai-p, 

 whorls concavely impressed round the upper part; 



columella arched, interior of the aperture radiately 

 ridged ; milky-blue, marked with obsciure black lines, 

 interior of the apertivre yeUow, stained with purple- 

 brown, radiating ridges white. 



Hah. ? 



This shell is enveloped by a milky coating through 

 which a dark layer of colom-ing is discovered ; the aperture 

 exhibits a gi'eat deal of character, being of a pale yellow 

 gro\md, distinguished by a rich pui-ple-brown stain over 

 which the radiating ridges are white. 



Species 118. (Mus. Hancock.) 



Buccinum Gr(ENLandicum. Bm. testd oblongo-ovatd, 

 tenia, subventricosd, anfractibm superne leviter angu- 

 latis, bicarinatis, longitudinaliter mbobscure plicatis, 

 plicii carinas super noduloais ; columelld subindistincte 

 plicatd, labro suheffuso ; rufescente-spadiced, epidermide 

 viridi-flavd partim iiulutd. 



The Greenland Buccinum. Shell oblong-ovate, thin, 

 somewhat ventricose, whorls slightly angulated round 

 the upper part, two-keeled, longitudinally somewhat 

 obscurely plicated, plaits nodulous in crossing the 

 keels; columella somewhat indistinctly plaited, lip 

 slightly effused ; pale reddish fawn colour, partially 

 covered with a greenish yellow epidei-mis. 



Hancock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xviii. p. 332. 

 pi. 5. f. 8, and 9. 



Hab. West Coast of Davis's Strait ; Warham and Han-ison. 

 Another of the interesting additions made to tliis genus 



by Mr. Hancock tlu-ough the di-edging exertions of 



Messrs. Warham and Harrison of Newcastle ou Tyne, in the 



locality above quoted. 



