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3. Shell moderately strong, (or sometimes rather thin), 

 short, and ovate : the whorls flattish, and the un- 

 dulations obsolete : epidermis variable, sometimes 

 wanting : inside deep purplish brown or yellow, 

 rarely white. At low -water mark, generally 

 ., among rocks. 



Buccinum carinatxmi of Turton, an accidental variety of this 

 species, has been found at Sunderland by the Rev. Mr. Law ; as 

 has also another accidental variety, or lusus, agreeing pretty 

 nearly with the Buccinum acuminatum of Broderip. The speci- 

 mens were presented by Mr. Law to the Newcastle Museum. 

 2. B. OVUM, Turton. 



Buccinimi ovum, Turt. in Zool. Journ. ii. 366, t. 13, f. 9. 

 A dead and rather worn specimen of this shell has been got 

 from the fishing boats by Mr. W. King. 



62. NASSA, Lamarck. 



1. N. RETICULATA, Limi. 



Buccinum reticulatum, Mont. Test. Brit. 240. 



From the fishing boats, Cullercoats. — J. H. F. Whitburn. — 

 Rev. G. C. Abbes. Sunderland. — Ifr. W. Backhouse. 



The fresh state of some of Mr. Abbes's specimens shew them to 

 have been either living or recently dead shells ; but as this 

 species is common in ballast, it must be received with caution. 

 It is in Sir C. Sharp's Hartlepool list. 



2. N, INCRASSATA, Milll. 



Buccinum macula, Mont. Test. Brit. 241, t. 8, f. 4. 

 On the rocky parts of the coast at and beyond low-water mark, 

 common. The shell is abundant on most of our sandy shores. 



Family. Ctpr^id^, Gray. 

 63. CYPRiEA, Linnoeus. 



1. C. EuROPiEA, M07lt. 



Cypj'cea Europcea, Mont. Test. Brit. Supp. 88. 

 The shell of this species is thrown up very plentifully on our 

 sands, and it is occasionally found alive, though rarely, among 

 the rocks at spring tides. Its habitat appears to be a little 



