DESCRIPTION. 157 



seldom exceeding the size of the specimen, whereas 

 the other is usually from three to six inches in 

 length ; the denticulate margin of the whorls is 

 not compressed towards the suture ; the transverse 

 triple row of impressed points is more distinct, and 

 the holes are deeper on the body than on the su- 

 perior part of the spire ; the red spots are much 

 larger in proportion to the shell, and paler. The 

 outer lip is not denticulate. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean* 



Fig. 5. V. Glans, 



Shell cyHndrical ; columella with three teeth, 

 emarginate ; aperture effuse, spreading. 



Chemn, Conch, 10. tab. 148. fig. 1393.1349. 



Specimen yellowish brown, suture of the whorls 

 obsolete. 



Inhabits the Eastern shores of Africa. 



PLATE XVI. 



Fig. 1. BucciNUM Dolium, 

 Shell ovate, surrounded with transverse remote 

 flattened ribs ; beak rather prominent. 



