BUCCINUM. 413 



is about twice as broad as it is long. The body is pe- 

 culiarly rounded above, and rather contracted below, 

 where it ends in a recurved beak that is rather long for 

 the genus Buccinum. There is no vestige of any axial 

 perforation. The mouth is pure white, totally devoid of 

 sculpture, fills about three-sevenths of the ventral length, 

 and is of a rather narrow pear-shape, yet a little angular 

 above, and much attenuated anteriorly, where the broad 

 canal bends slightly to the left. The outer lip, whose 

 marginal contour is concave in the middle, is acute, 

 simj)ly but considerably arcuated, yet not peculiarly pro- 

 minent. The course of the inner lip is sinuous ; it is 

 much incurved above, then convex, and finally slants to 

 the left, in nearly a straight line. Just before the com- 

 mencement of the canal the pillar is convex and rather 

 broad, elsewhere it is flattish. An example that mea- 

 sured an inch and a half in length, was scarcely five- 

 eighths of an inch in breadth : another is recorded by 

 Mr. Jeffreys as being three-quarters of an inch broad, 

 and an inch and a half long. 



This rare shell, the specific relations of which are still 

 somewhat obscure, was procured from the neighbourhood 

 of Cork by Mr. Humphreys, and from off the Wexford 

 coast by Mr. Stutchbury. 



SPURIOUS. 

 B. GLACiALE, Linnaeus? 



Buccinum glaciale, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1204; Fauna Suecica, ed. 2, 

 p. 523 (probably). — DoNOV. Brit. Shells, vol. v. pi. lo4. 

 — Maton and Back. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 136 

 (from Linn.).— Mont. Test, Brit. Suppl. p. 109. — Turt. 

 Conch. Diction, p. 13. — Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 343. — 

 Brown, lllust. Conch. G. B. p. 4, pi. 4, f. 12, 13. 



