124 GASTEROPODA. PURPURADZ. 
Synopsis Specierum. 
* Anfractibus longitudinaliter sulcatis, transversim costatis. 
Peritremate posticé patulo. 
1. minuta. Peritremate externé anticé tumido, siphone macula 
apicali nigra. 
2. reticulata. Peritremate externé anticé simplici, anfractu 
ultimo undulato-costato. 
** Anfractibus levigatis. Peritremate posticé recto. 
3. levigata. Anfractibus planiusculis; ultimo ad dextram 
longitudinaliter bisulcato. 
Shell ovately-oblong ; the spire acute. Right side of the 
aperture acuminated, hinder side sinuated. Siphon very short, 
curved to the left. Peritreme anteriorly, internally thickened, 
wrinkled, or tuberculated; behind strongly commenced, and 
flattish. 
Tentacules acuminately-conic, dilated a little beyond their 
middle, and bearing the eyes, which are scarcely round. The 
siphon elongate, gradually acuminated ; its apex rather obtuse. 
Mouth rostrated; produced beyond the foot. Foot gradually 
attenuated. 
1. HimA MINUTA. 
H. peritremate anticé, externé tumido ; siphone macula apicali 
nigra. 
Buccinum minutum, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 122. t.79. Fig. 
med. infer. sinistra. 
Buccinum macula, Mont. Test. Brit. 241. t. 8. fig. 4; M. §& 
R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 138. t. 4. fig. 4; Flem. Edinb. 
Encycl. vii. 70; Dill. Desc. Cat. 638; Turt. Conch. Dict. 
15. 
Animal pallidé flavidum, nigricante-purpureo punctatum. 
Habitat in mari profundo, vulgatissima. 
Peritreme anteriorly, externally tumid ; siphon with a black 
spot at its extremity. Height five-eighths of an inch. 
Colour extremely variable; brown, reddish-brown, purple, 
