128 GASTEROPODA. PURPURADZ. 
3. BucCINUM ANTIQUUM. 
B. anfractibus ventricosis, longitudinaliter striatis, interstitiis 
transversim crenatis. 
Murex antiquus, Linn. Fn. S. 2165; Syst. Nat.i. 1223; M. 
§& R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 145; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 
72; Turt. Conch. Dict. 68; Dill. Desc. Cat. 724. 
Murex despectus, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 124. t. 58. fig. 98; 
Mont. Test. Brit. 1. 256. 
Testa junior. 
Murex decollatus, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pl. 82. fig. 3. 
Habitat in mari profundo, arenoso. 
Height from five to seven inches. Whorls of the shell ven- 
tricose, striated longitudinally, with the interstices transversely 
wrinkled. 
Inhabits the deep sea, on a sandy ground. It is common on 
the coasts of Cornwall and Plymouth Sound, off the coast of 
Kent and Sussex, in the Frith of Forth, and in Orkney and 
Zetland. 
4. BuccINUM CORNEUM. 
B. testa anfractibus planiusculis, longitudinaliter elevato-linea- 
tis ; interstitiis longitudinaliter striolatis. 
Murex corneus, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 1224. 565; Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 1224. 3552; List. Conch.119. f.5; Anim. Ang. t. wi. 
f.5; Penn. Brit. Zool.iv. 124. t. lxxvi. f. 99; Mart. Conch. 
iv. t. cxlim. f; 13377: Pult.: Cat.. Dorset. 43. t. xviiereae 
Donov. Brit. Shells, t. xxxvii; Mont. Test. Brit. 258; M. 
§ R. Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 147 ; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 
72; Dill. Desc. Cat. 733; Turt. Conch. Dict. 89. 
Habitat in mari arenoso profundo vulgatissimé. Mus. Mon- 
tagu et nost. in Mus. Brit. 
Color albus. Epidermis fuscescens aut viridescens croceo plus 
aut mints. 
Shell with its whorls flattish, with longitudinally elevated 
lines ; the interstices longitudinally striated. Height three or 
four inches. 
