BUCCINUM. 109 



B. GEMMULATUM. Oval, vcntricose;, white, 

 or white clouded with red, decussated by oblique 

 longitudinal plaits and transverse furrows, which 

 causes the shell to appear covered with rows of 

 pearls ; sutures excavated ; spire very short ; lip 

 furrowed within ; base of columella granular, f. 

 W. 23. 114. 



B. CRiBRARiUM. Smooth, oblong, cylindra- 

 ceous, smooth ; chestnut, spotted with white ; 

 striae apparent near the base ; upper margin of 

 whorls with an articulated band of brown and 

 white ; sutures scarce apparent ; apex trun- 

 cated ; aperture narrow; lip striated within, f. 

 Front. 9. 



B. LEviGATUM. Ovate-obloug, smooth, red- 

 dish yellow, shining, often adorned with longi- 

 tudinal flexuous lineoles; the last whorl longer 

 than the spire, and girded with an articulated 

 band of black and white; aperture white, sub- 

 dilated, and usually smooth, f. W. 21. 134. 



B. cocciNELLA. Ovatc-obloug, conic, with 



waved longitudinal ribs and transverse stripe ; 



'^ale brown; pillar wrinkled; lip thick and toothed 



within ; end of canal dark purple. J. B. W. 



23. 119. 



B. PEDTCULARE. Miuutc, ovate-couic, smooth, 

 girded alternately with white and chestnut-brown 

 lines, or by the latter on a white ground; spire 

 acute; mouth rounded. B. j. W. 23. 92. 



