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the canal or beak slightly projecting- ; furrow 

 below the middle of the whorl. 



Syn. Buccinum obtusum, Deshayes, Foss. de Paris 

 V. ii. 657. i. 88./. \,2. 



r ROM the recent Pseudoliva plumbea this shell differs 

 in being shorter ; in having the tooth and furrow corre- 

 sponding with it much higher up the whorl ; in the pro- 

 jecting beak, which produces a flattened band around the 

 base, not a furrow, which is made part of the generic cha- 

 racter by Swainson. The expansion of the inner lip partly 

 over the spire is also a remarkable character, which 

 makes it almost as distinct from the recent Pseudoliva 

 as Ancillaria is from Oliva. The surface of the last whori 

 is spirally but very faintly, striated above the furrow, 

 and has eight or ten strongly-marked lines below it. 1 

 have not seen a specimen of P. obtusa from Chaumont, 

 therefore it is possible I may not be correct in referring' 

 the English species to it, but it agrees well with Des- 

 hayes' description. 



For the discovery of this curious and rare fossil we 

 are indebted to the researches of Mr. Bowerbank and 

 Mr. Edwards upon the beach at Bracklesham Bay ; it 

 has also been obtained by Mr. Lowry from Hook Com- 

 mon, near Basingstoke. The specimens from the former 

 place are commonly much flattened by pressure. 



