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BUCCINUM junrcum. 

 TAB. CCCLXXV,/ 1. 

 Spec. Char. Snbturrited, reticulatctl; whorls 

 rather swelled ; base produced ; aperture 

 lanceolate, with a striated lip. 

 Syn. Murex junceus, Brander, 26. 



feix or seven whorls with rounded reticulated surfaces 

 compose the elongated spire of this Buccinura ; the 

 striae are elevated, sharp and uniform, except near the 

 upper edges of the whorls, Avhere, being more distant, 

 they leave a small furrow ; the aperture is long and 

 narrow, acute angular above, notched, and from the pro- 

 duced form of the base, almost beaked below : the outer 

 lip is sharp edged, with many deep striae within it. 



A well known common shell at Barton. It has also 

 been Ibund atHighgate, but I believe not near Paris. 



BUCCINUM sulcatum. 

 TAB. CCCLXXV,/. 2. 



Spec Char. Turrited, acute, transversely fur- 

 rowed ; whorls ventricose; aperture ovate; 

 lip toothed within, thickened by age. 



Whorls seven or eight, ventricose, each bearing about 

 seven linear furrows ; the base is rather prominent, and 

 slightly recurved, the lip is thickened in the last stage 

 of growth, but not previously, so that no varices are 

 formed upon the spire, its edge is sharp, and a little way 

 within are about a dozen elongated teeth. The general 

 surface is smooth. 



From the Crag of Ramsholt, by favour of the Rev. 

 G. R. Leathes. 



BUCCINUM Mitrula. 

 TAB. CCCLXXV, /. 3. 



Spec. Char. Turrited, acute, costated ; aper- 

 ture elongated, obtuse above, lip sharp 

 edged with a small rounded sinus in the 

 upper part. 



JL HE costai 10 or 1-2 in number, are rather most promi- 

 nent at the upper part of each whorl ; the base is even, 

 not much produced ; the columella is straight ; the lip is 



