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ovata, fusco-cornea, plicis longitudinalibus angustis, distanti- 

 bus, leviter arcuatis costata, inter costas spiraliter sulcata ; 

 spira producta, anfractibu8 G convexiusculis, ultimo lateraliter 

 subcompresso, apertura subpurpureo fusca. — This Japanese 

 species has very much the appearance and form of some 

 species of Nassa. 



Sect. IV. Species 118 to 132, or 'Sipho.' 



118. Kroyeri, f. 100, March. — Testa oblongo-fusiformis, 

 utrinqne acuminata, aurea lsevis, obscure spiraliter lirata ; 

 spira elevata, acuminata, anfractibus 7 decline rotundis, ar- 

 cuatim longitudinaliter costatis ; ultimo ventricoso ; apertura 

 pyriformi, breviuscula, canali breviusculo, eleganter tortua. 

 — The specimen figured was kindly lent me by Sir. Han ley, 

 who considers it different from the several shells to which the 

 name is attached in the British Museum. Buccinum tor- 

 tuosum of Reeve, as figured in the Iconica, is evidently a -dis- 

 torted specimen of this species. Nor can I perceive its con- 

 nexion with Spitzbergensis, or gracilis, or propinquus, to 

 which by Northern conchologists it has been referred. 



119. rectiplicatus, f. 101, Sowerby. — Testa Kroyeri 

 similis, sed anfractibus magis quadratis, plicis prope suturam 

 subangulatis, infra rectis, canali breviori, recto, lato. — The 

 angularity and straightness of the plaits seem to me to require 

 a separate designation for this shell, as those of F. Kroyeri 

 are elegantly curved. 



120. cretaceus, f. 99, Reeve.— Testa fusiformi-pyramidata, 

 subaurea, laevis ; spira elevata, acuminata, anfractibus 7 

 superne arcuatim plicatis, rotimdis, sutura profunda ; aper- 

 tura breviuscula, intus aurea, margine albo, canali brevissimo, 

 lato. — A pyramidal fusiform shell, with so short a canal as to 

 render it doubtful whether Reeve was not right in placing it 

 in the genus Buccinum. It is, on the other hand, a close ally 

 of F. Kroyeri. 



120*. fdsiformis, f. 84, Broderip. — Testa subpyramidata, 

 alba, spiraliter rude lirata; spira producta, anfractibus 8 

 rotundis ; apertura semirotunda, brevi, canali brevissimo. — 

 A white pyramidal North British shell with produced spire 

 and rounded whorls, short taouth and canal. 



121. islandicds, f. 93, /ar. 149, Chemnitz.- -Testa pyra- 

 midata ventricosa alba, rade spiraliter lirata, epidermide 



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