116. CONCHOLOGIST’S COMPANION. 
the Indians for drinking cups. The Spectre Shell, 
Concha Spectrorum, belongs to the same division. 
This elegant species is thus named from a variety 
of strange figures on the surface, which represent 
rough draughts of terrible phantoms.. The ground is 
white, the figures of a reddish tint, forming three 
large bands, as if encircling in a mystic dance, the 
top, the base, and middle. 
Se AG 
Orie. 
Strombus. Buécinum. Murex. 
Many valuable shells are included in the genus 
Buccinum, which signifies a trumpet. The rare 
and beautiful Bifasciatum, or, as it is elegantly 
