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B. HuMpHREYsiANUM.-Bew/eitt Z. J. 1. p. 898. t. 

 23. An List. t. 963. f. 17. -B. ANGLIC ANUM. P.p. 

 343. Ovate-conical, thin, horn-colored, with eight 

 convex whorls, closely arid finely striated transversely ; 

 striae slightly waved and crossed by very minute longitu- 

 dinal lines, dirty flesh-colored (the body whorl frequently 

 adorned with three double bands of brown irregularly 

 spotted with white) ; pillar smooth and white ; aperture 

 horn-colored, the lip white, slightly thickened and re- 

 flected at the margin; canal very short with a slight 

 tinge of violet behind it. 2. . . 1 . Cork, rare. 



B. OVUM. Turton in Z. J. 2. 1. 13./. 9. P.p. 343. 



Oval, inflated, thin, ivory white, smooth ; whorls six, 

 and tumid, the spire very short in proportion ; outer lip 

 thin and short. 1 1 ... 1 . Plymouth, very rare. 



B. ACUMINATUM. Brod. in Z. J. 5. p. 44. t. 3.f. 

 1,2. Conical, subulate, tapering gradually from the 

 angle of the body whorl to the acuminated apex, white 

 or brownish white; whorls ten, tinged with elevated 

 striae, which together with those which are intermediate 

 and less elevated have a granular appearance ; epidermis 

 brown ; mouth milk white with the edge of the tip a 

 little reflected and the pillar strongly marked with one 

 plait in the advanced stage of growth ; basal furrow 

 deep, canal large. 4,70. ... 2. Torquay. 



