WORMS. TESTACEA, 51. Buccinum. 171 



tfe at top: whorls- not ribbed: aperture fr.boval, contracted a 

 little to an angle at the upper-part: refernbles V. unidentata, but is 

 more obtufe, and the pillar instead of a tooth is furnished with a 

 single fold on the inside. 



369. V. ambigua. Rather taper, white, with 6 or 7 flat- 

 tish whorls : pillar with an obscure fold: aperture 

 suborbicular. 



Montague p. 325. Suppl. t. 21. /. 4. Turbo pallidus.- 



Sheil minute, rather pointed, with a well defined feparating line: 

 outer-lip arched : pillar With a fmull umbilicus formed by the re- 

 flection of its lip. 



370. N.pallida. Cylindrical, smooth, white, obtuse and 

 hardly whorled at top : pillar with 4 folds. 



Donovan t. 66. Da Cost, t. a./. 7. Bulla. 



Shell half an inch long, a quarter broad, oblong-oval, pure white, 

 the upper-whorl extremely finall : aperture narrow, reaching 

 nearly the whole length. Refembles Bulla cylindracea, but has an 

 evident fpire and plaited pillar. 



$71. V. catenata. Oblong-oval, smooth, white, with 4 

 opake white bands dotted with red : pillar with 4 

 folds. 



Montague Br. Shells p. 236. tab. 6./. a. 



Sheila, quarter of an inch long, fubpellucid, with 4 opake bands 

 of white oblong fpots connected in a chain-like manner by fmall 

 rufous fpots or streaks : fpire hardly visible, very obtufe : outer-lip 

 dilated, not margined, thick : aperture narrow, reaching nearly the 

 whole length. 



372. V. tews. Oval, quite smooth, swelling, with a 

 very short spire : pillar with 2 folds : outer-lip 

 gibbous, slightly denticulate. 



Donovan t. 165. Montague p. 203. t. 6.f. 7. Cypraea. 



Shell hardly half an inch long, greenish or yellowish-white, with 

 fometimes a rofy tinge, rounded and a little reflected at the bot- 

 tom, gibbous towards the top, with about 3 very short whorls : 

 aperture narrow, the whole length of the shell. 



54. BUCCINUM. Whelk. 



373. T&.undatum. Oblong, coarse, with deep transverse 

 undulate striae : whorls 7 or 8, undulatcly ribbed. 



r* Zoo!, t. 73./. 90. Donov. t. 104. Da Cost. {. 6./. 6. 

 2. Without the undulate ribs. Br. ZooL t. 74. /. 91- 

 Shell about 5 inches long, generally with a rufous tinge, rough : 



aperture oblong-oval. 



374. B. glaciate. Oblong-oval, nearly smooth or finely 

 striate transversely : whorls 7 or 8, undulately ribbed, 

 the lower one slightly carinate. 



Donovan Brit. She/is v. tab. 154. 



Shell refembling the last, but is more elongated and faintly 

 striate, the outer-lip fmooth, the larger whorl fomewhat carinate, 

 and the plaits are visible a little way only beyond the junctures of 

 the whorls : aperture oval ; outer-lip thick, fpread, finely striate. 



375. B. Lapillus. Oval, pointed, rugged, spirally ridged: 

 pillar-lip broad, flattish, impressed near the top. 



Br. Zool. t. 72. /. 89. Donov. t, n. Da Costa t. -j.f. 1-4. 



Shell about 2 inches long, with 5 or 6 whorls, white or yellow, 



with fometimes a fpiral yellow or pale chefnut band or two, when 



young entirely rough with raifed hollow membranaceous fcales, 



which difappear on the larger whorl in its advanced stage ef 



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