138 SOLI DU LA. 



Buccinu/us strigows GOULD, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, vii, p. 141 

 (October, 1859) ; Otia Conch., p. \\4--Tornatelln .ttrigowi LlSCHKfi 

 Jap. Meeres-Conchyl. ii, p. H4, pi. 5, f. 12, 13. 



I ;. markalile for its small size and slender form. Some specimens 

 are much shorter than others, and nearly without the slaty lines; 

 so that the species appears to be quite variable. (Old.) 



Li-dike has figured this species. His specimens have four spiral 

 cords on the penultimate, 20-21 on the last whorl. The fifth and 

 sixth cords from the suture are much wider than the others, espe- 

 cially than the adjacent cords. The upper fold on the columella is 

 small, the lower strong and split by a deep groove ; between the 

 teeth the columella is deeply excavated. 



S. FRATERCULUS Dunker. PL 20A, figs. 53, 54. 



Shell small, solid, ovate-oblong, subcylindrical, transversely, evenly 

 sulcate ; banded and dotted with ashy or brown, with two encircling 

 white bands. Spire conic, terminating in a somewhat obtuse apex ; 

 columella bearing two white folds, the larger, anterior one bipartite, 

 separated by a deep sinus from the smaller, posterior fold. Aper- 

 ture dilated, thickened, in front, the lip acute. 



Alt. 12, diam. 5 mill. (Dkr.) 



Japan. 



BucrinuluafraterculusDKR., Index Moll. Mar. Jap., p. 161, pi. 

 13, f. 21, 22, 23. 



A larger, slenderer shell than B. striyosus Old., having two white 

 bands, and 30-32 spiral grooves. 



S. ACUTA Philippi. 



Shell sublanceolate, transversely closely punctate-sulcate. Spire 

 acute, two-fifths the total length. Aperture narrow, colium-lla l>i- 

 plicate, the upper fold minute, the lower large, bifid. 



Alt. 2?, diam. U lines. (Phil.) 



China (coll. Largilliert). 



Tornntelln ncuin PH., /ritschr. f. Mai.. 1851, p. 125. 



Tin re are about 5 coarsely punctate grooves on the penultimate, 

 about 20 on the last whorl. Colunu-llar folds exactly as in T. solid- 

 n in. The specimen is white, quite colorless. 



