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and strongly divided spires, ribbed longitudinally, and each 

 of them crossed by a transverse depressed line near the 

 junction, cutting that part into tubercles ; the larger volu- 

 tion a little striate at the base : outer-lip thick, turning in- 

 wards to an edge, faintly toothed or striate on the inside ; 

 inner-lip reflected, with a single tooth-like ridge on the up- 

 per part : color liver-brown, with sometimes a few rufous 

 spots, and sometimes there is a white band on the inside 

 of the inner-lip : length hardly an inch 3 breadth about a 

 quarter. 



Weymouth, and Dublin bay : rare. v. m. 



11. Buccinum lineatum. Liiieated Whelk. 



Da Costa, pi. 8. f. 5 Donovan, pi. 15 Dorset Cat. 

 pi. 14. f. 5. 



Shell conic, pointed, smooth, with five or six volutions 

 regularly banded with alternate spiral lines of chocolate- 

 brown and white, giving them a striated appearance ; some- 

 times quite white : aperture oval, the outer-lip a little 

 spread, marked with the brown lines at the margin, giving 

 it the appearance of being slightly notched : length a quar- 

 ^er of an inch ; breadth an eighth. 



Dorset and Devon coasts, on Fuci : rare. v. m. 



12. Buccinum bilineatum. Bllincatcd Whelk. 



Lister, pi. 998. f. 63 ? Pennant, pi. 82. f. 9 Dorset Cat: 

 pi. 17.f.8. 



Shell oval, tumid, whitish, with from two to four bands 

 of brown spots on the body volution: spires five or six, 

 smooth except two rows of tubercles close to the junctions 

 of the largest volutions, which disappear on the smaller 

 ones : aperture large, somewhat oval, with the canal 

 slightly recurved; the outer-lip slightly toothed ; pillar-lip 

 rugged and granular : length hardly an inch 3 breadth 

 three quarters. 



In Lister's figure, the larger volution appears to be stri? 

 ate transversely. 



Weyinouth and Dunbar : very rare. 



13. Buccinum cinctum. Girdled Whelk. 

 M>ntogT*,pLl5rf. 1. Dorset Cat. pi. 14. f. 1J. 



Shell conic, pointed, white, with a line threud-liko ru- 

 c 3 fous- 



