Q GENUS BUCCINUM. 



This species is very distinct from others in its size, in its 

 elongated form, the absence of striae upon the shell, and the 

 aperture being much more ovate. 



4. BUCCINUM FUSIFORME, NOBIS. The Spindle-shaped Buc- 



cinum. 



(Collect. MASS.) 

 Pi. v. fig. 12. 



B. testa ovato-conica, luteo-rufescente, tenui, nitida subpellucida, trans- 

 versim longitudinaliterque minutissime striata ; anfractibus convexis, ulti- 

 mo spira longiore ; aperturd subrotundata, Isevi, luteo-rufescente ; labro 

 margine subreflexo. 



Shell ovate-conical, of a reddish yellow, thin, shining, trans- 

 lucent, covered with very fine transverse longitudinal striae, 

 very close and hardly apparent ; eight convex whirls to the 

 spire ; aperture ovate, rounded, of a reddish yellow, emar- 

 ginated at its base ; right lip recurved and white ; columella 

 white and elongated, which gives to the shell somewhat the 

 appearance of a spindle. 



Length 2 inches. Width 1 inch. 

 Inhabits 



This species much resembles the BUCCINUM ovum of Bennett, 

 (Zoological Journal, vol. I, p. 366, tab. 13, fig. 9). But that is 

 represented of a more globular form, while the specimens I have 

 examined of the BUCCINUM fusiforme are more elongated, and 

 the whirls of the spire more detached. 



5. BUCCINUM GLACIALE, LINN., GMEL. The Northern Buc- 



cinum. 



(Collect. MASS. 



PI. II. fig. 4. 



B. testa ovato-conica, longitudinaliter subplicata, transverslm sulcata, 

 fulvo-rubente ; anfractibus carinato noduliferis, ultimo carinis tribus cincto j 

 labro repando, margine reflexo; apertura rotundatd. 



Shell ovate-conical, of a reddish fawn color, covered with 



