GENUS BUCOINUM. 17 



Length 1 inch 8 lines. Width 11 lines. 

 Inhabits New Zealand. 



This species, established from a specimen brought to the 

 Museums by Quoy and Gaimard, resembles the BUCCINUM tes- 

 tudincum ; but it differs materially from it in its uniform red- 

 dish brown color,. and the very prominent transverse ridges. 



17. BUCCINUM PAYTENSE, VAL. The Payta Buccinum. 



(Collect, du Museum.) 

 Pi. VI, fig. 16. 



B. testa ovato-oblonga, Isevi, albida, lineis longitudinalibus rufescentibus 

 maculata; spira elongata, acula ; apertura albida, ovata; labro tenui ; 

 columella alba. 



Shell ovate, oblong, smooth, whitish, marked with longitu- 

 dinal reddish lines. The epidermis which covers it, is pretty 

 thick, and of a beautiful chestnut color. The spire is elon- 

 gated, pointed, composed of seven slightly convex whirls ; 

 aperture whitish, ovate, slightly narrowed towards the upper 

 part, and widened at the base, which is rather deeply emar- 

 ginated ; lip thin, slightly rounded, compressed towards its 

 upper third ; upon the columella is observed a white callosity, 

 adhering to the body of the shell, and partially formed by 

 the left lip. 



Length 2 inches 3 lines. Width 1 inch. 

 Inhabits the rocks of Payta upon the coasts of Peru. 



This species was presented to the Museum by Lesson and 

 Garnot, who brought it among the numerous objects collected 

 during their voyage around the world. It clearly very much 

 resembles the BUCCINUM testudineum ; but it is distinguished 

 from it by the more elongated whirls of the spire, and by its 

 coloring, which is different. That which we describe has red- 

 dish longitudinal lines, whilst in the BUCCINUM testudineum, 

 Buccinum. B 



