36 G E N U gs B TT C C I N TJ M . 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, the coast of Alexandria. 



The form of this species might lead one to confound it with 

 the Fusi, and still more with the PURPUR.E ; but it is distin- 

 guished from the former, by its much shorter canal, and less 

 elongated spire ; it is removed also from the PURPURJE by its 

 less dilated aperture, and the columella being less flattened 

 towards the base. 



37. BUCCINUM TRANQUEBARICUM, GMEL. The Tranque- 



(Collect. MASS. .LAM.) MART., Conch., 4, t. 123, fig. 1 146- 

 1147. 



PI. XXIII, fig. 92. 



B. testa ovata, ventricosa, longitudinaliter costata, transversim striata, 

 albescente aut rufescente ; anfractibus superne angulatis ; spira con- 

 tabulata. 



Shell ovate, ventricose, of an uniform whitish or reddish 

 color, furnished with ten or twelve longitudinal folds upon 

 each whirl, and crossed by numerous transverse striae, covered 

 with a thin, brown epidermis ; spire but little raised, subturret- 

 ed, pointed at its upper extremity, formed of five or six taper- 

 ing whirls, flattened, keeled, crowned at their upper part, and 

 constricted at their suture. The aperture is ovate, emargina- 

 tion slightly oblique. Right lip rather thin, of an orange 

 color, denticulated, and strongly striated within. Columella 

 subumbilicated, smooth, brown or reddish colored ; the left 

 lip having a callosity at the base, and partially covering the 

 commencement of an umbilicus. 



Length 20 lines. Width 1 inch. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, the coast of Coromandel, the 

 South Sea, the coasts of Chili. 



This shell, so remarkable for its form, has been divided by 

 Sowerby into two species ; he has retained for the first the name 



