50 GENUS BUCCINUM. 



of an orange yellow color ; spire pointed, composed of seven 

 sub-convex whirls, bearing upon their whole surface numerous 

 longitudinal folds, intersected by fine transverse and approxi- 

 mate striae. The striae of the lowest whirl a little more distinct 

 towards the base. The sutures ornamented, near the edge, 

 with a row of small granulations, separated by a transverse 

 furrow. Aperture whitish, ovate, narrow, contracted at its 

 base ; right lip denticulated. 



Length 5 lines. Width 2 lines. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Island of Java. 



The form of this small species is the same as that of the 

 B. pulchdlum of Blainville ; it differs from it, nevertheless, by 

 its more prominent folds, the granulations around the sutures, 

 and, above all, by its invariably uniform coloring, of an orange 

 yellow. 



50. BUCCINUM PUL.CHELLUM, BLAINV. The Pretty Buc- 



cinum. 



(Collect. MASS, et WOLD.) BLAINV. Faune Fran?., pi. 7, fig. 4. 

 Pi. XVIII, fig. 68. 



B. tesi'd oblonga, subturrita, fulvescente, fusco varia ; anfractibus con- 

 vexiusculis, longitudinaliter tenuissime plicatis, transversim striatis ; aper- 

 lura alba, elongata, angusta ; labro dextro inttis denticulate. 



Shell oblong, lanceolate, subturreted, of a whitish or reddish 

 color, beautifully varied with simple or decussated brown spots 

 or lines, forming sometimes a very elegant net-work, spire 

 composed of six pretty distinct whirls, slightly swollen ; nu- 

 merous longitudinal folds, slightly projecting, and crossed by 

 decurrent striae, almost amounting to folds, at the base of the 

 last whirl. Aperture whitish, elongated, narrow ; right lip 

 rather thin, indistinctly denticulated within. 



Length 4 lines. Width 1J- lines. 



