GENUS BUCCiNUM. 



62. BUCCINUM HIRTUM, NOBIS. The Rough Buccinum. 



' ! (Collect. MASS.) 



PI. XIX, fig. 72. 



B. test& ovato-conica, subturrita, rufecente, fuscis lineolis transversim 

 maculate! ; spira acuta ; costulis eminentibus longitudinaliter ornata, ultimo 

 anfractu rotate evanescentibus ; apertura alba, subrotundata, emarginata, 

 superne angustata ; labro dexlro crasso.extus marginato. 



Shell ovate, conical, subturreted, spire pointed, and sutures 

 deep, ornamented in its whole extent, with projecting longitu- 

 dinal ribs, slightly oblique, pointed at their summit, raised and 

 continued upon the lowest whirls which they crown. These 

 whirls are more convex. The ribs of the lowest gradually 

 disappear with age. At the base of this whirl are observed 

 also ridges, and very prominent granulations. The aperture 

 is subrotund, white, emarginated and narrowed at the top by 

 a transverse fold of the left lip, and by an angle of the right 

 lip. Right lip thick, accompanied at its external part, by a 

 very apparent margin, and furnished internally with numerous 

 fine striae. The external color of this species exhibits a red- 

 dish ground, with irregular spots, and transverse lines of a 

 deeper tint. The band which surrounds the middle of the 

 lowest whirl is much wider and darker colored. 



Length 1 inch. Width 6 lines. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Holland, the Isle of Tonga- 

 Tabou. 



This singular shell appears to be intermediate between the 

 BUCCINUM crenulatum and the Port Jackson Buccinum. It 

 resembles the first in its form, and the second in its coloring. 



