GENUS BUCCINUM. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



This shell approaches the BUCCINUM Roissyi ; it is, neverthe- 

 less, distinguished by quite remarkable differences : it is larger, 

 and has the whirls more convex and the longitudinal folds more 

 prominent. 



78. BUCCINUM ROISSYI, DESHAYES. De Roissy's Bu 



ft t&\ti',ijr. 



(Collect. MASS.) BELLANG., Voy. aux Ind. Or., pi. 3, fig. 3-4. 

 PI. XXI, fig. 82. 



B. testa elongata, subturrita, angusta,pallide fulvd clathrata ; anfractibus 

 convexis, ultimo brevi; apertnra minima, albd ; labro dextro intiis striato ; 

 columella obliqu& truncata. 



Shell elongated, subturreted ; spire long, pointed, formed of 

 eight or nine convex whirls, chequered by longitudinal folds, 

 and pretty numerous and very regular transverse striae. The 

 lowest whirl is short and subglobular. Aperture small, ovate, 

 oblong, and white in all its parts. Right lip finely striated 

 internally ; columella cylindrical, obliquely truncated, and 

 terminated at the base by a deep emargination, which is 

 recurved towards the back of the shell. The coloring is a 

 little remarkable : it is of an uniform, pale, fawn-color, but 

 interrupted on the lowest whirl by an obscure and transverse 

 whitish zone. 



Length 9 lines. Width 5 lines. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



This ather rare sp s ecies 'has been found only in the Indian 

 Seas. Bellanger obtained it in his voyage to Pondicherry. 



