78 GENUS BUCCINUM. 



79, BUCCINUM ORNATUM, NOBIS. The Ornamented Buccinum. 



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m,/*** (Collect * ASS - ) , CHEMN - J pL 124 > fig - 168> 



PI. XXI, fig. 83. 



B. testa ovato-conica, apice acuta, albo-violacea, rufo zonatft ; anfractibus 

 convexis, Isevibus, longitudinaliter plicatis, infime et superne striatis ; aper- 

 tura subovata, albescente; labro dextro marginato, intus striato; columella 

 arcuata, longitudinaliter guttata; 



Shell ovate, conical, pointed at the summit ; spire pyramidal, 

 formed of six or seven distinct, smooth, convex whirls, covered 

 with very prominent, convex, longitudinal folds, intersected 

 only at the base, and upon the two or three upper whirls, by 

 a few pretty deep transverse striae. Upon these whirls the 

 strise become finer and more approximate ; they rarely exist 

 upon the whole surface ; in like manner the longitudinal folds 

 do not appear upon the right portion of the lowest whirl. The 

 color is of a violaceous white ; a dark red zone borders the 

 suture, and a broader and browner band surrounds also the 

 middle of the lowest whirl. 



Length 10 lines. Width 6 lines. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, the coasts of Tranquebar, of 

 Coromandel, and the Island of Ceylon. 



This shell, easily distinguished by its transverse bands, has 

 also been figured in Wood's Catalogue, p. 23, fig. 120, under 

 the name of BUCCINUM stolatum. 



80. BUCCINUM ASC ANIAS, BRUG. The Jlscanias Buccinum. 



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(Collect. MASS. LAM.) GUALTIERI, Test., t. 44, fig. N. 



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B. testa ovato-conica, longitudinaliter plicata, transversim striata, cinerea 

 aut luteo-fulva ; anfractibus valde convexis, ultimo spira breviore ; apertura 

 rotundatci ; labro extus marginato, intus striato. 



Shell ovate, elongated, subturreted ; spire pointed, composed of 



