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89. BUCCINUM PAUPERATUM, LAM. The Meagre Buccimtm. 



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(Collect. MASS. LAM.) GUALTIERI, pi. 44, fig. m. 

 Pi. XXIX, fig. us. 



B. testa ovatd, ventricosa, crassiuscula, longitudinaliter undatlm plicata, 

 transverslm minutissime striatA,albescente; ultimo antractu spira longiore, 

 macula rufa tincto; labro intus striato. 



Shell ovate, ventricose, spire formed of six convex whirls, 

 marked upon their surface with undulated, longitudinal folds, 

 and very fine, transverse striae, which form tubercles upon the 

 whole length of the folds ; these disappear upon the middle 

 of the lowest whirl. Aperture white, sub-rounded ; right lip 

 slightly margined externally ; columella arcuated, smooth ; left 

 lip thin, expanding upon the body of the lowest whirl. The 

 color is fawn or whitish ; a transverse band ornaments the 

 upper edge of the suture ; the lowest whirl, which is larger 

 than the spire, has a large reddish spot, which is prolonged 

 sometimes, into a band ; rarely, there is another at the base of 

 the shell. 



Length 8 lines. Width 5 lines. 

 Inhabits the Pacific Ocean, and the Isle of Tonga-Tabou. 



Quoy and Gaimard have figured, in their Voyage de V Astro- 

 labe, pi. 32, fig. 5-6, a shell of this species, which is a little lar- 

 ger than that which we have just described, and of an uniform 

 reddish-yellow color ; the longitudinal folds are also more prom- 

 inent in their specimens, and are continued as far as the base of 

 the lowest whirl. It was found at the last quoted locality. 



