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lines, and several more at the base of the body-whorl ; otherwise 

 smooth and polished, or with microscopic revolving striae; 

 chocolate-color, sometimes yellowish or orange-brown. 



Length, 1*6 inches. 



W. Africa. 



This species is equally well known as P. buccinata, Lam. P. 

 albocincta, Petit (fig. 6), is a variety with a median white band ; 

 P. Recluziana, Petit (fig. 5), is a light-colored variety ; P. grandis, 

 A. Ad., an unfigured species, is evidently synonymous with the 

 latter. 



P. MILLETI, Petit. PI. 31, figs. 7, 8. 



Shell whitish, or yellowish flesh-color, or brown, more or less 

 decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, some- 

 times forming granulations especially on the spire ; the revolv- 

 ing lines prominent on the body-whorl, where the longitudinal 

 ones are usually subobsolete. Length, 1*5-2 inches. 



W. Africa. 



P. subgranulata, Petit (fig. 8), is a synonym, as are also prob- 

 ably the unfigured P. lirata, A. Ad., and P. lupinus, Phil. 



P. RAPULUM, Reeve. PI. 31, figs. 11, 12. 



Shell oblong ovate, the whorls compressedly gibbous, forming 

 a round shoulder, constricted and with revolving striae towards 

 the base ; otherwise smooth, except that the upper whorls of the 

 spire are slightly longitudinally plicate; whitish, under a very 

 thin, smooth, yellowish brown epidermis, often yellowish brown 

 within the aperture ; a heavy, white callous deposit at the upper 

 extremity of the inner margin of the aperture. 



Length, 1*5 inches. 



Malacca (Cuming) ; Java (Petit). 



P. Wallayxi, Petit (fig. 12), is a synonym. 



P. NIFAT (Adanson) Bruguiere. PI. 31, figs. 13, 14. 



Whorls usually narrowly shouldered above, whitish under a 

 light olivaceous, thin epidermis, with several revolving series of 

 square chestnut spots ; base constricted, with a few engraved 

 striae. Length, 1-5-2*25 inches. 



W. Africa; Algiers. 



WeinkaufT dredged living specimens off the Algerian coast. 

 This is the Buccinuin pusio of Born and Grmelin, but not of 



