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ture fub-oval ; outer lip even, not thickened at the back, 

 denticulated within; inner lip replicated, glolFy white, 

 foinetimes faintly crenated : colour ufually brown. 



A variety has the outer lip attenuated, and no denticu- 

 lations : another variety is fmaller, with the ribs more dif- 

 tant, and foinetimes with one rib larger and more raifed 

 than the reft: colour purplifh brown : infide purple. This 

 appears to be the B. vuls;atum c^ Gmelin, and the B. 

 Pidlus of Pennant. It muft, however, be remarked, 

 that all thefe varieties run fo much imo each other, both 

 in the ribs and colour, that no permanent diftin6tion can 

 be made. 



Worn fliells fometimes become quite white, efpecially 

 the young ones. The largelt fhells are an inch and a 

 half long, and nearly three quarters wide at the bafe. 

 Common on many of our fliores. 



4. 

 Buccinum minutum Br. Zool. t. 79. inner angle beneath left Macula. 



hand. Tab. S. f. 4. 



Buccinum minimum. Tiirt. Lin. iv. p. 3S7. 



B. with fix or feven libbed fpires, tranfverfely ftriated 

 XxVexht B.reticulatum: a/S'fx pointed : aperture fub-orbi- 

 cular; outer lip gibbofe at the back, denticulated within; 

 inner lip replicated, and faintly denticulated: colour va- 

 rious, mottled rufous, brown, and white, or wholly pale 

 purple, and fometimes red ; but rarely wholly white. In 



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