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latter we believe our B. Macula. This is perfeftly dif- 

 tin6l from either of thofe fhells, not only in being mucli 

 broader in proportion to its length, but in the ribs being 

 much more diftant, and gibbofe at the fpiral junftures. It 

 is, we believe, a very rare fpecies : many of thofe we have 

 examined, were ftained in part with a ferruginous colour, 

 not natural to the fliell. 



Mr. Bryer, who has taken feveral of thefe fliells on 

 the fliore between Weymouth and Portland, informed us, 

 they were all of that colour; though we obferved feveral 

 in Dodor Pulteney's cabinet perfe6ily white, that ap- 

 peared to be live, or recent fhells. 



6. 



Buccinum hepaticum. Pult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 41. Hepatic UM, 



. Lijier. Conch, t. 975. f. 30. Tab. 8.f. 1. 



B. with a (Irong, brownilh (hell, with feven or eight 

 ribbed volutions: a tranfverfe line, or deprelTion, near the 

 top of each fpire; which, cutting the ribs, forms that 

 part into fmall knobs; in other refpecis it is fmooth, ex- 

 cept a few ftriec at the bafeof the body whirl, and is fome- 

 what gloffy : the volutions are rather tumid, and ftrongly 

 divided; apex (harp: outer lip thick, turning inwards to 

 an edge, beneath which are feveral denticulations or ftriae; 

 inner lip folded back, with one tooth-like ridge on the up- 

 per part : colour a little varying with a few ferruginous 

 fpots, and fometimes a white fafcia on the infide of the 

 outerlip. Dotlor Pulteney favoured us with this fpecies, 



I i 2 which 



