248 



12. 

 Terrestre. Buccinum Acicula. Mulkr. Verm. p. \50. l^o. SAO. 



Tab. 8. f. 3. ^^'alL Mia. Shells, f. 60. 



Gaalt t. 6 B. B. 

 Buccinum longiiifculum. Adams. Microfc. t. 14. f. 26. 

 Buccinum obiululum. Tiirt. Lin. iv. p 416. 



Schroct. Flu^conch. t. S. f. 6. a. b. 

 Id. Erdconch. p. 142. 



B. with fix {lender, finooth. glofTy, pellucid, white 

 fpires, terminating in an obtufe point: the volutions not 

 much raifed, but well defined by the feparating fpiral 

 groove : aperture oblong, fub-oval ; outer lip thin, even ; 

 pillar lip thickened, forming a finall gutter : no teeth. 

 Length a quarter of an inch ; breadth fcarce one fourth its 

 length. 



The remarkable characters of this fliell are the uncom- 

 mon obliquity of the fpiral turns of the volutions, and the 

 length of the firll fpire, which, more than double, exceeds 

 that of the fecond, and is nearly equal to the three fuc- 



ceedincv. 

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Mr. Boys originally favoured us with this fpecies for 

 the (hell figured by Walker as above quoted; who 

 ftates it to be found in FaverJIiavi Lreek only ; which im- 

 plies it to be marine: but uas doubtlefs carried there by 

 fome neig^hbourinw- ftream ; for it is a land (hell. 



We have procured it from the top of Barham downs 

 in Kent, where it is common on the roots of the grals, and 



under 



