FUSUS.—Puate VII. 
but rarely, convex; whitish, painted with rows of 
oblong-square spots, covered with a thin yellowish 
epidermis. 
Lamarck, Anim.sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p.449. 
Buccinum pusio, Born. 
Buceinum Nifat, Bruguiére. 
Le Nifat, Adanson. 
Hab. Senegal. 
A well-known species, partaking very much of the cha- 
racter of Buccinum. 
Species 31. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus LinEatus Fus. testd oblongo-ovata, canali brevis- 
simo, subrecurvo; anfractibus convexis, levigatis ; 
albidd, lineis castaneis equidistantibus regulariter cin- 
guata. 
THE LINEATED Fusus. Shell oblong-ovate, canal very 
short, little recurved ; whorls convex, smooth; whitish, 
regularly encircled with equi-distant chesnut lines. 
Quoy, Voy. de l’Astrolabe, vol. p. 501. pl. 34. f. 6 to 8. 
Buccinum linea, Martyn. 
Murex lineatus, Chemnitz. 
Hab. New Zealand; Karl. 
The specific title of this species may be more correctly 
rendered lineatus, without altogether depriving Martyn of 
the priority of the name. 
