42 MARSHALL : ON THE BRITLSH SPECIES OF BUCCINUM, FUSUS, ETC. 



reference in " British Conchology " is wrong ; instead of " Bean in 

 Mag. N. Hist., viii," it should be " Bean in Loudon's Journal, vol. vii, 

 p. 493, fig. 6 1.") Canon Norman says the slender or male shell is 

 the "typical Doggerbank form," (^) but both forms occur on the 

 Doggerbank, as well as in the Shetlands and off the Aberdeenshire 

 coast. He also adds that it is " well figured by Forbes and Hanley," 

 but a comparison of the latter's figures and measurements will demon- 

 strate that their type is the large and broad female form. 



Northern specimens are smaller' than ours generally, rarely exceed- 

 ing 4-in. in length, and these exhibit a still further range of variation. 

 Sars figures several ; Friele has described one as F. omani, and 

 Middendorff another as F. .^rhanfariru)ji, while Canon Norman has also 

 described two specimens from Norway, apparently immature, one as 

 van J)rei:i><})ira and the other as var. fuiinda. (•') Specimens, however, 

 the exact counterparts of the twc^ latter are also found in our seas, 

 some of them much more tumid than his figure, while as regards 

 the short-spired form, some of my British specimens have very little 

 spire indeed, measuring only 4-in in length by 2i-in. in width. That 

 both slender and broad specimens also occur in Norway is evident 

 from Sars' figures, as he gives the immature forms both of the male 

 (t. 14, f. 3b) and female (t. 25, f. 10). 



F. SCHANTARICUM, Midd. ('') possesses no generic attribute ajjurt 

 from F. fuiioni^ and though Canon Norman " lays chief stress on the 

 spiral grooving of the inside of the lip " (p. 354), that is merely the 

 impress of the ordinary outer sculpture, which is occasionally observable 

 (also with the purple interior) in the immature stage of F. twtoni, and 

 more frequently in F. idandicu><, a species similarly sculptured. Sars' 

 figure 3 (pi. xiv.) clearly shows the connection between the two forms. 

 F. hirfoni also rejoices in several generic names. Professor Dall has 

 conferred on it that of Berimjiux^ Herr J'riele that of Jumala, and 

 Canon Norman that of Ulth-o. 



F. LSLANDicus, Chemn. — Off Milford Haven, the Bristol Channel 

 as far as Lundy Island, and the ^^^exford and ^^'aterford coasts, 

 procured by trawling (Wotton) 1 S. W. Ireland 345 f. (R. I. A. cruise); 

 Porcupine Bank off the West of Ireland 85 f., and North of the 

 Hebrides 185 f. ("Porcupine ") ; S. and S. E. Shetlands, procured from 

 trawlers (Simpson) ! S. Ireland, a trawled specimen, and E. Orkneys, 



(i) B it. Moll., vol. iii, p. 432 ; vol. iv, pi. cv., fig. 4 : and pi. cvi, fig. 3 (the same figure 



reveised). 

 (.) "A Month on the 'Jrondhjem Fjord," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, p. 352. 

 (3) Log. cit., p. 352, pi. xvi, figs, i, 2. 

 Loc. cit,, p.3S3, pi. xvi, fig. 3. 



