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Shell ovate, somewhat fusiform, thick, smooth, polished; spire ovate, very obtuse, rather short; sutures linear ; 
whorls four, flattened; last whorl rounded; base smooth; mouth sinuose, narrow; columella angled; canal long, 
twisted, 
Length .08. Breadth .05 of an inch, 
Remarks.—This minute species is remarkably ovate. The canal is very long, and 
bent at several places. ‘The apex is obtuse and sub-mamillate. 
This shell, most probably, attains a greater size than that mentioned above, as the 
only specimen in my possession, bears evident marks of having had part of the last 
whorl broken off. This may also have given it its peculiar twisted canal. 
IF. anomatus, Pu. 37. Fie. 96. 
F-. testd ovatd, sub-fusiformi, perforata, tenui, levi, politd; spird sub-ovatd, elevatd, acutd; suturis excavatis, latiss 
anfractibus quinque, convexis; anfractu ultimo rotundato; bast levi; perforatione parva, arctd; aperturd sub-ellipticd; 
columella brevi, tortd; canale longo, minime profundo, sinistrorsim reflecto. 
Shell ovate, sub-fusiform, perforate, thin, smooth, polished; spire sub-ovate, elevated, acute; sutures excavated, 
wide; whorls five, convex; last whorl rounded; base smooth; perforation small, narrow; mouth sub-elliptical; colu- 
mella short, twisted; canal long, very shallow, bent backwards towards the left. 
Length .18. Breadth .10 of an inch. 
Remarks.—There is a small canaliculation on the whorls near the upper part, which 
makes the sutures quite wide and deep. The umbilicus is very narrow, and almost 
hidden behind the columella. The canal is very peculiar, being folded round the base 
of the columella, until it extends nearly a third round the shell. There are faint traces 
of transverse striz to be seen on some parts of the whorls. 
It is not without some hesitation that I place this shell among the Fusi. It has not 
the straight deep canal which usually characterizes that genus, but in other respects it 
approaches it more nearly than any other. It may, perhaps, prove the type of a new 
genus. 
FAMILY PURPURID/AL. 
GENUS BUCCINUM. 
B. Tvomeyi, Pu. 37. Fie. 97. 
B. testa ovato-fusiformi, crassd, imperforatd, striata; spird elevatd, scalariformi; suturis impressis, profundis; an 
fractibus ——, sub-convexis, ad suturam superiorem angulatis; striis transversis, duplicatis, parvis, crebris; anfractu 
ultimo rolundato, inferné striis magnis et parvis alternantibus; basi longitudinaliter suleatd; apertura quadran- 
gulari; canale longo, retorto; columelld flexuosd, inferné plica magna und. 
Shell ovately fusiform, thick, imperforate, striate; spire elevated, scalariform; sutures impressed, deep; whorls ——, 
somewhat convex, angulate at the upper suture; strim transverse, double, numerous, small; last whorl rounded, with 
large and small alternating strie below; base longitudinally suleate; mouth quadrangular; canal long, retorted ; colu- 
mella flexuose, with one large fold below, 
Length : Breadth 1,40 inches. 
Remarks.—On the upper part of the last whorl the strie are in pairs with a minute 
impressed line between them having the appearance of double stri«. These, as they 
approach the base, pass gradually into alternating ones. The base, immediately behind 
the lower part of the columella, is marked with deep, somewhat semicircular, sulcations 
pointing the successive growth of the canal. The upper part of the columella is marked 
