4 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
Length 3 inches 6 lines. Width 2 inches. 
Inhabits the seas of Europe, especially upon the coasts of 
the Channel, where it is very common, and where the animal 
is eaten.’ 
This species is very variable in size; also in its form, which 
is more or less inflated; oftentimes the oblique folds are not 
apparent, and sometimes the transverse strie have wholly dis- 
appeared ; the epidermis then, is of a deep brown. It varies 
also in its coloring, which in some specimens is of a bright yel- 
low or violet, surrounded with one or several reddish bands. 
2. BUCCINUM VENTRICOSUM, Noss. The Ventricose Buc- 
cinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) 
Pl. IH, fig. 7. 
B. testa ovato-conica, ventricosd, transversim tenuissimé striata, striis 
longitudinalibus obsoleté decussata, albida vel griseo-rubente, fusco-nebu- 
losa; anfractibus convexis, ifthe spira longiore ; apertur rotundata, 
albidA aut rufescente. 
Shell ovate-conical, ventricose, of a reddish white, marked 
with undulated brown spots with red edges; epidermis of a 
bright brown; very fine and very close transverse striz, cross- 
ed by very fine and slightly apparent longitudinal striz ; spire 
elongated, pointed; eight convex whirls to the spire, traversed 
sometimes by slightly prominent longitudinal folds ; aperture 
very effuse, dilated outwardly and widely suse) eh at its 
base ; right lip strongly arcuated. 
Length 23 inches. Width 4 lines. 
Inhabits the North Seas. 
This handsome species, of which Prince d’Essling possesses 
1 This shell is also found along the entire coast of New England.—Tr. 
