10 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
9. BUCCINUM ANNULATUM, Lam. The Ringed Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Encycel., pl. 399, fig. 4, a, b. 
PL. IV. fig. 11. 
B. testA ovato-conica, transversim striatA, albo-rufescente, anfractibus 
superné angulatis. angulo annulatim cingulifero; apertura levi; labro 
tenui, simplice, inferné repando. 
Shell ovate, conical, transversely striated, of a reddish white 
color; spire pointed, composed of nine angular whirls, de- 
pressed at their upper part, where they are surrounded by a 
sort of wrinkled ring ; the whirls of the spire, with the exception 
of the last, are by no means convex ; aperture ovate, whitish, 
emarginated at its base ; right lip thin, sharp, forming a small 
canal at its upper and internal part at its union with the left 
lip; columella white. 
Length 9 lines. Width 6 lines. 
Inhabits 
This species is remarkable for its pointed spire, and its angu- 
lar whirls, the upper ones having their margin slightly scaly. 
10. BUCCINUM COCHLIDIUM, Cusmn. The Stair-case Buc- 
cinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) Martini, pl. 55. 
Pl. VI. fig. 17. 
B. testa ovato-conica, crassiuscula, levi, luteo-rubente, lineis longitudina- 
libus rufo-fuscis, anfractibus angulatis, complanatis, ultimo convexiusculo, 
spird longiore, supernis ad angulam subplicatis; apertura griseo-lutescente ; 
labro simplici, basi repando. 
Shell ovate, fusiform, very thick, smooth, whitish, orna- 
mented throughout its whole length with lines, generally undu- 
lated, of a reddish fawn color; spire conical and pointed, 
formed of seven or eight strongly prominent whirls, flattened 
above, and presenting a species of canal, and an obtuse, con- 
