GENUS BUCCINUM. 17 
Length 1 inch 8 lines. Width 11 lines. 
Inhabits New Zealand. 
This species, established from a specimen brought to the 
Museums by Quoy and Gaimard, resembles the Buccinum tes- 
tudineum; but it differs materially from it in its uniform red- 
dish brown color, and the very prominent transverse ridges. 
17. BUCCINUM PAYTENSE, Vau. The Payta Buccinum. 
(Collect. du Museum.) 
Pl. VI, fig. 16. 
B. testa ovato-oblonga, levi, albida, lineis longitudinalibus rufescentibus 
maculata; spird elongata, acuta; aperturd albidd, ovata; labro tenui; 
_ columella alba. 
Shell ovate, oblong, smooth, whitish, marked with longitu- 
dinal reddish lines. - ‘The epidermis which covers it, is pretty 
thick, and of a beautiful chestnut color. The spire is elon- 
gated, pointed, composed of seven slightly convex whirls ; 
aperture whitish, ovate, slightly narrowed towards the upper 
part, and widened at the base, which is rather deeply emar- 
ginated ; lip thin, slightly rounded, compressed towards its 
upper third ; upon the columella is observed a white callosity, 
adhering to the body of the shell, and partially formed by 
the left lip. 
Length 2 inches 3 lines. Width 1 inch. 
Inhabits the rocks of Payta upon the coasts of Peru. 
This species was presented to the Museum by Lesson and 
Garnot, who brought it among the numerous objects collected 
during their voyage around the world. It clearly very much 
resembles the Buccinum testudineum; but it is distinguished 
from it by the more elongated whirls of the spire, and by its 
coloring, which is different. "That which we describe has red- 
dish longitudinal lines, whilst in the Buccinum testudineum, 
Buccinum. B 
