98 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
or reddish color, oblong or quadrangular, alternating with 
other similar spots of a dull white: the first, oftentimes, form 
longitudinal bands ; spire conical, pointed, formed of six slightly 
convex whirls, the lowest of which is as large as all the others ; 
they are flattened and angular at the upper part, crowned upon 
the angle by a subgranulated margin; the suture is accom- 
panied at the upper part of each whirl, by a small, slightly 
convex and undulating margin; upon the lower whirl are seen 
nine rounded, transverse, very angular folds: the other whirls 
are also ornamented with three folds. ‘The spaces between 
them bear fine transverse strie. The aperture is white, ovate, 
elongated ; columella thick, rounded, white and almost straight. 
The right edge is thin, and slightly sharp. 
Length 1 inch 7 lines. Width 8 lines. 
Inhabits 
This species, whose locality we do not know, is rare in col- 
lections. It is easily recognised by its form, and its coloring, 
which gives it a spotted appearance. 
29. BUCCINUM DISCOLOR, Quoy et Gaim. The Discolored Buc- 
cinum. 
(Collect. Mass. et Mus. Lam.) Cuermn., pl. 150, fig. 1405-6. 
Pl. XI, fig. 39. 
B. testa parva, oliviformi, violaceo-grised, transversim tenuissimé striata ; 
spird acuta, superné plicis longitudinalibus distincta ; anfractibus convex- 
iusculis ; apertura cinerea, ovata ; columella levi; labro dextro denticulato, 
intus plicato. 
Shell small, olive-shaped; color varied with violet and 
gray ; longitudinal brown lines, distant; a white, decurrent 
band surrounds the middle of the lower whirl ; spire pointed, 
formed of six slightly convex whirls, covered with transverse 
strie; slightly apparent longitudinal folds upon the two or 
three lowest whirls. ‘The aperture is of an ashy gray, ovate, 
