GENUS BUCCINUM. 57 
57. BUCCINUM PAPILLOSUM, Linn. The Tuberculated Buc- 
cinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) lList., Conch., t. 969, fig. 23. 
Pl. XV, fig. 54. 
B. testé ovato-conica, crassiusculd, in fundo fulvo-fuscescente, tubercu- 
lis albis seriatis creberrimis undique obsitd ; apertura albd ; labro dextro 
inferne denticulis muricato. 
Shell ovate, conical, thick, composed of eight convex and 
subcarinated whirls ; the whole surface ornamented with small 
tubercles formed like rounded papille, eight transverse rows 
of which appear upon the lowest whirl, four upon the second, 
and three only upon those of the spire; they gradually dimin- 
ish in size towards the summit, which is generally of a rose 
color. Aperture white, ovate, rounded, terminated at its up- 
per part by an angle of the right lip, and a thick ridge of the 
left lip, which form a canal: the emargination at the base is 
oblique. Right lip thick, furnished upon its edge with six or 
seven spinose teeth, and in the interior with numerous transverse 
strie, very fine, and slightly apparent. Left lip smooth, and 
obliterated above ; it forms a convex varix at the base, and 
terminates near this point by a straight and somewhat pointed 
projection. ‘The general color is whitish or reddish, marked 
upon the convexity of the lowest whirl, with a large red or 
fawn-colored spot, the rest of the spire sometimes sprinkled 
with other smaller spots of the same color. 
Length 1 inch 9 lines. Width 10 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean, the coasts of 'Tranquebar, Java, 
and Madagascar. 
The noduled tubercles which exist upon this shell render it 
easily known, and serve to distinguish it from other species to 
which its form has some resemblance. 
