70 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
ed by a multitude of very approximate longitudinal folds and 
transverse strie. Upon the lowest whirls the longitudinal folds 
disappear, and the transverse stri#, on the contrary, become 
more apparent. Suture simple, accompanied by a small, very 
narrow scaffolding, formed by a row of granulations, a little 
larger, and like papille. Aperture subrotund, whitish. Right 
lip smooth at its edge, striated internally. Columella arcu- 
ated and smooth. ‘The general color of this shell is of an 
uniform red brown. 
Length 7 lines. Width 3 lines. 
Inhabits the coasts of Chili, where it is very common. 
This shell, which was brought from Chili by M. Gay, a natu- 
ralist, has some resemblance to the Buccinum reticulatum, yet 
obvious differences easily distinguish it. It has the whirls less 
convex, the folds less prominent; it is much smaller, its color- 
ing is not the same, and, finally, it has, around the suture, tuber- 
cles which are not found in the B. reticulatum. 
Young specimens of this species have more prominent longi- 
tudinal folds, which are continued quite to the base of the lowest 
whirl. 
71. BUCCINUM PEDICULARE, Lam. The Pedicular Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Cuemn., pl. 125, fig. 1186-1189. 
Pl. XXV, fig. 102. 
B. testa minima, ovato-conica, levigata, lineis albidis et spadiceo-fuscis 
alternis eleganter cincta ; spira acuta; apertura rotundata. 
Shell very small, ovate, conical, smooth, diaphanous, colored 
with white, elegantly ornamented upon its whole surface with 
pretty numerous, narrow, transverse lines, of a blackish brown ; 
spire composed of six slightly convex whirls ; the lowest is in- 
flated, and larger than all the others united ; suture linear, very 
fine ; aperture subrounded, violet color; within are perceived 
the external colored lines. Right lip simple, thin, sharp; the 
