72 GENUS BUCCINUM,. 
73. BUCCINUM PUNCTATUM, Nozis. The Dotted Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) Cuemn., pl. 125, fig. 1179. 
Pl. XIV, fig, 51. 
B. testa parva, ovato-conicd, albidd, fuscis fasciisculis tenuissimé ordi- 
natis transversim distincta; anfractibus convexiusculis ; apertura ovata, 
albida ; labro dextro crassiusculo, intis striato. 
Shell small, ovate, conical, whitish, covered with very nu- 
merous small brown spots, arranged in transverse series. ‘I'wo 
rows of spots, more distinct, and of a deeper color, are observ- 
ed upon the lowest whirl. ‘The spire is composed of six 
whirls, which are slightly convex ; the third is ornamented 
with numerous, projecting, longitudinal folds ; the others are 
smooth. Aperture ovate, white; right lip thickish, striated 
internally ; left lip covering the columella throughout its whole 
length. 
Length 4 lines. Width 2 lines. 
Inhabits 
This shell is one of the most beautiful of the genus Buccinum. 
The distribution of its numerous dots, arranged in transverse 
series, gives it a very pleasing appearance. 
74. BUCCINUM FASCIOLATUM, Lam. The Belted Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Payr., Cat. de la Corse, pl. 8, 
(ith teks 
Pl. XVII, fig. 61, 62, var. A, 63, var. B. 
B. testa ovato-conica, levigata, rubente; anfractibus convexiusculis ; 
subconnatis, ultimo zonis duabus ccrulescentibus remotis cincto; labro 
intus striato. 
Shell ovate, conical, thick, smooth, pointed at its summit, 
spire composed of six or seven slightly distinct whirls ; suture 
moderately deep, a few transverse strie at the base of the 
