GENUS BUCCINUM. ie 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 
This shell approaches the Buccrnum Fovssyi ; it is, neverthe- 
less, distinguished by quite remarkable differences : it is larger, 
and has the whirls more convex and the longitudinal folds more 
prominent. 
78. BUCCINUM ROJISSYI, DesHayzs. De Roissy’s Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) Bretuane., Voy. aux Ind. Or., pl. 3, fig. 3-4. 
Pl. XXI, fig. 82. 
B. testa elongata, subturrita, angusta, pallidée fulva clathrata ; anfractibus 
convexis, ultimo brevi; apertura minima, alba ; labro dextro intus striato ; 
columella oblique truncata. 
Shell elongated, subturreted ; spire long, pointed, formed of 
eight or nine convex whirls, chequered by longitudinal folds, 
and pretty numerous and very regular transverse strie. The 
lowest whirl is short and subglobular. Aperture small, ovate, 
oblong, and white in all its parts. Right lip finely striated 
internally ; columella cylindrical, obliquely truncated, and 
terminated at the base by a deep emargination, which is 
recurved towards the back of the shell. ‘The coloring is a 
little remarkable: it is of an uniform, pale, fawn-color, but 
interrupted on the lowest whirl by an obscure and transverse 
whitish zone. 
Length 9 lines. Width 5 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 
This rather rare species has been found only in the Indian 
Seas. Bellanger obtained it in his voyage to Pondicherry. 
