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78 GENUS BUCCINUM. 
79. BUCCINUM ORNATUM, Nozis. The Ornamented Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass.) Cuemn., pl. 124, fig. 168. 
Pl. XXI, fig. 83. 
B. testd ovato-conica, apice acuta, albo-violacea, rufo zonata ; anfractibus 
convexis, levibus, longitudinaliter plicatis, infimé et superné striatis ; aper- 
turd subovata, albescente ; labro dextro pe intus striato ; coleman’ 
arcuata, ioanieadietties guttata; 
Shell ovate, conical, pointed at the summit ; spire pyramidal, 
formed of six or seven distinct, smooth, convex whirls, covered 
with very prominent, convex, longitudinal folds, intersected 
only at the base, and upon the two or three upper whirls, by 
a few pretty deep transverse strie. Upon these whirls the 
strie become finer and more approximate ; they rarely exist 
upon the whole surface ; in like manner the longitudinal folds 
do not appear upon the right portion of the lowest whirl. The 
color is of a violateous white; a dark red zone borders the 
suture, and a broader and browner band surrounds also the 
middle of the lowest whirl. _ 
Length 10 lines. Width 6 lines. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean, the coasts of Mewulieny, of 
Coromandel, and the Island of Ceylon. 
This shell, easily distinguished by its transverse bands, has 
also been figured in Wood's Catalogue, p. 23, fig. 120, under 
the name of Buccinum stolatum. 
80. BUCCINUM ASCANTAS, Bruce. The Ascanias Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Guautiert, Test., t. 44, fig. N. 
Pl. XXVI, fig. 104. 
B. testa ovato-conica, longitudinaliter plicata, transversim striata, cinerea 
aut luteo-fulva ; anfractibus valdé convexis, ultimo spira breviore ; apertura 
rotundaté ; labro extis marginato, intis striato. 
Shell ovate, elongated, subturreted ; spire pointed, composed of 
