GENUS BUCCINUM. 87 
89. BUCCINUM PAUPERATUM, Lam. The Meugre Buccinum. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Guatrimrt, pl. 44, fig. m. 
Pl. XXIX, fig. 118. 
B. testA ovat, ventricosa, crassiuscula, longitudinaliter undatim plicata, 
transversim minutissimé striata, albescente ; ultimo anfractu spira longiore, 
maculA rufa tincto; labro intus striato. 
Shell ovate, ventricose, spire formed of six convex whirls, 
marked upon their surface with undulated, longitudinal folds, 
and very fine, transverse stria, which form tubercles upon the 
whole length of the folds; these disappear upon the middle 
of the lowest whirl. Aperture white, sub-rounded ; right lip 
slightly margined externally ; columella arcuated, smooth ; left 
lip thin, expanding upon the body of the lowest whirl. The 
color is fawn or whitish; a transverse band ornaments the 
upper edge of the suture; the lowest whirl, which is larger 
than the spire, has a large reddish spot, which is prolonged 
sometimes, into a band; rarely, there is another at the base of 
the shell. 
Length 8 lines. Width 5 lines. 
Inhabits the Pacific Ocean, and the Isle of Tonga-Tabou. 
Quoy and Gaimard have figured, in their Voyage de ’ Astro- 
labe, pl. 32, fig. 5-6, a shell of this species, which is a little lar- 
ger than that which we have just described, and of an®uniform 
reddish-yellow color ; the longitudinal folds are also more prom- 
inent in their specimens, and are continued as far as the base of 
the lowest whirl. It was found at the last quoted locality. 
