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trali rotundato postice ventricoso ; valvd sinistrd postice radiatim 

 lineatd, carind prope marginem dorsalem jjosticum conspicud : 

 long. 0'55, lat. 0'06, alt. 0'4 poll. 

 Hub. 



Pandora Ceylanica, Sow., Ibid., figg. 20 — 22. Pand. testa 

 elongatd, depressd, suhflexuosd, postice rostratd, margine superi- 

 ore postico arcuato recurvo, antice dilatatd ; dentibus duobus vali- 

 dis et lamind marginali in valvd planulatd, dente unico fornicato 

 in alterd: long. Tl, lat. O'l, alt. 0' 6 poll. 

 Hab. in Mari Ceylanico, et apud Insulam Muerte, Colombiae Oc- 

 cidentalis. 



Mr. Cuming has a single specimen obtained, at the latter localitj', 

 from a depth of eleven fathoms. — G. B. S. 



Pandora radiata. Sow., Ibid., figg. 23, 24. Pand. testd ovatd, 

 depressiusculd, albd, margine superiore postico recto ; latere pos- 

 tico longiore, subtruncato ; margine ventrali rotundato ; latere an- 

 tico parvo ; valvd planulatd radiatim rufo-lineatd : long. 06, lat. 

 015, alt. 0-35 poll. 



Hab. apud Insulam Muerte, Colombiae Occidentalis. 



Dredged from sandy mud, at the depth of eleven fathoms. — G. B. S. 



Genus Buccinum. 



BucciNUM MODESTUM. Bucc. tcstd ovato-fusiformi, albidd aut lu- 

 teo-rufescente, strigis longitudinalibus confluentibus rubro-casta- 

 neis ornatd, anfractu ultimo albo fasciato, basi sulcata ; anfrac- 

 iibus 8, spiraliter striatis et superne lineis impressis bicingulatis ; 

 aperturd elongatd ; labia externa varicoso, intils leviter striata : • 

 long. 1-15, lat. Ob poll. 



Hah. ad oras Americse Centralis. 



Dredged from muddy gravel in the Bay of Montija, at a depth 

 varying from seven to seventeen fathoms. — W .L. P. 



' Buccinum Cumingii. Bucc. testd ovata-elongatd, subturritd, tenui, 

 rufo-stramined, maculis parvis saturatioribus striisque albidis ele- 

 vatiusculis transversis ornatd ■ anfractibus 7 — S, longitudinaliter 

 costatis, costis anfractfts penultimi evanescentibus, ultimi nonnul- 

 lis ; columelld subrectd, infernt spiraliter plicatd ; labia externa 

 tenui, intils leevi : long. 1-25, lat. 0-5 poll. 

 Hab. ad littora insularum Oceani Pacifici. 



A single specimen of this very elegant and delicate species was 

 collected by Mr. Cuming on the sands at Grimwood's Isle. — W. L. P. 



Buccinum catenatum. Bucc. testd avato-oblongd, tenui, roseo- 

 albicante, spiraliter tenuissime striatd, basi sulcatd ; anfractibus 

 6 — 7, convexis, snperioribus longitudinaliter costatis, tribus ulti- 

 mis maculis parvulis nivosis per series transversas dispositis; aper- 

 turdlcEvi, nitidd; labia externa subcrenulato : long. 0-75, lat.OZ 

 poll. 



Hab. 



