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  PKOOK.IODINGS 
  OK 
  T 
  H 
  K 
  M 
  A 
  LACOr.OGICA 
  I, 
  SOCIKTY. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  j!^orthern 
  Atlantic. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  accepted 
  the 
  identification 
  by 
  Jeffreys 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  BtJCCiNUM 
  Gecenlandicum, 
  Chemnitz. 
  

   liuccinum 
  Groenlandienm, 
  Chemnitz, 
  Conch. 
  Cab., 
  x, 
  p. 
  182; 
  Kobelt, 
  

   loc. 
  cit., 
  i, 
  p. 
  112. 
  

  

  "Porcupine" 
  Expedition, 
  1869, 
  Station 
  65. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Arctic 
  seas 
  in 
  both 
  hemispheres. 
  A 
  Pliocene 
  fossil. 
  

  

  Jeffreys 
  records 
  his 
  specimens 
  asvav. 
  f/labra, 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  following, 
  

   which 
  I 
  take 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  variety: 
  " 
  Thin, 
  glassy, 
  

   and 
  smooth, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  fine 
  spiral 
  striae 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   wliorls, 
  which 
  afterwards 
  disappear 
  and 
  are 
  replaced 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  and 
  

   indistinct 
  ridge-like 
  lines," 
  

  

  EucciNUM 
  HuMPHKEYSiANUM, 
  Bennett. 
  

   Buccinum 
  Humphreysianum, 
  Bennett, 
  Zool. 
  Journ., 
  i, 
  p. 
  398 
  ; 
  Kobelt, 
  

   loc. 
  cit., 
  i, 
  p. 
  102. 
  

   "Porcupine" 
  Expedition, 
  1869, 
  Stations 
  1, 
  6, 
  8, 
  4.ba-b. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Finmark 
  to 
  Bantry 
  Bay. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Jeffreys 
  " 
  ^. 
  nivale 
  of 
  Friele 
  is 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  

   variety 
  lactea^\ 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  vknteicosom, 
  Kiener. 
  

   Buccinum 
  ventricosum, 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Viv., 
  Buccinum, 
  p. 
  4. 
  

   Buccinum 
  fusif 
  or 
  me, 
  Kiener: 
  Kobelt, 
  loc. 
  cit., 
  i, 
  p. 
  101. 
  

  

  " 
  Porcupine 
  " 
  Expedition, 
  1870, 
  Station 
  30 
  (fragment). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Atlantic 
  off 
  Spain, 
  etc., 
  and 
  in 
  Mediterranean. 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  followed 
  Jeffreys 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  adopted 
  for 
  this 
  form, 
  and 
  his 
  

   final 
  view 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  specific 
  rank. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  undaium, 
  Linne. 
  

   Buccinum 
  imdatum, 
  Linne, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  12th 
  ed., 
  p. 
  1204 
  ; 
  Kobelt, 
  

   loc. 
  cit., 
  i, 
  p. 
  99. 
  

   "Porcupine" 
  Expedition, 
  1869, 
  Stations 
  1 
  [yw. 
  Zetlandica), 
  2 
  (var. 
  

   Jlexuosa), 
  6 
  (var. 
  Zetlmidica), 
  7, 
  8, 
  11 
  (of 
  a 
  conical 
  shape, 
  rather 
  

   strong, 
  without 
  longitudinal 
  ribs, 
  closely 
  and 
  finelj' 
  striated 
  trans- 
  

   versel)' 
  or 
  spirally), 
  25 
  (var. 
  Zetlatidica), 
  45a-b 
  (conical 
  variety), 
  

   68 
  and 
  69 
  (var. 
  Zetland-ica) 
  ; 
  Lough 
  Foyle 
  ; 
  near 
  Belfast 
  ; 
  off 
  Lerwick 
  

   (var. 
  Zetlandica). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  Arctic 
  seas, 
  south 
  to 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Lyons 
  ; 
  also 
  on 
  

   American 
  coasts. 
  A 
  Pliocene 
  fossil. 
  

  

  " 
  BUCCINITM 
  OBLITUM, 
  n.Sp. 
  

  

  " 
  Shell 
  oval, 
  rather 
  solid, 
  opaque 
  and 
  somewhat 
  glossy. 
  Sculpture 
  : 
  

   several 
  curved 
  and 
  fiexuous 
  longitudinal 
  ribs 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  or 
  bodj^ 
  

   whorl, 
  which 
  are 
  crossed 
  by 
  about 
  as 
  many 
  spiral 
  ridges, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  

   a 
  cancellated 
  or 
  decussated 
  appearance 
  ; 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  whorls 
  

   (except 
  those 
  forming 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  are 
  smooth) 
  has 
  also 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  spiral 
  ridges 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  intermediate 
  surface 
  is 
  

   covered 
  with 
  numerous 
  fine 
  and 
  close-set 
  spiral 
  striae 
  ; 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  

   intersection 
  between 
  the 
  ribs 
  and 
  ridges 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  nodulous 
  ; 
  

  

  