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as in Buccinum undatum (L.), the body whorl is, however, nearly 

 smooth (except for the transverse lirse), aperture rather narrow, 



much striate within. 



Last year these two interesting species came into my 

 possession, both, so far as is known, unique at the present time. 

 They have not been noticed by either Dunker or Lischke, and 

 are an important addition to a genus only comparatively recently 

 separated from Fusus by Mr. Arthur Adams, and which has its 

 headquarters in Japanese waters. Paetel's new catalogue (1887) 

 embraces about forty species of this genus, of which more than 

 half occur in Japan, the remainder being about equally dis- 

 tributed in California, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 6". mikado 

 is one of the handsomest and most distinct of all the species, 

 it may not, therefore, be considered amiss to give it a regal 

 attribute in honour of the monarch of its native country. S. 

 pseudo-hcccinuni is nearest allied to S.fusdides (Reeve), figured 

 in the ' Conchologia Iconica ' as a Buccinum, in company with 

 S. stgnum, S. trochulus, S. varicosa, S. casstdariceforinis, all of 

 Reeve, being the first described species of what bids fair to 

 become a genus as extensive as it is well defined. 



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