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nalc with the raised lines of the fauces ; volutions 

 flattened at their summits, abruptly declining to the 

 suture ; canal coarctate, rather longer than the spire : 

 leak rectilinear, reflected at the tip. 



Length one inch. 



Inhabits the coast of the United States. 



Cabinet of the Academy and Philadelphia Mu- 

 seum. 



A rather common species. 



This generic name I think objectionable, inasmuch 

 as it borders too closely upon Itenilla, which desig- 

 nates a genus of the class Polypi of Lanarck. Mont- 

 fort's appellation Buffo is not preferable for a similar 

 reason, as it would be liable to be confounded with 

 Bufo, a genus of Reptilia. 



FULGUR, Montf. 



F. *pyruloides. Shell with spiral striae alternate- 

 ly larger ; whirls white, transversely lineated with 

 ferruginous lines, interrupted or obsolete on the mid- 

 dle ; above flattened, unarmed ; spire short ; suture 

 profoundly canaliculate. 



Seba. Vol. 3. pi. 68. fig. 19, 20 ? 



Lister, conch, pi. 877 ? 



Length three inches and four-fifths. 



Breadth one inch and one-tenth. 



Inhabits the southern coast. 



Cabinet of the Academy and Philadelphia Mu- 

 seum. 



At first sight this species would be referred to the 



