BtJCCINUM MERIDIONALE. Ill 



Specific Cltavdciers. — Shell turreted, elongate; whorls 7, decidedly convex; 

 ornamented on all the upper ones but the first by fine longitudinal plications, 

 flexuous and somewhat inconspicuous, which tend to die out on the last whorl, 

 and by irregular wavy spiral lines of unequal size ; spire longer than in the 

 species just described ; apex blunt ; suture deep ; mouth oval ; outer lip thin ; 

 inner lip forming a thin glaze on the pillar ; pillar excavated in the middle and 

 twisted ; canal open, very short. 



Dimensions. — L. 45 mm. B. 25 mm. 



Distribution. — Recent : Newfoundland ; West Greenland. 



Fossil : Waltonian Crag : Little Oakley. Butleyan : Hollesley. 



RemarJiff. — B. clon/jatam is another of Verkriizen's Newfoundland species, the 

 description given above being based on some shells Dr. Sj^arre Schneider has sent 

 me from the Tromso Museum. 



Among the Oakley fossils that he was kind enough to examine, he separated 

 some having an elongate spire, convex whorls and a short mouth, most of them, 

 unfortunately, young or imperfect, which he regarded as closely allied to, if not 

 identical with, B. elongatuni. I figure one of his Recent shells, together with a 

 nearly perfect fossil from Hollesley which it approaches both in form and sculpture ; 

 possibly other specimens of this form may be found hereafter in the Crag. 



Prof. Kobelt regards B. elongatnm as a separate species, as does Dr. Sparre 

 Schneider ; on the contrary, MM. Dautzenberg and Fischer describe it as a variety 

 of B. Donovaiii, and Posselt of B. AmaJisc. All of them consider it, however, a 

 distinct form. 



Buccinum meridionale (Verkri'izen, MS.), sp. nov. Plate IX, figs. 1, 2. 



— Buccinum meridionale, Verkri'izen, MS. 



Specific Characters. — Shell ovate, shorter than the last, rather thin; whorls 

 convex, rapidly diminishing in size, the last tumid, nearly four-fifths the total 

 length ; ornamented with spiral striations, generally excessively fine, and in places 

 by the faint lines of growth ; longitudinal plications absent or confined to the 

 upper whorls ; spire short, ending in a blunt point ; suture deep and well-marked ; 

 mouth oval, angulate above, half the length of the shell, outer lip thin, expanded, 

 regularly curved ; inner lip forming a thin glaze upon the columella ; columella 

 twisted ; canal wide, open, very short. 



Dimensions. — L. 35 mm. B. 22 mm. 



Distribution. — Recent: Banks of Newfoundland, southern part; unknown 

 further east. 



Fossil : Waltonian Crag : Walton-on-Naze. Butleyan : Butley ; 

 probably elsewhere. 



