WORMS. TESTACEA. 55. 56. 173 



Montague Brit. Shells p. 246. tab. 15./. 1. 



Shell hardly a quarter of an inch long, clofely ribbed and ob- 

 fcurely striate tranfverfely : outer-lip denticulate wilhin, with a 

 fmall rufous fpot on the edge, and another at the upper-angle of 

 the aperture : aperture contracted. 



38A. B. minimum. Conic, chesnut-brown, ribbed, and 

 decussate by transverse strife : aperture toothless. 



Montague t. 8.f. 2. Donovan t. x'jg.f.'z. B. brunneum. 



Shell- about 2 lines long, reticulate, with about 5 whorls : lips 

 fmooth. 



385. B. terrestre. Slender, smooth, glossy, pellucid, 

 white, ending in an obtuse point ; the first whorl 

 elongated. 



Montague t. 8. /. 3. Walker f. 60. B Adcula. 



Shell a quarter of an inch long, with 6 rather tumid oblique 

 whorls, the first nearly equaling the 3 next : lips without teeth, 



386. B. obtusulum. Ventricose, white, opake, with 3 

 spires and oval aperture. 



Adams Microfc. t. 14./. 23, Walker f. 59. Minute, 



387. B. breve, white, opake longitudinally ribbed and 

 transversely striate, with 5 spires and very short beak. 



2. With 3 whorls, linn. Tr. 3. t. 13./. 5.6. B. minutum. 

 Adams Linn. Trans. 3. tab. 13./. 3. 4. Minute. 



388. B. loeve. white, opake, smooth, with a long beak : 

 spires 3, the first more inflated than the second: 

 aperture oval. 



Adams Linn. Trans. 3. t. 13./. 7. 8. Minute. 



389. B. obtusissimum. White, opake, smooth, with a 

 long beak: spires 3, the first not larger than the 

 second : aperture contracted. 



Adams Linn, Trans. 3. t. 13./. 9. 10. Minute. 



55. STROMBUS. 



390. St. Pes Pelecani. Whorls surrounded by a row of 

 tubercles: lip expanded into 4 palmate angular 

 claws. 



Br. Zool. t. 75. Donov. t. 4. Da Costa t. j.f. 7. 



Shell nearly 2 inches long, taper, grey or reddish, with 2 rows of 

 fmaller tubercles on the larger whorl : outer-lip much expanded, 

 and gradually becoming divided into 4 channelled angular claws: 

 fpire long, pointed. 



391. St. costatus. Whorls taper, swelling, with nume- 

 rous longitudinal ribs, and a raised spiral line at the 

 bottom of each : Zip rounded. 



Donovan tab. 94. Da Costa tab. 8./. 14. 



Shell hardly half an inch long, chefnut-brown, with numerous 

 fine ribs, and a raifed line at the bottom of each whorl becoming 

 double at the bafe : aperture nearly orbicular j the outer-lip a 

 little expanded. 



56. MUREX. Whelk. 



392. M. despectus. Oblong, nearly smooth, with the 

 aperture dilated: whorls 8, with 2 raised spiral 

 lines. 



