MOLLUSCA. BUCCINIDJE. Buccinum. 
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Length an inch and three quarters, breadth rather more than an inch. 
-—Only one specimen has occurred. 
321. B. pictum.—^^ Shell oval, oblong, glossy, whitish, with 
ochraceous blotches ; volutions eight, decussate ; outer lip 
smooth.” 
Purpura picta, Turt. Zool. Journ. ii. 365. t. xiii. f. 8.— British Channel. 
“ Length y^ths of an inch, breadth hardly two ; termination of the pillar 
pointed.” — Judging from the drawing, the aperture seems subquadrangular 
lengthened, with the outer lip nearly straight in the middle. 
322. B. lineatum. — Shell smooth, glossy, with numerous 
spiral bands of brown and white. 
Da Costa^ Brit. Conch, p. 130, t. viii. f. 5. Pult. Dorset. 41, Don. Brit. 
Shells, t. XV. Mont. Test. Brit. 245. — B. pediculare, Lam. Syst. vii. 
275 . — Southern coasts of England. 
Length |ths, breadth |th of an inch ; conic, strong ; towards the base of 
the body whorl the narrow white bands become excavated into spiral striae ; 
aperture oval, outer lip a little spreading — It is very common among West 
Indian shells. 
The following shells, being probably the fry of different species, may here 
be noticed, though the descriptions and accompanying figures of the authors 
referred to be very imperfect. 
a. B. ohtusulum — Whorls three, bellied, aperture oval ; colour opake white. 
— Walk. Test. Min. 16. t. xi. f. 59 — Faversham. 
h. B. breve Whorls five, longitudinally ribbed, transversely striated, 
opake ; canal short. — Adams, Linn. Trans, iii. 64. t. xiii. f. 3, 4. — Pembroke- 
shire. 
c. B. minutum . — Whorls three, longitudinally ribbed ; opake, ^white — 
Adams, Linn. Trans, iii. 64. t. xiii. f. 5, 6. — Pembrokeshire. 
d. B. IcBve — Whorls three, smooth, body whorl large ; aperture oval ; ca- 
nal lengthened, — Adams, Linn. Trans, iii. 64. t. xiii. f. 7, 8 — Pembrokeshire. 
e. B. obtusissimum — Whorls three, smooth ; aperture contracted ; canal 
lengthened — Adams, Linn. Trans, iii. 65. t. xiii. f. 9, 10. — Pembrokeshire. 
EXTINCT SPECIES. 
1. Pt. elmgatum — Shell ovate-elongated, transversely striated; whorls 7, 
rather convex, longitudinally undulated ; outer lip obscurely crenulated 
within ; mouth oval, with a short recurved canal — Sower. Min. Conch, t. cx. 
f. 1. — Crag. 
2. B. rugosum Shell ovate-elongated, obtuse, transversely striated ; spire 
with 12 or 14 angles; whorls five, prominent; aperture obovate ; latter 
whorl rugged — Sower. Min. Conch, t. cx. f. Z..—Crag at Holywell. 
3. reticosum. — Shell oblong-ovate, acute, reticulated; whorls 6, with 
the upper and lower parts rounded, and sides flattish ; outer lip toothed 
within Smjoer. Min. Conch, t. cx. f. 2. — Crag at Holywell. 
4. B. -Turreted, acute, transversely furrowed ; whorls ventri- 
cose ; aperture ovate; lip toothed within, thickened hj Oige.— Sower. Min, 
Conch, t. cclxxv. f. 2, and t. cccclxxvii. f. 4.— In Crag, Ramsholt, 
