43.2 CONCH 
pap ails. in. V. emarginated, tranfverfely flriated ; margins 
of the whirls and lip denticulated ; pillar 4-plaited. 
Indian ocean, 
patriarch- 1 1 2. V. obovate, folid, tranfverfely flriated, mark- 
a/is. ed with nodulous plaits; whirls crowned with tubercles. 
India. 
muflca. 1 13. V, margined, with obtufe fpines in the whirls ; 
lip fmooth and very thick ; pillar 8-plaited. Ameri- 
can ocean. The plaits in the pillar are from 9 to 12 
in fome varieties. 
siefpertilio. 114. V. emarginated, with acute fpines on the 
whirls ; lip fmooth ; pillar 4-plaited ; from 3 to 6 
inches long. Indian feas. 
arahica. 115. V. emarginated; whirls tuberculated, and 
marked with black characters ; 5 plaits in the pillar. 
iiebrcca. 1 16. V. emarginated ; whirls with fubacute fpines ; 
5 flronger and 3 obfolete plaits in the pillar ; 6 inches 
long. India, Jamaica. Very rare. 
turbineJlus 1 17. V. nearly entire, turbinated, with conic fome- 
what eredt fpines; upper ones larger ; pillar 4-plaited ; 
3 inches long. Indian ocean. 
capitellum . 118. V. ovate, rugged, knotty ; 3 plaits in the pil- 
lar ; l\ inches long. Indian and American feas. 
ceramica. 119. V. ovate, acute, with divergent fpires ; about 
5 plaits in the pillar ; fpines on the outer whirls gra- 
dually lefifening into tubercles. Coromandel and Ce- 
ram. 
pijrum . 1 2D. V. obovate, (lightly tailed, with flriated whirls 
on the fpire ; tip produced and quite glabrous; pillar 
3 -plaited ; 7 inches long. Tranquebar and Ceylon. 
laponica. 121. V. obovate, fmooth, with a pointed fpire, and 
ventricofe ; pillar 5-plaited. Indian and American 
feas. 
"vexiiium. 122. V. ventricofe, yellowifh- white, with orange 
bands ; liril whirl tuberculated and larger than the 
reft ; pillar 6-plaited. Indian ocean. Very rare. 
flavefcens. 123. V. pyriform, fmooth, with yellowifh clouds; 
fpire varied with chefnut fpots ; 4 plaits in the pillar. 
rupeflris. 1 24. V. elongated, ribbed ; ribs crofted with fine 
tranfverfe lines ; lip margined ; fpire papillary at the 
tip ; many plaits in the pillar ; 4 inches long. 
najfa. 125. V. ventricofe; fpire ribbed with fine tranfverfe 
flrise crofting the ribs ; lip margined, umbilicated ; 3 
plaits in the pillar ; 1 inch long. Mauritius and 
Guinea. 
craticulata 1 26. V. tapering and tranfverfely flriated ; white 
with longitudinal chefnut ribs; lip denticulated, ftri- 
ated ; 3 plaits in the pillar ; 3 inches long. 
fpiralis. £27. V. longitudinally ribbed, and finely flriated 
tranfverfely ; a row of acute tubercles on the two firll 
whirls ; 3 plaits on the pillar. Indian feas. 
magellani- 1 28. V. ventricofe, ochraceous, with white and 
ca. brown lines ; lip fubulate ; whirls of the fpire convex ; 
firll largefl ; 2 inches long. 
filofa. 129. V. finely reticulated and flriated, with elevat- 
ed tranfverfe belts; lip crenated; 4 plaits in the pillar, 
which is a little umbilicated. 
fufcata. 130. V. coarfe, brown, fmooth ; bafe tranfverfely 
flriated ; fpire obtufe ; firfl whirl ventricofe, with 4 
narrow bands ; the reft with a broad white band ; pil- 
lar with 3 plaits and umbilicated. 
E. Ventricofe ; the fpire papillary at the tip. 
cethiopica. 131. V. emarginated ; fpire crowned with vaulted 
O L O G Y. Chap. IV. 
fpines ; 4 plaits in the pillar ; 7 or 8 inches long. 
Perfia, Alia, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
13 2. V. emarginated; whirls of the fpire with cymbium. 
grooved margins ; 4 plaits in the pillar ; lip callous. 
Spain, Africa, and America. 
133. V. emarginated; fpire fmooth ; pillar 3-plait- olla. 
ed ; 4 inches long. Spain, America, Philippine ifles. 
134. V. elongated, with a broad aperture; lip a -ampla. 
cute ; whirls of the fpire fcarcely vifible ; 1 inch long. 
r 35* V. emarginated ; covered with a brown cuti- neptuni. 
cle, under which it is reddifh ; lip a little prominent ; 
4 plaits in the pillar ; 4 whirls in the fpire ; 8 inches 
long ; nearly as broad. Perfian gulf. 
136. V. emarginated ; lip a little prominent; pillar navicula. 
4 plaited ; 2 inches long. 
I 37- V. .elongated, yellow, with a long tubercle tiX papillaris. 
the tip, which is fometimes oblique. 
138. V. elongated, yellow, with 3 bands of brown indica. 
dots ; 4 plaits in the pillar. India. 
139. V. coarfe, clouded, with zig-zag brown lines ; fcapha . 
lip fubulate, pillar bluilh with 4 plaits. Cape of Good 
Hope. Very rare. 
140. V. ovate, glabrous; whitifh with longitudinal cymbiola. 
red lines ; whirls knotty ; 3 plaits in the pillar ; 2 
inches long. Indian ocean. 
1 4 1 * fiibovate, teftaceous, with reddifh bay prceputium 
fpots, emarginated at the bafe ; 4 plaits in the pillar. 
Coromandel coaft. 
142. V. cylindrical, yellowifh, emarginated; aper -g/ans. 
ture effufe, Spreading; 3 plaits in the pillar. Eaftern 
fliores of Africa. 
143* V. white, fmooth, reticulated with gold, e- reticulata . 
marginated ; 4 plaits in the pillar ; fpire conic ; firft 
whirl cylindrical and ventricofe ; 2 inches long. Ja- 
va. 
144. V. brown! lh yellow, flriated with brown ; 3 fpeBabilis, 
plaits in the pillar ; 5-i inches long. Straits of Ma-' 
gellan. 
Gen. 24. Buccinum, Whelk. Buccmum. 
Gen. Char . — The animal is a limax ; the (hell uni- 
valve, fpiral, gibbous ; aperture ovate, terminating 
in a ftiort canal, leaning to the right, with a retufe 
beak or projedlion ; pillar lip expanded. 
Species. 
A. Inflated , , rounded , , thin , fubdiaphanous , and brittle. 
1. B. roundifh, furrounded with obtufe grooves, b e-o'earium, 
tween which is an elevated line ; aperture without 
teeth ; 4 inches long. Indian fea. 
2. B. obovate, furrounded by grooves which ar e galea. 
double on the fore- part ; aperture without teeth ; pil- 
lar umbilicated. Mediterranean and Adriatic feas. 
This fhell is nearly as large as a man’s head. 
* 3. B. ovate, inflated, (lightly grooved, and \m&xAa-p er disc, 
ted with white; aperture without teeth; 6 inches long. 
India, America, Weymouth. 
4. B. ovate, furrounded with obtufe grooves ; aper -pornutn. 
ture toothed : 2S inches long. Java, Amboyna, Mex- 
ico. 
5. B. ovate, furrounded with remote obtufe grooves : dolium. 
beak a little prominent. Sicily, Africa, India. 
6. B. ovate, furrounded with rounded ribs; beak a caudatum. 
little prominent ; ^ inch long. 
7 - B. 
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