The Hiflory of ANIMALS, 
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Buccinum fuhlongum tranfuerfim radiatum, 
!The fublong and tranfverfely radiated Buccinum, 
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This is a very Angular and beautiful, and a very fcarce, (hell : it’s length is about 
four inches, and it’s diameter, in the broaded part, nearly two. It is compofed of 
feven fpiral turns, and thefe are feparated, as it were, one from another, and are flatted 
on their fides, not bellied as in mod; others: the colour of the outer furface is yellow, 
and it is all over tranfverfely radiated with thick and fomewhat prominent, rounded 
ftreaks: the opening of the mouth is oblong and large, and the extremity of the ro- 
drum obtufe. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and is feldom met with : it feems to be an inhabitant of 
the deep feas, and only to be thrown up in great dorms. 
Buccinum brevius tuberculofum ore magno. 
The Jhort tuberculous Buccinum, with a large mouth . 
This is a beautiful fpecies: it’s length is about two inches, and it’s breadth, in the 
larged part, nearly as much : the mouth is oblong and very large, and the outer lip broad ; 
the extremity of the mouth is a little fplit. The tail is fhort and thick; it condds of 
about dx volutions: the outdde of the fhell is of a brownifh colour, with fome va¬ 
riegations of red and whitifh, and is befet with a great number of fhort and obtufe 
tubercles, difpofed in feveral feries. 
It is a native of the Wed Indies, and is frequent in the cabinets of our coile&ors. 
Buccinum brevius leave ventricofum . 
The fmooth, Jhort^ ventricofe Buccinum . 
This is a very dngular fhell, in that the volutions go the contrary way to thofe of 
the generality of thefe, and the mouth in confequence, is turned a contrary way. It 
is about an inch and three quarters long, and near an inch in diameter in the thickeft 
part. It condds of fix volutions, the lowed of which is much the larged, and 
is inflated, as it were ; the mouth is fmall, and of a figure approaching to an oblong 
oval: the whole furface of the fhell is fmooth, and it’s colour is yellow. 
It is a native of the American feas; we have it from Barbadoes. 
Buccinum brevius Iceve labio protenfo . 
The Jhort) fmooth Buccinum y with an expanded lip . 
This is an inch and a half in length, and more than an inch in diameter in the broaded 
part: it confids of about four fpiral turns, and the extream one is thick, and very ob¬ 
tufe at the top : the mouth is oblong and large, and the lip is expanded to fome breadth: 
the outer furface of the whole fhell is fmooth, and is of a pale brownifh colour, ele¬ 
gantly variegated with a great number of yellow zones. 
It is found on the fhores of many parts of the Ead Indies, and is met with fpffile in 
France very perfect. 
Buccinum tenuius cancellatum . 
> The f ender , cancellated Buccinum. 
This is about two inches and a half in length, and is no where more than an inch 
in diameter : it is compofed of feven volutions, and the four extream ones are very 
fmall, the lad terminating in a fine point: the mouth is oblong, moderately large and 
reddifh ; the lip is narrow, and is covered at the bottom, and fplit a little at the top : 
the whole outer furface of the fhell is ornamented with longitudinal ridges, elevated 
pretty high and rounded; thefe crols the volutions, and dand fomewhat dole to one 
another; and there are a number of broad lines alfo following'the volutions of the 
fhell, which, eroding the ridges, divide the whole furface into fmall fquares, ip a 
beautiful manner. 
It is frequent on the fhores of the American idands. 
1 Buccinum 
