B. fasciolatum. B. vinosum. B. tenuiplicatum. B. sub-spinosum. B. Ascanias. B. lævigatum. B. flexuosum. B. aciculatum. B. corniculatum. B. cribrarium. B. grana. B. coccinella. B. zebra. B. dermestoideum. B. aurantium. B. pedicular. B. gibbolusum. B. pullus. B. marginulatum. B. polygonatum. _B. undatum._ The common Whelk, or waved Buccinum. Species oval, slightly ventricose, and sub-carinated on the whorls of the spire; sulcated obliquely; striated transversely and longitudinally; volutions convex; aperture white or yellow; covered with a yellowish epidermis. _B. papillosum._ The prickly-lip Buccinum. Pl. 29, fig. 1. Species with the spire elevated, more or less tuberculated, the edges of the aperture separated posteriorly by a narrow, rather deep sinus; the right dentated anteriorly. _B. reticulatum._ The reticulated Buccinum. Species short, ventricose, sub-globular. _B. achatinum._ The Agathine Buccinum. Species smooth, the spire rather elevated; the aperture wider anteriorly. 10. Eburna. Five species. Shell oval or elongated, smooth; the spire pointed, its whorls as if rounded; aperture ovate, elongated, effuse, and widely notched anteriorly; the right margin entire; the columella callous posteriorly, umbilicated, sub-canaliculated at its external or right side. Eburna glabrata. E. Ceylanica. E. spirata. E. areolata. E. lutosa. _E. Ceylanica._ The Ceylon Eburna. Pl. 29, fig. 3. Species smooth, white, with irregular large purplish spots; apex acute, tipped with blue; sutures with an elevated line; umbilicus filled with spines. 11. Terebra. The Needle Shell. Twenty-four species. This genus of shells is remarkable for their sharp, lengthened, and spiral form, which obtained for them the common name of Needles. Shell elongated oval, spire pointed, slightly elevated, or sub-turreted; aperture wide, oval, strongly notched anteriorly; lower end of the columella twisted or oblique.