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Hab. ad Panamam. 



Found under stones. — W. J. B. 



Murex exiguus. Mur. testd quinquefariam frondosd, frondibus 

 brevissimis, planiusculis, transversim altissime sulcatd, sordide 

 albd; spird brevi; canali mediocri, recurvd: long. -§-, lat. ■£• poll. 



Hab. ad Salango. 



Found on a sandy bottom at the depth of ten fathoms. — W.J. B. 



Murex humilis. Mur. testd ovatofusiformi, albido-castaned, 

 quinque- vel sex-fariam varicosd, varicibus submuricatis, trans- 

 versim sulcatd et striatd; operculo rugoso : long. 1-fr, lat. -g- poll. 



Hab. ad portum Sanctee Elenae. 



Found in sandy mud at the depth of seven fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex pumilus. Mur. testd rhomboided, quinquefariam sub- 

 frondosd, frondibus brevibus, planiusculis, subrecurvis, a latere 

 crenulatis, nigro fused albo subfasciatd; canali mediocri, sub- 

 recurvd ; labri limbo crenulato : long. -£-, lat. T V poll. 



Hab. ad Insulas Gallapagos. 



Found under stones. — W. J. B. 



Murex lugubris. Mur. testa subovatd, transversim costaid, 

 subatropurpured, sexfariam frondosd, frondibus brevibus recurvis 

 fascia que basali albidis ; canalis medio clauso: long. l£, lat. -g- 

 poll. 



Hab. in America Centrali. (Puerto Portrero.) 



Found in the coral rocks. — W. J. B. 



Murex Princeps. Mur. testd subrhomboided, ventricosd, sex- 

 fariam frondosd, frondibus longioribus laciniatis, transversim 

 substriatd, albd rufo-purpureofasciatd ; operculo crasso, parvo : 

 long. 54, lat. 3|- poll. 



Hab. in America Centrali. (Puerto Portrero.) 



Found in coral reefs. — W. J. B. 



Murex Carduus. Mur. testd ovato-acutd, sexfariam varicoso- 

 spinosd, transversim sulcatd et striata, albd fasciis rufo-cas- 

 taneis: long. 1-rV, lat. ^ poll. 



Hab. in oceano juxta Pacosmayo Peruvia?. 



From a coral reef twelve miles from the land, at the depth of 

 twenty-five fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex Nucleus. Mur. testa subrhomboided, septemfariam sub- 

 varicosd, transversim rugoso-sulcatd, sulcis creberrimis, sordide 

 albd; canali brevissimd subrecurvd: long. J-, lat. ^%-poll. 



Hab. ad Insulas Gallapagos. 



Found in fine coral sand at the depth of eight fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex Vibex. Mur. testd turritd, septemfariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus subnodosis, transversim sulcata, subluted; aperturd albd, 

 interne sulcatd ; labri limbo crenulato ; canali brevissimd ; epi- 

 dermide fused, rugosd : long. 1-fr, lat. 1 poll. 



Hab. ad Sanctam Elenam et ad Panamam. 



This shell appears to be intermediate between Murex and Turbi- 



