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nella. It has the varices of the former, and the plaits on the colu- 

 mella which distinguish the latter. 



Found in sandy mud, from six to twelve fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex incisus. Mur. testa ovatd, septenifariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus rotundatis elevatis, transversim creberrime carinatd et 

 striata, carinis striisque crenulatis ; albidd, carinis subcastaneis : 

 long. I4-, lat. -£ poll. 



Hab. ad portum Sanctae Elenae. 



Found on a rocky bottom at the depth of eight fathoms. — 

 W. J. B. 



Murex vittatus. Mur. testd ovato-acutd, septenifariam vari- 

 coso-spinosd, spinis brevibus, transversim sulcata, albd, nigro 

 fasciatd : long, -g-, lat. T V poll. 



Hab. ad Guayaquil. (Isle of Muerte Bay.) 



From sandy mud at the depth of eleven fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex oxyacantha. Mur. testd pyriformi, transversim striatd 3 

 septenifariam spinosd, spi?iis canaliculatis, albd, epidermide fused ; 

 spird brevi ; canali longiusculd, subrecurvd ; long. 2^, lat. 2^ 

 (spinis inclusis) poll. 



Hab. in America Centrali. (Real Lleijos.) 



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



Murex nitidus. Mur. testd subrhomboided, octqfariam spinoso- 

 varicosd, transversim striata; anfractu basalt ventricoso, albo 

 vittis lineatis nigro-castaneis Sfasciato, et spinis magnis, canali- 

 culatis, sublaciniatis coronato ; spird brevi ; canali mediocri, 

 spinosd, ad apicem nigricante ; aperturd albd ; labro intus den- 

 ticulato: long. I4-, lat. -| (spinprum corond inclusd) poll. 



Hab. in America Centrali. (Real Lleijos.) 



This pretty shell was found in the cleft of a rock. No other in- 

 dividual was obtained, and it is believed to be unique. — W. J. B. 

 - Murex horridus. Mur. testd subrhomboided, novem- ad decem- 

 fariam varicosd, sulcis striisque interstitialibus transversis ere- 

 berrimis, aspero-rugosis, sordide albidd ; aperturd glabra, albd : 

 long, l^, lat. 4- poll. 



Hab. ad Sanctam Elenam et ad Panamam. 



Found in sandy mud at the depth of from eight to twelve fa- 

 thoms.— W. J. B. 



Murex crispus. Mur. testd subovatd, multifariam frondosd, 

 frondibus brevibus, striatis, crispis, transversim costatd, albd, 

 costis frondibusque albido-brunneis ; anfractibus superne com- 

 planatis : long. 2-^, lat. 1 -§■ poll. 



Hab. in pelago juxta Peruviana. 



Taken from a coral reef twelve miles from Pacosmayo, in twenty- 

 five fathoms water. — W. J. B. 



Murex squamosus. Mur. testd sordide albidd, ovato -pyriformi, 

 ventricosd, multifariam varicosd, (varicibus rotundatis,) striis 

 transversis elevatis squamosis asperd ; anfractibus angulatis ; co- 

 lumelld Icevi; labri limbo intus substriato ; canali valde apertd, 

 brevi, subrecurvd: long. !-§-, lat. 1 poll. 



