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Stat. 19. Bay of Labuan Tring, West coast of Lombok. 18 — 27 M. River-mud, coral, coral- 



sand. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 79 b . Pulu-Kabala-dua, Borneo-bank. Reef. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 213. Saleyer. Up to 36 M. Mud and mud with sand. 3 Spec. 



The radula of a female specimen has very broad median teeth (M) with the 3 principal 

 cusps rather short but thick, the basal plate with the usual prominent anterior angles. As will 

 be seen by the many radulae described in this group, no very prominent specific characters 

 are present, for even if they prove to be constant, it is not easy to bring them under words. 



7. Murex (Triöithis) funiculatus Reeve. 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. III, Murex, fig. 74. 



SowERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. IV, Murex, p. 4, PI. 1, fig. 19. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. II, p. 81, PI. 10, fig. 112 [recurvirostris var.). 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91 M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 166. 2°28'.5S., i3i°3'.3E. 118 M. Arafura Sea. Hard, coarse sand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 204. Between islands of Wowoni and Buton. 75 — 94 M. Sand with dead shells. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 260. Near Nuhu Jaan, Kei-islands. 90 M. Sand, coral and shells. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 289. 9°o'.3S., I26°24'.5E. Timor Sea. 112 M. Mud, sand and shells. 2 Spec. 



The habitat of this species was not known to Reeve and Sowerby ; Tryon, who as usually 

 has thrown together a large number of somewhat similar species, records for M. rectirvirostris 

 "West Indies and W. coast of Central America to Mazatlan". The specimen from Stat. 166, 

 which is full-grown, has an unusual long canal, which has unfortunately been broken in travelling, 

 but which, if reconstructed, has a length of about 95 Mill. This long tail had misled me in 

 identifying it, I owe the identification to Mr. Smith ; the other specimens are young. Perhaps 

 the other known specimens had this tail broken, for in this condition it better agrees with the 

 quoted figures. A young specimen from Stat. 162 perhaps belongs to this species. 



8. Murex (Tribulus) Macgillivrayi Dohrn. 



DOHRN. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1S62, p. 203. 



SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. IV, Murex, p. 3, PI. 17, fig. 162. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. II, p. jj, PI. 24, fig. 208 {scolopax var.). 

 Smith. Rep. Zool. Coll. of H. M. S. "Alert", p. 44, PI. 5, fig. C. 



Stat. 274. 5 28'. 2 S., 134 53'.9E. Off Pulu Jedan, Aru Islands. 57 M. Sand and shells. Stones. 1 Spec. 



The only specimen, containing the soft parts has the labial varix not sufficiently thickened, 

 though the teeth of its margin are well developed. As far as I am aware, this is the first 

 record of this Australian species for the Archipel, the nearest record seems to be Torres-strait 

 (Boog Watson, Challenger Report, pag. 147); Sowerby quotes Mörch as the author. 



9. Murex (Tribulus) haustelhim Linné. 



LlNNÉ. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 746, N ü 443. 

 RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 86, PI. 26, fig. F. 



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