ME. S. HANLEY OS THE LINNEAN MS. OF THE ' MUSEUM ULEICiE.' 75 



plicata, plicis antice acurainatis nodis. Spira acutiuscula, similiter plicata, 

 nodosa. Labium exterius minus dilatatum, postice margine dentatum et 

 interne fuscum, striatum. I^abium internum crassum, integrum, laeve. 



The Strombus palustris, although not pubhshed until the twelfth edition 

 of the ' Systema,' had been already defined in the ' Museum ' as Turricula 

 cornea. 



Tur. decussatim rugosa, labio dilatato. 



Rumph. 101. t. 30. f. Q. Strombus palustris. 



Testa erassa, rudis, pyramidalis, cornea aut plumbea, anfractibus 12 et 

 ultra, secundum spiras transversim aliquot striis exarata, longitudinaliter 

 subplicata, adeoque sine spinis rugosissima. Labium dilatatum, rotunda- 

 tum, concavum, edentulum. 



MUREX. 



The definition of this genus ran as follows : — 



Testa subovata, spinosa. Apertura coarctata, ovata, desinens in canalem 

 tubuloso-conniventem. 



This was evidently designed for the Murices proper. The other species 

 of the * Museum ' were distributed in the groups of Cassis, Turricula, 

 Bulla, and Strombus. The last was defined as follows ; " Testa obverse 

 conica, nodosa, labium exterius angulum transversalem superne formans ; 

 interius nullum. Columella incurva. Cauda Integra." 



M. HAUSTELLUM. M. caudatus, subinermis, nodosus. 



" Suturis'* was originally " costis". The printed emendations are "gibbis, 

 adglutinatis ", " costati et nodosi", "subtus rima longitudinali clausa", 

 *' margine'*, and the final remark. 



M. TRIBULUS. M. caudatus, spinis subulatis trifariis. 



" Olear. Mus. t. 39. f. 1 " was cited in the transcript, to which Linnaeus 

 had added " Bonan. 269 " and " List. t. 902. f. 22", all which synonyms 

 are present in the * Systema.' The printed additions are " suturis 3 lon- 

 gitudinalibus, adglutinatis, incrassatis", "secundum suturas : superficies 

 transversim striis elevatis distinctis", "recta*'. 



M. coRNUTUS. M. caudatus, spinis subulatis serie gemina. 



The s. in the reference to Rumphius was a misprint for the written 5 : 

 " Pet. Gaz. t. 68. f. 12" (as in the ' Systema') was present in the copy. 

 The expressions " striata ", " conicae ", " obliquo situ ", and the final remark, 

 are the printed additions. 



M. TRUNCULUS. M. subcaudatus, spinis simplici serie. 



The description of the tail and account of the variety were not originally 

 present : " suturis " was, at first, " plicis", and " adglutinatis " was " an- 

 trorsum adnatis". 



M. RAMOSUS. M. dsedaleus triangularis, spira longitudine ventris. 



Had the original manuscript been printed,' the multitude of species con- 

 fused under this appellation would have been somewhat lessened. For the 

 cited figures of M. infiatus (Rumph. t. 26. f. A, and Gualt. t. 38. f. A), with 

 that of another short-spired Murex (Arg. t. 19. f. C), were separated from 



