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^'^'""c^W; tfit^ varices fortiter tuherculatd; irivaricosd, varicibus Jim- 

 briato-laminatis, superne falcatis ; albd, castaneo-fusco hie illic 

 tinctd ; aperturd peculiariter parvd, ovatd. \ ...V 



-^^tffab. -^} arhoiteiilA 



Murex pinniger is perhaps the nearest allied species^ to^ttSs, tnou^ 

 of very different form. 



Murex gambiensis. Mur. testd fusiformi, infernh attenuatd, so- 

 *^\ lidiusculd, transversim obsolete striatd, tuber culo magno prominulo 

 inter varices ; trivaricosd, varicibus plicato-laminatis, superne faU 

 '^''' catis, ad basim alatis ; albd, fusco hie illic punctatd ; apevti^rd 

 ■^^^^ parvd, canali longiusculo. i u I// 



^"^Also allied to the Murex pinniger, but of a more elongated rorm 

 and different style of colouring. bluo^ 



3 jiMubexMartinianus. Mur. testd trigono-clavceformi, transversim 

 g|), liratd, liris nodulosis, incsqualibus ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus 

 g^ rarispinosis, spinis breviusculis ; luteo- vel griseo-cccrulescente, 

 \q i ca>nali fuscescente ; aperturd ovatd, labro dente planulatOt erecto, 

 HIS:, inunito ; canali longissimo, recto, superne spinoso. jw gaioaqs 



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i'his shell was supposed to have been the Murex rarispina of La- 

 marck, but it having been satisfactorily shown by both Kiener and 

 Deshayes that Mr. Sowerby's Murex for mosus is that species, I pro- 

 pose to distinguish it by the above new title. 



Murex funiculatus. Mur. testd clavceformi, transversim liratd, 

 liris ad summitatem funiculatis, costis tribus vel quatuor plica- 

 formibus longitudinalibus inter varices ; trivaricosd, varicibus 

 spinosis, spinis brevibus, acutis, sursum inclinatis ; fuscescente- 

 ^■'^' albd, funiculis transversis castaneis ; aperturd ovatd, columelld 

 labroque intus noduliferis ; canali elongato. "^^' -'^ ' 



Hab. .? ^ , .. ^ 



An interesting species, well-characterized by the fine dark chest- 

 nut-brown cords with which it is encircled throughout at equal 

 distances. 4'il ,o«sa3Mtj b'rt .T./.inHiA a* 



Murex nigrispinosus. Mur. testd elongato-clavcBformi, transver- 



tio!'' sim liratd et striatd, liris imequalibus, subnodosis, spird brevius- 



culd; trifariam varicosd, varicibus spinosis, spinis erecto-elon- 



|.f^ gatis ; canali elongato^ ad extremitatem leviter recurvo, spinoso, 



spinis longis, subcurvatis purpurascente-albd, fasciis tribus vel 



quatuor fuscescentibus subindistincte cingulatd, spinis purpureo- 



^^^ nigricantibus^^ ^<-^-^'^^^''-^^'-'^''''^'''''- ''T^^^^ -'' 



^j-^This shell approximates to the Murex tribulus, but its characters 

 present an agreeable modification throughout, which may be con- 

 sidered of specific importance. The spines are constantly tipped with 

 black. 



'^^^ Murex bellus. Mur. testd clavceformi, transversim liratd, liris 

 -»^' tuberculato-nodosis ; trivaricosd, varicibus rotundis, tuberculato- 

 "t liratis, spina brcvi acutd ad basim; albicante, castaneo-fuscQ 



