130 Zoological Society. 



>/; fused liris nigricantibus, frondibus purpureo-roseis, columelld et 

 apertures fauce albis, labro externa incrassato, intus denticulato ; 

 canali breviusculo . w ,, 



' Hab. ? v'>^vt\^ yf+;! 



This shell might easily be mistaken for an accidental -stttdted 

 growth of the Murex palma-roscE, were it not for the constancy and 

 marked peculiarity of its characters. The fronds are short and some- 

 what erect, with a row of small fronds sprouting up at their base ; 

 they are also laterally pinched as it were, and do not spread in the 

 same flowery bifurcate manner as in the Murex palma-rosca. 



Murex rubiginosus. Mur. testdfusiformi, interdum subabbreviatd, 



transversim granoso-liratd et striatd, inter varices fortiter tuber - 



, ; culatd; trifariam varicosd, varicibus frondosis, frondibus foliaceis, 



, brevibus, alternis parvis, recumbentibus ; rubiginosd, liris frondi- 



busque nigricante-fuscis ; columelld rubiginoso -luted, apertura 



fauce albd. 



//a6. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. ^^ 



This shell, of which I have seen several characteristic specimens, 



is quite distinct from any hitherto described. 



■H(MuREx cRASsiVARicosA. Mur. testct subabbreviato-fusiformi, cras- 

 «p ' siusculd, transversim granoso-liratd et striatd ; trifariam varicosd, 

 >if - varicibus incrassatis, rotundatis, frondosis, frondibus parvis, folia- 

 :5*'' ceis, alternis minoribus ; livido-ferrugined, apertures fauce albd. 



Hab. } 



A new species, of which I have seen several examples, distinguished 

 amongst other characters by the stunted thickened growth of the 

 y?irices. 



jsi-MuREX ocuLATUS. Mur. testd fusiformi-oblongd, crassiusculd, un- 

 dique leviter scabrosd, transversim liratd et striatd, inter varices 

 bituberculatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus lamellis brevibus sub- 

 complicatis tuberculatis ; albidd, rufo-fuscescente tinctd, varicibus 

 arff maculis quadratis rubentibus alternatim pictis, columelld rubente- 

 'X^BL luted, aperture fauce albd, labro nigerrimo-fusco, superne prceci- 

 pue, maculate, apice rubente ; canali breviusculo, compresso, re- 

 curve. 



^''ffab. ? 



Although this shell has so many characters in common with the 

 Murex pomum, it exhibits a constant peculiarity of colour, form and 

 sculpture. In colour it is peculiarly tinged and spotted with red ; in 

 form it is more graceful and slender, and in sculpture it is smoother 

 and presents two tubercles between each varix. I have seen nume- 

 rous examples of this species, and can distinguish them at a glance 

 from the Murex pomum. 



^^ j^xJREX ALABASTER, Mur. tcstd trigono-fusiformi, spirce testa lon- 

 ^^^j gitudinem cequante, anfractibus transversim liratis et striatis, liris 

 ^^.^, lavibus, supern^ angulatis, nodulis duobus tribusve subconspicuis 

 ad angulum armatis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus laminate -alatis, 

 tuberculo erecto profunde canaliculato ad angulum munitis ; intus 

 /^-^^ extusque eburned ; canali breviusculo. 



