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Subgenus Phyllonotus Swainson. 



The following sections may be considered synonyms: Bas- 

 sia, Bayle, 1880 (type M. Stainforthii Reeve); Poirieria, 

 Jouss., 1880 (type M. Zelandicus Quoy and Gaim.); Pa- 

 ziella, Jouss., 1880 (type M. Pazi Crosse). No one has yet 

 been able to find characters of enough stability to form 

 sections of this extremely variable group. 



Murex Stainforthii Reeve. 



Murex Stainforthii Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 104, 1842; Conch. Icon., 



sp. 68. 



Murex hirsutus Poirier, described and figured in Nouvelles 

 Archives du Museum, 1882, p. 83, pi. vi, figs. 2 a , 2 b , is simply 

 a very perfect specimen of this species. 



Subgenus Homalocantha Morch. 

 Murex scorpio Linne. 



Murex scorpio Linu6, Syst. Nat., XII, p. 1215. 



Murex Lamberti Poirier (Arch, du Museum, p. 86, pi. vi, 

 figs. 3 a , 3 b ) is a synonym. The specimen figured is simply 

 a very fine individual. 



Subgenus Pteronotus Swainson. 



The following sections have no distinctive value : Morchia 

 Jouss., 1880 (type M. davits Kiener) ; JSTaquetia, Jouss., 

 1880 (type M. triqueter Born.); Triremis Bayle, 1880 (M. 

 Gambiensis Lam.) ; Poropteron Jouss., 1880 (M. uncina- 

 rius Lam.); Pteropurpura Jouss., 1880 (M. macropteron 

 Desh.); Alipurpura Bayle, 1884 ( M. acanthoplerus Lam.). 

 It is difficult to conceive of what use these sections are to the 

 scientific world. 



Murex macropterus Desh. 



Murex macropterus Desh., Mag. de Zool. pi. xxxviii, 1841. 

 Several living specimens of this species were obtained by 

 the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. The 



