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Much like M. Hornbeckii^ a West Indian species, but has a 

 much narrower aperture, fewer ribs, and the last whorl shorter. 

 M. pessulata has also many more ribs, and is much less acumi- 

 nated anteriorly. 



Fusus LiRATUS, Couth. MS. Testa parva, solida, ovato-fusi- 

 formis, straminea, longitudinaliter plicis angularibus instructa et 

 striis profundis cincta ; spira brevis, conica ; anfr. 7, ventricosis 

 postice angulatis, ultimo | iong. testre adequante, antrorsum in 

 rostrum tenuem, contortum subito contractum : apertura angusta, 

 ovata, in canalem obducta ; columella polita, contorta, alba. 

 Long. J, lat. f poll. Dredged at Orange Harbor. 



The prominent trigonal ribs, cut by the deep, somewhat dis- 

 tant revolving lines, with its slender rostrum, are characteristic of 

 this species. It resembles Buccinum canceUarioides, Keeve. 



Fusus cRispus, Couth. MS. Testa parva, subrhomboidea, 

 elongata, rudis, cinerea, plicis laminosis 8 variciformibus e striis 

 laxis incrementalibus compositis instri:icla, et liris obtusis cincta : 

 spira acuto-conica, anfr. 7-8, convexis, postice plus minusve 

 angulatis, ultimo ventricoso, § long. testsB adequante, antrorsum in 

 rostrum acutum subito attenuate : apertura rolundato-ovata, labro 

 semicirculari, crenulato ; columella rectiuscula. Long, f ; lat. /jj 

 poll. Dredged at Orange Harbor. 



This species, from its variciform plaits might be regarded as a 

 Miirex^ were it not for its rostrum, and its animal. The form 

 varies greatly, as well as the degree of angularity of the whorls; 

 but the peculiar lax arrangement of the stages of growth, espe- 

 cially where they form the varices, allows of no mistake. 



Fusus iNCisus. Testa elongato-ovata, livido-cinerea, striis 

 profundis volventibus saturatioribus incisa : spira conica, anfr. 7 

 convexis, apicalibus undulatis, ultimo % long, testae ; rostro brevi, 

 vix recurvo ; apertura ^ long, testae, angusta, subovalis ; labro 

 arcuato, acuto, crenulato ; columella rectiuscula, Itevi, subcon- 

 torta, purpurascente ; faux livido-fusca, sulcata. Long. If; 

 lat. I poll. Hob. . 



This buccinoid species should perhaps be grouped with the 

 genus Pollia of Gray. It has no remarkable characters except 

 its dingy livid brown color, and the deep cut revolving lines. 



Fusus FiDicuLA. Testa parva, tenuis, albida, longitudinaliter 

 'amelloso-costata, coslis 24, striis volventibus ad 8 decussatis : 



