TRITON.— Plate V. 



Lamarck, Aniru. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. ix. 



p. 634. 



Murex tripus, Chemnitz. 



Murexfemorule, var., Dillwyn. 

 Hub. China. 



The ribs and ridges of this shell being strongly cre- 

 nated have almost a headed appearance. 



Species 17. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Saul.) 

 Triton Sauli^e. Trit. testa elongato-conicd, tubaformi, 

 paululum contortd, basim versus subangulato-at- 

 tenuatd, varicibus novcnis denisve plano-depressis ; 

 spird acuminata ,■ anfructibus subangulatis, nodorum 

 prominent ium seriebus duabus infra unguium armatis, 

 subtilissime liratis, /iris apicem versus minutissime 

 crenulutis ; albido aut lutescente, rubido-fusco varie- 

 gatd et muculatd ; epidermide tenui ; columella lavi, 

 obsolete plicatd, plied albd unicd superne munitd ; 

 labro intus denticuluto ; aperturd angulato-ovatd, 

 fauce ca'rulescente-albd. 

 Saul's Triton. Shell elongately conical, trumpet- 

 shaped, a little contorted, rather angularly at- 



tenuated towards the base, with nine or ten flatly 

 depressed varices ; spire acuminated ; whorls some- 

 what angulated, armed below the angle with two 

 rows of prominent knobs, very finely ridged, ridges 

 most minutely crenulated towards the apex ; whitish 

 or yellowish, variegated and spotted with rich dark 

 reddish brown ; epidermis slight ; columella smooth, 

 obsoletely wrinkled, furnished with a single white 

 plait at the upper part ; lip denticulated within ; 

 aperture angularly ovate, interior bluish white. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 184-4. 

 Hub. Matnog, Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



I was about to figure a somewhat discoloured speci- 

 men of this shell, collected by Mr. Cuming at the above- 

 mentioned locality, when a smaller but very richly painted 

 example presented itself for comparison from the col- 

 lection of Miss Saul. It is unquestionably distinct from 

 any of the trumpet-shaped species, though curiously in- 

 termediate between the Triton uariegatus and austrulis. 

 I now dedicate it with great pleasure to a much-esteemed 

 collector, whose cabinet bears interesting testimony of 

 her excellent discrimination of species. 



