STROMBUS. 659 



is sometimes considerably larger ; the two claws at the up- 

 per end are generally longer and straighter than the others, 

 and those on the sides in the Variety C are remarkably bent 

 back, and hooked ; the colour is greyish white, slightly mot- 

 tled with brown, and the throat more or less orange co- 

 loured. 



TRUNCATUS. 8. Shell ovate, with the spire very 

 obtuse and knotty ; aperture with eight 

 straightish claws, of which one is smaller. 



Strombus truncatus. Humphreys in Portland Cat. p. 1 33. 



lot 2967. 

 D'Avila, i. p. 190, and p. 566. t. 14. Favanne, t. 21. f. 



E3. 

 Junior. With the outer lip partially or not expanded. 

 Strombus Bryonia. Gmelin, p. 3520. 

 Strombus radix Bryoniae. Chemnitz, x. p. 227. 1. 159- ^• 



1512 to 1515. 

 Strombus, No, 9- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 454. 

 Murex Gigas. Gmelin, p. 3557. ? 

 Murex, No. 240. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 629. ? 

 Lister Conch, t. 882. f. 4, and t. 931. Seba, 'in. t. 63. f. 



3. D'Avila, t. 12 and 13. Martini, iii. t. 93. f. 904 



and 905. Favanne, t. 21 . f. E 1, and E 2. 

 Inhabits the East Indies, and coasts of China. Humphreys. 

 I never saw a full grown shell of this species, which is said by 

 Mr. Humphreys to be very rare ; it is sometimes a foot 

 long, and eight inches broad, of a pale yellowish brown co- 

 lour mottled with white ; the four uppermost whirls are de- 

 pressed, so as to give the spire a truncated appearance, and 

 each of the other whirls has a row of strong rounded knobs. 

 It appears to me that S. Bryonia is the shell in its earliest 

 stage of growth, and that Murex Gigas may be the same 

 at a more advanced age with the lip partially expanded. 



MiLLEPEDA. 0. Shell rather flattish and gibbous 

 on the back ; aperture with about ten in- 

 flected claws, and the throat striated. 



Strombus Millepeda. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1208. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. l6l. t. 88. f. 861 and 862. Born Mm. p. 

 274. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 423. Gmelin, p. 3509. 

 Schreibers Conch, i. p. 177. 



