660 STROMBUS'. 



Variety A. With ten distinct claws. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 311, and Kirch, f. 315. Lister Conch. 

 t. 868, and t. 869. f. 23. Rwnphius, t. 36. f. I. Pe- 

 tiver Amb. t. 14. f. 7. Jrgenville, t. 15. f. B. Fa- 

 vaune, t. 22. f. A 6. 

 Variety B. With nine claws connected by an extension of 

 the outer lip. 



Strombus novem dactylis instructus. Chemnitz, x. p. 207. 

 t. 155. f. 1479 and 1480. 

 Variety C. With twelve claws. 

 Strombus mukipes. Chemnitz, x. p. 216. t. 157. f. 1494 

 and 1495. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Coromandel, 



China, and Ceylon. Humphreys. 

 Shell about four inches long, and two inches and a quarter 

 broad, of a greyish white colour slightly mottled with brown ; 

 the throat is saffron-coloured, and both the lips are purplish, 

 covered with numerous white elevated irregular striae. 





With the outer lip lohed. 



LENTiGiNOSUS. 10. Shell ovate, warty, coronated, 

 and the base obtuse ; outer lip thickened, 

 and three lobed above. 



Strombus lentiginosus. Limiceus Syst. Nat. p. 1208. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 120. t. 80. f. 825 to 828. Born Mus. p. 275. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 425. Gmelin, p. 3510. Schreibers 

 Conch. 1. p. 179. 

 Bonan7ii Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 300. Lister Conch. t.86\. 

 f. 18. Rumphius, t. 37. f. Q. Petiver Amb. t. 14. f. 

 10. Gualter, t. 32. f. A. Argenville, t. 15. f. C. Seba, 

 iii. t. 62. f. 11 and 30. Knorr, iii. 1. 13. f. 2. Favanne, 

 t. 20. f. B 1. 

 Junior. With the outer lip thin, and not expanded. 



Mar^im, iii. t. 91. f. 892. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell about two inches and a half long, and an inch and a half 

 broad, white, marbled with brown, and the outer lip spotted ; 

 the throat is pale orange ; on the body-whirl there are ir- 

 regular transverse rows of small rounded knobs, and the spire 

 is coronated with larger tubercles. 



