662 STKOMBUS. 



outer lip is much more expanded and acute than in S. len- 

 tiginosus. 



POLYFASCIATUS, 13. Shell sub-ovate, with dark 

 transverse interrupted stripes, and a row of 

 pointed tubercles on each whirl ; outer lip 

 sinuated only towards the base, and the 

 throat reddish yellow. 



Strombus polyfasciatus. Chemnitz, x. p. 209. 1. 155. f. 



1483 and 1484. 

 Strombus fasciatus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3511. 

 Alata flavigula. Memcheu Mas. Gevers. p. 338, No. 848. 



Junior. With the outer lip less expanded. 

 Strombus fasciatus. Bom Mas. p. 278. 

 Strombus lentiginosus, Var. «. Gmelin, p. 3510. Schreibers 



Conch. I p. 179. 

 Alata sagittis lineata. Martini, iii. p. 97- t. 78. f. 800 to 



802. 

 Seba,in.t.6l.f.7. 



Inhabits the Red Sea. D'Avila. Coasts of Bengal. Favanne. 



Shell about two inches long, and fourteen lines broad, white, 

 with seven or eight dark brown transverse, more or less in- 

 terrupted, narrow stripes ; the throat is yellowish or orange, 

 and the transverse stripes on the outside appear through the 

 substance of the shell, which is rather thin and pellucid. 



GALLUS. 14. Shell transversely ribbed, and nodu- 

 lous, and the spire short ; outer lip lobed near 

 the base, and produced and angulated above; 

 throat smooth. 



Strombus Gallus. Linnmis Si/st. Nat. p. 1209. Martini, 



iii. p. 139. t. 84. f. 841 and 842, and t. 85. f. 84G. Born 



Mm. p. 275. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 427. Gmelin, p. 



3511. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 179. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 309 and 310, and Kirch, f. 310 and 



311. Lister Conch, t. 874. f. 30. Rumphius, t. 37- f. 



5. Gualier, t. 32. f. M. Seba, iii. t. 62. f. 1. Knorr^ 



iv. t. 12. f. 1. Favanne, t. 21. f. A ]. 

 Variety. With three large pointed knobs on the body-whirl. 

 Strombus tricornis. Humphreys in Port. Cat. p. 5, lot 50. 

 Strombus, No. 4, and No. 5. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 452. 

 Pugil tricornis. Martini, iii. p. 140. t. 84. f. 843 to 845, 



and t. 85. f. 847. 

 Lister Conch, t. 873. f. 29. 



