STROMBUS. 663 



Junior. With the outer lip not expanded. 



Lister Conch, t. 891. f. H. Martini, iii. t, 91. f- 891. 



Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica and Barbadoes. Lister. Red 

 Sea. ForskaeL Martinique. Humphreys. 



Shell sometimes three inches and a half long, and two inches 

 and three-quarters broad, but is commonly smaller ; the co- 

 lour is white, or reddish clouded with grey, and the spire is 

 only about half as long as the body-whirl ; the outer lip is 

 large and effuse, and at the upper end is drawn out into a 

 projecting more or less linear beak, which is often elevated 

 above the summit of the spire. The Variety has only three 

 very large pointed protuberances on the shoulder of the 

 body-whirl, and is less distinctly ridged transversely. 



LACiNiATUS. 15. Shell transversely ribbed and no- 

 dulous ; outer lip sinuated near the base, 

 and much scolloped towards its upper angle; 

 throat smooth. 



Strombus laciniatus. Chemnitz, x. p. 223. t. 158. f. 1506 



and 1507. 

 Strombus sinuatus. Humphreys in Portland Cat. p. 189, 



lot 4022. 

 Strombus Gallus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3512. 

 Strombus, No. 50. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 466. 

 Strombus, No. 39. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 189. 

 Seba, iii. t. 62. f. 3. Spengler Selt. Conch, t. 3. f.A. Fa- 



vanne, t. 22. f. A 2. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell four inches and a half long, and two inches and three- 

 quarters broad, and has the spire more than half as long as 

 the body-whirl ; the outer lip is curved inwards in the mid- 

 dle, and is sinuated near the base, and plaited and laciniated 

 towards the upper extremity ; the colour is white clouded 

 with yellowish spots, and the throat brown. 



AURis DiANiE. 16. Shell transversely ribbed and 

 nodulous, and the spire rather short ; outer 

 lip pointed above, and the beak at the base 

 of the aperture recurved. 



Strombus Auris Dianae. Linntsus Syst. Nat. p. 1209- Mar^ 

 tini, iii. p. 135. t. 84. f. 838 and 839- Born Mus. p. 

 276. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 428. Gmelin, p. 351^, 

 Schreibers Conch, i. p. 180. 

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