666 STROMBUS. 



LUHUANUS. 19. Shell smooth, with the summit of 

 the outer lip a little prominent ; aperture red- 

 dish, with a black margin to the pillar-lip. 



Stiombus Luhuanus. Linnceus Si/st. Nat. p. 1£09. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 91. t. 77. f. 789 to 791- Born Mus. p. 277. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 432, and In7i. Ban Conch, p. 26. 

 t. 3. f. 3. Gmelin, p. 3313. Schreibers Conch, i, p. 

 182. 



Lister Conch, t. 850. f. 5, and t. 851. f. 6. Unmphius, t. 

 37. f. S. Petiver Gaz. t. 98. f. 10, and ylmb. t. 14. f. 

 12. Gualter, t. 31. f. H and I. Seha, iii. t. 6l. f. 11, 

 12, and 20; and t. 62. f. 31 and 32. Knorr, v. t. 16. f. 

 5. Favanne, t. 20. f. D 1. 

 Variety. Without any black margin to the pillar-lip, and the 



outer lip white at the edge. 



Strombus Luhuanus, Var. Chemnitz, x. p. 218. t. 157. f. 

 1499 and 1500. 



Favanne, t. 20. f. D 2. 

 Junior. With the outer lip imperfect. 



Lister Conch, t. 849- f- 4. Seba, iii. t. 61. f. 14. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. Isle of France. Lister. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and half as broad, with the first 



whirl of the spire slightly gibbous, and the upper whirls 



somewhat ribbed longitudinally; the colour is white, with 



spots and interrupted transverse bands of yellowish brown. 



The shells which belong to the above-mentioned variety are 



generally rather larger, and more rounded on the shoulder of 



the body-whirl, than those which have the broad black stripe 



along the margin of the pillar-lip. 



GIBBERULUS. 20. Shell smooth, slightly striated 

 at the base, and towards the margin of the 

 outer lip ; spire distorted, and the whirls gib- 

 bous. 



Strombus gibberulus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1210. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 95. t. 77. f. 792 to 798. Born Mus. p. 278. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 433. Gmelin, p. 3514. Schrei- 

 bers Conch, i. p. 182. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 150. Lister Conch, t. 847. 

 f. 1. Rumphius, t. 37. f. V. Petiver Anib. 1. 14. f. 13. 

 Gualter, t. 31. f. N. Argenville, t. 14. f. N. Seba, iii. 

 t. 61. f. 17 to 19, and 51 to 53 ; and t. 62. f. 48 to 49- 

 Knorr, ii. t. 14. f. 3, and iii. t. 13. f. 4. 



