MUREX. 681 



Murex Haustellum. Limiaus S^/st. Naf. p. 1213. Mar" 



tini, iii. p. 379- t. 115. f. 1066. Born Mus. p. 287. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 475, and Inn, Bau Conch, p. 31. 



t. 3. f. 1. Gme/in, p. 3524. Schreibers Conch, i. t. 



191. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 81. Shazo Nai. 



Misc. xii, p. 488. Brookes s Introd. p. 1 19- 1. 7- f. 88. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 268, and Kirch, f. 270. Lister Conch. 



t. 903. f. 23. Riimphius, t. 26. f. F. Petiver Amb, t. 



4. f. 8. Argenville, t. I6. f. B. Gualter, X. 30. f. E. 



Klein Ost. t. 4. f. 81. Seha, iii. t. 78. f. 5 and 6. 



Knorr, i. t. 12. f. 2 and 3. Favanne, t. 38. f. B 2. 

 Junior '^ With the beak not at all, or but little produced. 

 Martini, iii. 1. 115. f. 1067 and IO68. Favanne, t. 38, f. 



B3. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Red Sea. Bonanni. 

 Coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. America. D'Avila. Co- 

 romandel. Martini. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell three or four inches long, of which the subulate beak at 

 the base occupies the larger half, and the breadth is about 

 an inch and a half or two inches ; it is l9ngitudinally divided 

 by three strong elevated ribs, covered by a membrane which 

 overlaps a part of their interstices, and the interstices are 

 furnished with less elevated tuberculated ribs ; it is of a 

 flesh-colour transversely marked with blackish brown, and 

 the inner margin of the aperture is rose-colour. 



MOTACILLA. 2. Shell triangular, with three thick 

 somewhat spinous varices, and transversely 

 grooved ; beak rather long, subulate, and 

 slightly ascending. 



Murex Motacilla. Chemnitz, x. p. 268. t. l63. f. 1563. 

 Gme/in, p. 3530. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 198. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about two inches and a half long, of which the beak oc- 

 cupies about an inch, and the breadth is an nich and a quar- 

 ter; it has three strong varices armed with 1 emote pointed 

 tubercles, and both the varices and their interstices are trans- 

 versely grooved ; the colour is whitish with reddish brown 

 spots and bands, and the throat is white. 



scoLOPAX 3. Shell sub-ovate, with three spinous 

 varices, and darker transverse ribs ; beak 

 very long, straight, and armed with similac 

 long spines. 



