MUR^x. 689 



D 'Jvila, t. 16. f. L. Martini, ili. t. 1 1 1. f. 1038. 



Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Martini. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 



Born describes this species to be rather more than two inches 

 long, and only three-quarters of an inch broad, and white, 

 marked with scattered red spots ; the spire pyramidal, with 

 six whirls ; aperture elliptical, and the outer lip crenated. 



SCORPIO. 17. Shell contracted, with four foliated 

 varices, and the spire capitate ; beak rather 

 long and truncated. 



Murex Scorpio. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1215. Martini, 



iii. p. 327. t. 106. f. 99B to 1003. Born Mas. p. 293. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 483. Gmelin, p. 3529. Schrei- 



bers Conch, i. p. 194. 

 Rumphius, t. 26. f. D. Petiver Amh. t. 11. f. 14. Gual- 



ter, t. 37. f. M. Argenville, t. l6. f. D. Seba, iii. t. 77. 



f. 13 to l6. Knorr, ii. t. 11. f . 4 and 5. Da Costa 



Elements, t. 5. f. 6. Spengler Selt. Conch, t. 2. f. C. 



Favanne, t. 36. f . G 3 and G 4. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and three-quarters of an inch 

 broad, without including the branched foliated processes 

 which issue from the varices ; the first whirl of the spire is 

 turgid and contracted at its base, and the summit is rather 

 obtuse ; the colour is generally brown, more or less variegat- 

 ed with white, and the shell is sometimes entirely white. A 

 variety with the whirls reversed is mentioned in the Portland 

 Catalogue, lot 3991? and is said to be extremely rare. Its 

 common name is the Skeleton Shell. 



SAXATiLis. 18. Shell transversely grooved, and 

 somewhat nodulous, with five foliated varices, 

 and the beak short. 



Murex saxatilis. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1215. Martini, 

 iii. p. 328. t. 107. f. 1004 to 1010, and t. 108. f. 1011 

 and 1012. Born Mus. p. 294. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 

 484. Gmelin, p. 3529. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 194. 

 Shaw Nat. Misc. xx. t. 927. 



Murex fasciatus. Gmelin, p. 3528. ? 



Murex, No. 116. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 582, and No. l69. 

 p- 597. 



