690 MUREX. 



Rumphius, t. 26. No. 2. Klein Ost. t. 6. f. 109. Seba, iii. 



t, 77. f. 5 and 6. Kworr, iii. t. 9. f. 2, vi. t. 19. f. 1, 



and t. 40. f. 6 ? and 7. Regenfuss, i. t. 1. f. 6, and t. 9- 



f. 26. Favanne, t. 36. f. K. 

 Variety. With six foliated varices ? 

 Murex diaphauus. Gmelin, p. 3529. Sckreibers Conch. 



i. p. 195. 

 Murex, No. 1 14. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 582. 

 j^rgenville, t. 16. f. F. 

 Junior. Murex striatus. Gmelin, p. 3530. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 195. 

 Murex, No. 18. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 548. 

 Martini, iii. t. 109. f. 1016. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnceus. Coasts of Amboyna. 

 Rumphius. Guinea. Martini. Mediterranean about Ta- 

 rentum. Regenfuss. Phihppine Islands. Humphreys. 

 This shell varies in size and colour as much as M. ramosus, 

 which it resembles, but may be at once distinguished by the 

 greater number of its varices. Argenville has described his 

 t. l6. f. F, which is M. diaphanus of Gmelia, with six fo- 

 liated varices, but there is not any appearance of more than 

 five in the figure, and according to Martini, Gmehn's M. 

 striatus is the young of this species. It appears by Knorr's 

 description, that f. 6 and 7 of his tab. 40 were intended for the 

 same shell, and the latter Gmelin himself has referred to for 

 M. saxatilis, though with the other he has, constituted a se- 

 parate species under the name of M.fasciatus. To increase 

 the confusion, Gmelin has also given the name oi fasciatus 

 to another Murex at p. 3561. 



ERINACEUS. 19. Shell angulated, with several 

 strong somewhat foliated varices, and scaly, 

 and transversely ribbed; aperture oval, and 

 the beak closed. 



Murex Erinaceus. Einnaus Syst. Nat. p. 12l6. Pennant 

 Zool. iv. p. 123. t. 76. f. 95. Born Mus. p. 294. t. 11. 

 f. 3 and 4. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 485. Gmelin, p. 3530. 

 Donovan, i. t. S5. Montagu Test. p. 259. Maton and 

 Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 142. Dorset Cat. p. 46. 

 t. 14. f. 7. 



Murex Cichoreum. Gmelin, p. 3530. ? 



Buccinum porcatum. Da Costa, Brit. Conch, p. 133. t. 8. 

 f. 7. 



Gualter, t. 49- H. Seba, iii. t. 49- f. 78 and 79- Marti- 

 ni, iii. t. 110. f. 1026 to 1028. 



