MUREX. 69it 



Lister Conch, t. 1023. f. 88. Rumphim, t.28. f. C. Pe- 

 tiver Amb. t. 12. f. 1 6. Gualter, t. 50. f. D. Martini^ 

 iv. t. 12<J. f. 1238 and 1239. 

 Variety, Rubeta. Shell about fourteen inches long. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 103. Rumphius, t. 28. f. D. 

 Petiver Ami), t. 12. f. 17. Argenville, t 9. f. D. Klein 

 Ost. t. 3. f. 59. K77orr, ii. t. 28. f. 1. Martini, iv. t. 

 l'^8. f. I23f3 and 1237. Shaw Nat. Misc. xxiii. t. 1020. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean, hinnceus. Coasts of Tambucco 

 in the East Indies. Rumphiiis. Madagascar. Humphreys. 

 This shell is ^.aid to vary from four to fourteen inches in length, 

 and is about half as broad, and granulated all over; the 

 spire is conical and longer than the body-whirl ; the aper- 

 ture ovate, and the beak rather oblique ; colour pale reddish 

 brown, or chestnut with darker shades. 



OLEARIUM. 28. Shell with two sub-alternate va- 

 rices, and numerous tubercles; back on the 

 hind part unarmed and striated ; aperture 

 toothless. 



Murex Olearium. Linnaiis Si/st. Nat. p. 121(5. Schroeter, 



Inn. Ban Conch, p. 43. Gmelin, p. 3532. 

 Murex Olearium, Var. a. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 492. t. 3. 



f. I. ? Schreibers Conch, i. p. 200. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 105. Lister Conch, t. 937. 

 f. 32. Gualter, t. 49- f. G. Knorr, iii. t. 9. f. 5. Mar- 

 tini, iv. t. \3(). f. 1242 and 1243. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Southern Europe, Africa, and the Me- 

 diterranean. Linnccus. 

 Linnaeus's description of this species is short, and his references 

 extremely discordant, so that it is almost impossible to ascer- 

 tain his meaning. In the opinion of Schroeter and Schrei- 

 bers, M. Olearium, M. Lotorium and M. Pileare all be- 

 long to the same species, and for the former they have re- 

 ferred to the above-mentioned figures of Martini ; but Born 

 considered M. Argus to be the Linneean M. Olearium, and 

 in his work on the Structure of Shells, Schroeter has quoted 

 Martini's fig. 1243 for this species, though in the Einleitung 

 it is cited for M. Pileare. The larger of Martini's two 

 figures is four inches long, and an inch and a half broad, and 

 the transverse ribs are represented much finer and more gra- 

 nulated than in M, Lotorium. 



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