MUREX. 703 



broad ; it has two nearly opposite varices, which are deeply 

 furrowed or indented transversely, and the remainder of the 

 surface is nearly level and smooth ; the colour is yellowish 

 brown, with a few darker transverse bands, and the throat 

 is tinged with violet. 



RETICULARIS. 43. Shell with two nearly opposite 

 varices and decussated ribs, which are tu- 

 berculated at their intersections ; aperture 

 nearly toothless, and the beak slightly as- 

 cending. 



Murex reticularis. Linnaus Sijst. Nat. p. 1218. Martini, 



iv. p. 8]. t. 128. f. 1228. Burn Mus. p. 501. t. 1 1. f. 5. 



Schroeter Einl. i. t. 501. Gmelin, p. S535. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 203. 

 Bonanni llec. and Kirch. 3. f. 193. Lister Conch, t. 935. 



f. 30. Petiver Gaz. t. 153. f, 6. Gualter, t. 49- f. M, 



and t. 50. f. A. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Carolina. Linnaus. Bombay. Petiver. 

 Mediterranean. D'Avi/a. Barbadoes. Martini. Naples 

 and Sicily. Humphreys. 

 Shell sometimes four or even six inches long, but is generally 

 much shorter, and about half as broad ; the transverse ribs 

 are stronger than the longitudinal ones, and small tubercles 

 in regular rows are formed at their intersections ; the colour 

 is pale brownish or purplish white, and the tubercles of a 

 darker brownish purple. 



ANUS. 44. Shell nodulous, with very unequally 

 gibbous whirls, and decussated ribs, which 

 are tuberculated at their intersections ; aper- 

 ture surrounded by a thin dilated membrane, 

 and the beak short and erect. 



Murex Anus. Linnans Syst. Nat. p. 1218. Martini, ii. 

 p. 84. t.41. f. 403 and 404. Born Mus. p. 301. Schroe- 

 ter Ei.nl. i, p. 501, and Inn. Bau Conch, p. 10. t. 4. f. 

 7. Gmelin, p. 3536. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 203. 



Cassida Anus. Mus. Geversianum, p. 386, No. 1257. 



Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 279 and 280, and Kirch, f. 278 and 

 279. Lister Conch, t. 833. f. 57. Rumphius, t. 24. f. 

 F. Petiver Gaz. t. 99. f. 10, and Jmb. t. 6. f. 4. Jr- 

 genvilk, t. 9. f. H. Gualter, t. 37. f. B and E. Seba, 



