706 MUREX. 



NERiTOiDEUS. 48. Shell ovate, with about four 

 rows of pointed nodules ; outer lip angulated, 

 and the pillar obliquely flattened, with two 

 black spots. 



Miirex neritoideus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1219. Born 



Mus. p. 303. 

 Murex Fucus. Gmelin, p. 3538. 

 Muiex, No. 1 1. Sckroeter Einl. i. p. 546. 

 Murex Moega. Martini, iii. p. £70. t. 100. f. 959 and 



960. 

 Buccinum iieritoideum. Solander's MSS. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 174. Lister Conch, t. 990 



f. 50. Gualter, t. QQ. f. B B. 

 Variety. Less nodulous and the outer lip plaited within. 

 Buccinum insignitum. Solander's MSS. Callones Cat, 



p. 30, No. 537. 

 Martini, iii. t. 100. f. 961 and 962. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Martini. South Sea. So- 



lander. 

 Shell an inch or an inch and a half long, and about equally 

 broad, with the spire small and not produced ; the colour is 

 white or reddish. Some of the Linnzean references answer 

 to Martini, f. 972 and 973, and others to the present shell 

 with which the description best agrees, and the name was 

 most probably derived from the circumstance of its having 

 been placed by Gualter among the Nerites. Murex neri- 

 toideus of Chemnitz, x. p. 280. t. 165. f. 1577 and 1578, 

 and of Gmelin, p. 3559, is quite diflferent, and has more the 

 appearance of a Buccinum. 



HYSTRix. 49. Shell sub-ovate, with acute crowded 

 spines ; aperture toothless and repand. 



Murex Hystrix. Linntem Syst. Nat. p. 1219. Martini, 



iii. p. 285. t. 101. f. 974 and 975. Sckroeter Einl. i. p. 



505. G?nelin, p. 3538. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 216. 

 Jrgenville, t. 14. f. A. Gualter, t. 28. f. R, and t. 44. f. 



S. Seba, iii. t. 52. f. 30 and 31, and t. 60. f. 33, 43, 



and 47. Regenfuss, i. t. 3. f. 32. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. Coasts of the 



Friendly Islands. Humphreys. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and an inch broad, 

 with transverse granulated striae, and crowded strong spines ; 

 the colour is greyish or yellowish white, and the throat 



