MUREX. 709 



Murex plicatus. Martini, iii; p. 268. t. 100. f. 954 and 

 955. 



Murex Hippocastanum, Var. y. Gmelin, p. 3539. 



Murex, No. 9- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 545. 



Murex, No. 1 10. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 220. 



Buccinuni crinitum. Solander's MSS. 

 Inhabits the East Tudian Seas. Martini. 

 Shell about an inch long, and three-quarters of an inch broad, 



of a whitish ci lour, and the throat violet ; the body-whirl is 



more or less keeled towards the middle, and the transverse 



striffi are somewhat membranaceous; the base is umbili- 



cated. 



MORBOsus. 55. Shell ovate, transversely striated, 

 and the whirls nodulous ; aperture roundish, 

 and the throat yellowish. 



Murex Hippocastanum, Var. „. Gmelin, p. 3539. 

 Murex, No. 14. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 547. 

 Buccinum nodulosum. Gmelin, p 3496. 

 Buccinum morbosum. Solanders MSS. 

 Lister Conch, t. 990 b.f. 51, and t. 991. f. 52. Martini, 

 iv. t. 123. f. 1140. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the West India Islands. Martini. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and rather more than an 

 inch broad, thick, and of a greyish white colour variegated 

 with brown ; the body-w hirl is more or less transversely i!0- 

 dulous on the shoulder, and the lower whirls of the spue are 

 tumid and somewhat lamellated. 



SENTicosus. 56. Shell turreted, longitudinally 

 ribbed, and cancellated with transverse acute 

 striae; pillar obliquely plaited. 



Murex senticosus. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1220. Martini, 

 iv. p. 309. t. 155. f. 1466 and 1467. Born Mas. p. 306. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 508. Gmelin, p. 3539. Schrei- 

 bers Conch, i. p. 217. Chemnitz, xi. p. 132. 1. 193. f. 

 1864 to 1866. 



Murex cancellatus. Museum Leskianum. p. 266. f. 6. 



Buccinum senticosum. Museum Geversianum. p. 296. JBrw- 

 guiere Enc. Meth. p. 272. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 35. Rumphius, t. 29. f- N. 



Petiver Amb. t. 9- f. 17. Gualter, t. 51. f . G and I. 



Argenville, t. 9- f. O. Seba, iii. t. 49- i- 45 to 48. 



Knorr, iv. t. 23. f. 4 and 5. Favanne, t. 31. f. L. 



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