710 MUREX. 



phius. China, Nicobar Islands, and the South Sea. Chem^ 

 nitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and nearly half as broad, 

 of a brownish or yellowish white colour, sometimes marked 

 with darker transverse bands ; the longitudinal ribs are made 

 prickly by the crossings of the transverse elevated stria? ; the 

 pillar has two oblique plaits, on which account this species 

 has been removed to the Volutae by Dr. Solander. 



MELONGENA. 57. Shell with three or four trans- 

 verse rows of strong spines on the body-whirl, 

 and the spire longitudinally plaited; aperture 

 oblong and toothless. 



Murex Melongena. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1220. Marti- 

 ni, ii. p. 74. t. 39. f. 389 to 392, and t. 40. f. 394. Born 

 Mus. p. 306. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 510. Chemnitz, x. 

 p. 271. t. 164. f. 1568. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 217. 

 Buccinum Melongena. Solatider's MSS. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 186 and 296. Lister Conch. 

 t. 904. f. 24. Rumphius, t. 24. f. No. 2. Petiver Amh. 

 t. 21. f. 9- Guaher, t. 26. f. F. Jrgenvilie, t. 15. f. H. 

 Knorr, i. t. 17. f. 5. Seba, iii. t. 72. f. S to 9. Regen- 

 fuss, I t. 5. f. 49. Favanne, t. 24. f. E 2. 

 Variety. With the spines obsolete. 



Rumphius, t. 24. f. No. 3. Petiver Amb. t. 21. f. 8. 

 Knorr, ii. t. 10. f. 1. Martini^ ii. t. 39. f. 593, and t. 

 40. f. 395 to 397. 

 Inhabits America. LinncBus. Eastern Ocean. Bonanni. 



Coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Shell from three to five inches long, and half or sometimes two 

 thirds as broad, and rather ponderous ; the body-whirl is very 

 large in proportion to the spire, and is generally armed with 

 three or four transverse rows of strong conical spines ; the co- 

 lour is glaucous or reddish brown, with white transverse 

 bands. 



CALCARATUS. 58. Shell somewhat turbinated, with 

 transverse striae, and spinous belts ; aperture' 

 sub-ovate. 



Murex Hippocastanum. Born Mus. p. 309. 

 Murex Melongena, Var. ^. to ^. Gmelin, p. 3540. 

 Buccinum calcaratum. Solander's MSS. 

 Variety A. With four transverse spinous belts. 



