MUREX. 711 



Murex, No. 1. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 543. 

 Rumphius, t. 23. f. D. Petiver Amb. t. 8. f. 11. GuaU 

 ?er, t. 31. f. F. ASe6a, iii. t. 49- f. 80 and 82. Martini j 

 ii, t. 40. f. 398 and 399- 



Variety B, With three transverse spinous belts. 

 Murex, No. l65. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 596. 

 Rumphius, t. 24. f. No. 4. Knorr, vi. t. 24. f. 2, and t. 

 35. f. 3. Martini, ii. t. 40. f. 400 and 401. 



Variety C. With two transverse spinous belts. 

 Murex, No. l64. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 596. 

 Knorr, v. t. 4. f. 2. 



Variety D. With one tuberculated belt. 

 Murex, No. 2. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 543. 

 Murex, No. 107. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 220. 

 Seba, iii. t. 60. f. 9- Martini, ii. t. 40. f. 402. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 



Shell an inch and a half, or two inches long, and the breadth 

 is about three-fourths of the length ; the form is rather pear- 

 shaped, and it differs from M. Melongena in its more pro- 

 duced spire, narrower base, and more ovate aperture ; the 

 colour is brownish white, or brown with white transverse 

 stripes or bands, 



CONSUL. 59. Shell thick, ventricose, transversely 

 striated and nodulous; aperture wide, ovate, 

 with the outer lip sinuated and plaited with- 

 in. 



Murex Consul. Chemnitz, x. p. 236. t. l60. f. 1516 and 

 1517. Gme/in, p. 3540. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 221. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about three mches long, and almost equally broad, with 

 a transverse row of large nodules on the shoulder of the body- 

 whirl, and the spire nodulous; the colour is whitish, and the 

 throat yellow. 



bTRAMiNEus. 60. Shell ovate, grooved and striat- 

 ed transversely, with the upper ends of the 

 whirls flattish and nodulous; aperture wide, 

 and the lips thickened. 



Murex stramineus. Gmelin, p. 3542. 

 Murex Pes Struthio-cameli. Chemnitz, x. p. 238. t. l60. 

 f. 1520 and 1521. 



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