714 MUREX. 



pale red spots ; the outer lip has a notch at its upper extre- 

 mity, and a sinuosity near the base, which gives it some slight 

 resemblance to the expanded wing of a Strombus; the pillar 

 is somewhat umbilicated, and the beak short. 



viRGiNEUS. 65. Shell turreted, with longitudinal 

 grooves and transverse granulated striae ; 

 whirls with a belt at the sutures ; outer lip 

 sinuated, and the beak short. 



Murex Turris virginea. Chemnitz, xi. p. 99, and p. 115. 

 t. 190. f. 1835 and 1836. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 

 Chemnitz has not described the size, but by his figures this 



shell appears to be near an inch long, and about half as 



broad, with alternately bluish grey and white transverse 



bands, and a few rows of darker spots. 



BABYLONius. QQ. Shell turreted, with acute spot- 

 ted belts, and a notch in the outer lip ; beak 

 long and straight. 



Murex Babylonius. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1220. Mar- 

 tini, iv. p. 167. t. 143. f. 1331 and 1332. Born Mus. 

 p. 309- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 51 2, and Inn. Bau Conch. 

 p. 44. t. 2. f. 8. Gmelin, p. 3541. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 222. Brookes s Introd. p. 120. t. 7- f. 91. 

 Pleurotoma Babylonica. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 84. 

 Lister Conch, t. 917. f. 11. Rumphim, t, 29. f. L. Pe- 

 tiver Amb. t. 4. f. 7. Gualter, t. 52. f. N. Argenvilley 

 t. 9. f. M. Knorr, iv. t. 13. f. 2. Seba, iii. t. 79- seve- 

 ral figures. Regerifuss, i. t. • . f. 9- Favanne, t. 33. f. D. 

 Inhabits Asia. Linnam. Coasts of Amboyna. Rnmphius. 



China. Humphreys. 

 Shell sometimes three inches long, and about ten lines broad, 

 but is generally smaller ; it has about twelve whirls, which 

 are ribbed and striated transversely, and keeled near the mid- 

 dle ; the colour is greyish white, elegantly marked with pur- 

 plish brown spots and dots in transverse rows. 



JAVANUS. 67. Shell turreted, transversely striated, 

 with a tuberculated keel on each whirl, and 

 a notch at the summit of the outer lip. 



Murex Javanus. Linnaus Syst, Nat. p. 1121. Born Mus, 



