716 MUREX. 



pale yellowish stripes ; the body-whirl is slightly grooved at 

 the base, and the other parts are generally smooth, but in 

 the above-mentioned variety the whole surface is slightly rib- 

 bed transversely. 



nuBius. 69. Shell with longitudinal plaits, and 

 transverse ribs ; spire rather prominent ; aper- 

 ture ovate, and the outer lip crenulated. 



Murex asper. Gmelin, p. 3543. 



Murex, No. 229. Schroetcr Einl. i. p. 625. 



Murex, No. 157. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 233. 



Turricula striis exasperata. Martini, iv. p. 232. t. 150. f. 

 J 396 and 1397. 



Inhabits 



This shell, as it is figured by Martini, appears to be an inch 



and a quarter long, and half as broad, and it is said to be of 



a reddish colour, with five or six whirls, and the ribs acute. 



It possesses no affinity with the Linnaean M. asper, and 



would perhaps stand better near Buccinum piicatulum. 



FENESTRATUS. 70. Shell oblong, angulated, no- 

 dulous, with decussated striae, and the inter- 

 stices excavated; outer lip double and tooth- 

 ed, and the beak rather short and straight. 



Murex fenestratus. Chemnitz, x. p. 249- t. l6l. f. 1536 



and 1537. 

 Murex Colus, Var. S. Gmelin, p. 3543. 

 Murex, No. 20. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 197- 

 Le Buccin a cul de De. Favanne Cat. Rais. p. 188. No. 



891. 

 Favanne, t. 35. f. C 1. 



Inhabits 



Shell about sixteen lines long, and three-quarters of an inch 

 broad, of a whitish colour with reddish spots, and the throat 

 white. I am unacquainted with the shell, but it does not ap- 

 pear by the figure to possess much affinity with M. Colus, 

 of which Gmelin has placed it as a variety. 



COLUS. 71. Shell turreted, with a nodulous keel, 

 and transverse ribs, and plaited longitudinal- 

 ly ; outer lip crenulated, and the beak long 

 and straight. 



