MUREX. 717 



Murex Colus. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1221. Martini, iv. 



p. 180. Born Mas. p. fjK). Schroeter Einl. i. p 514, 



and Inn. Ban Conch, p. 43. t, 2. f. 6. Gmelin, p. 3543. 



Schreibers Conch, i. p. 223. Brookes s Introd. p. 1 19. 



t. 7. f. 89. 

 Fusiis longicauda. La7narck Si/st. des Anim. p. 82. 

 Variety A. Shell v, hitish. 

 Murex caudidus. Gmelin, p. 3556. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 232. 

 Murex undatus. Gmelin, p. 3556. 

 Murex longissiinus, Gmelin, p. 5556. 

 Lister Conch, t. 917. f. .0, and t. yiS. f. 11 a. Ritm- 



phius, t. 29. f. F. Petiver Amb. t. d. f. 5. Gualter, t. 



52. f. L. X/em Os^. t, 4. f. 78. Argenville, t.9. f. B. 



5e6fl, iii. t. 79. largest fig. Knorr, iii. t. 5. f. 1. Da 



Coste Elements, t. 4. f. 4. Martini, iv. t. 144. f. 1339 



and 1342, and t. 145. f. 1343 and 1344. 

 Variety B, Sljcll white spotted with brown. 

 Murex Colus Nicobaricus. Chemnitz, x. p. 241. t. IGO. f. 



1623. 

 La Quenouille tigr^e. Favanne Cat. Rais. No. 976. 

 Favanne, i, 33. f. A 5, 

 Variety C. Shell brown. 

 Murex ansatus. Gmelin, p. SobQ. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 232. 

 Murex Colus, Var. /3. Gmelin, p 3543. 

 Murex, No. 217. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 621. 

 Regenfnss, i. t. 12 f. 62. Martini, iv. t. 144. f. 1340. 

 Vunetif D. Shell distorted with two beaks. 

 Murex Coins monstrosus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 291. t. 211. f. 



2088 and 2089. 

 Inhabits the Indies. Linnaus. Coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Red Sea. Forskael. Cape of Good Hope, China, and 

 Ceylon. Humphreys. 

 Shell varying from three to nine inches in length, of which the 

 beak occupies about a third, and the body-whirl is about one 

 third as broad ; of the above-mentioned varieties M. ansatus 

 differs most, not only in colour, but also in being proportion- 

 ably broader, and it appears by his reference to Regenfuss, 

 that Linnaeus considered this to be a variety. Born has quot- 

 ed all the above-mentioned figures of Martini's for M. Coins, 

 and £ cannot discover any specific difference to distinguish 

 them. 



STRiATULus. 72. Shell sub-fusiform, with the whirls 

 rounded and striated transversely ; outer lip 

 crenulated, and the beak long and straight. 



