718 MUREX. 



Murex striatulus. Gmelin, p. 3557. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 233. 



Murex, No. 227. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 624. 



Fusus tenerrimus leviter striatus. Martini, iv. p. 190. 1. 146. 

 f. 1351 and 1352. 



Inhabits 



This shell appears by Martini's figure to be about three and a 



half inches long, and thirteen lines broad, and covered with 



a brown epidermis, beneath which the colour is whitish ; it 



much resembles M. Coins, but has not any longitudinal 



plaits or nodules, 



LANCE A. 73. Shell subulate, with longitudinal 

 plaits and transverse ribs ; aperture ovate, 

 ribbed within, and toothed on the margin ; 

 pillar two-plaited, and the beak long and 

 straight. 



Murex Lancea. Gmelin, p. 5556. Schreibers Conch, u 



p. 232. 

 Murex angustus. Gmelin, p. 3556- ? 

 Murex, No. 221. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 622 ; and No. 222, 



p. 623. ? 

 Valentyn Abh. t. 1. f. 6.? Martini, iv. 1. 145. f. 1347. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Martini. 



Shell about two and a half inches long, of which the beak oc- 

 cupies more than a third, and the breadth is only one fifth 

 of the length ; it appears to difi^er from M. Coins principally 

 in being narrower ; the spire has eleven or twelve whirls ; 

 the colour is white, with the interstices of the ribs and the 

 aperture violet, and young shells are said to be reddish. M. 

 angustus has been entirely constituted from Valentyu's fi- 

 gure, and is hardly worth any notice. 



VERSICOLOR. 74. Shell turreted, and transversely 

 ribbed, with the upper whirls plaited longi- 

 tudinally; beak straight and rather long. 



Murex versicolor. Gmelin, p. 3556. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 218. 



Murex, No. 223. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 623. 



Kiiorr, iii. t. 14. f. 1. Martini, iv. p. 188. t. 146. f. 1348. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. 

 Martini's figure is about six inches and a half long, and two 



inches broad, and is painted of a bluish colour with brown 



longitudinal streaks ; it differs from M. Colas in its want of 



