BIUREX. 721 



reddish brown regular transverse narrow stripes ; the colour 

 of the spire is rather darker, and it consists of eight whirls, 

 which are somewhat keeled transversely ; Kaemmerer has 

 quoted Martini's figure for a Variety of M. Ternatanus, but 

 it has a very different appearance. 



spiRiLLUS. 79. Shell with the body-whirl ventri- 

 cose, and the spire flattish, with its summit 

 mucronated ; beak sub-cylindrical, and very 

 long. 



Murex Spirillus. Linntcus S^/st. Nat. p. 1221. BornMus. 



p. 312. Schroeter EinL i. p. 517. t. 3. f. 4. Gmelinf 



p. 3544. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 122. 

 Ktiorr, vi. t. 24. f. 3. Spengler Selt. Conch, t. 3. f. E. 



Martini, iii. t. 115. f. IO69. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Spengler. Malabar. 



Martini. 

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

 cupies the larger half, and the body- whirl at its transverse 

 keel is an inch and a half broad ; the upper part of the 

 body-whirl, as well as the spire, is flattish, and the latter 

 ends in an obtuse knob ; the pillar is separated from the 

 beak by a strong oblique plait, and in the length of the beak, 

 as well as general appearance, this shell somewhat resem- 

 bles M. Haustellum ; the colour is dirty white with a few 

 scattered small yellow spots, 



CANALicuLATUs. 80. Shell with the body-whirl 

 ventricose, and the spire pyramidal ; whirls 

 grooved at the suture ; aperture dilated, and 

 the beak long. 



Murex canaliculatus. Linnmis Syst. Nat. p. 1222. Mar- 

 tini, iii. p. 29. t. 67. f. 742 and 743. Born Mits. p. 

 312. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 518. Gmelin, p. 3544. 

 Schreibers Conch, i. p. 224. 



Lister Conch, t. 878. f. 2. Gualter, t. 47. f. A. Ellis's 

 Corallines, I. 33. f. b. ? 

 Junior ? Shell brown, or white variegated with brown. 



Martini, iii. t. 66. f. 738 to 740. 

 Larva. In a long string of Ovaries. 



Murex canaliculatus, Var. Granum. Linnaus Syst. Nat. 

 p. 1222. 



Murex Granum. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 519- Gmelin, p. 

 3545. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 225. 



