728 MUREX. 



its greater affinity with the shells of the preceding division. 

 It is used by the Africans and by many of the Eastern nations 

 as a military horn. Martini's Hg. 1280 and 1281 differ in 

 being much smaller, and have been erroneously quoted by 

 Born for his M. accinctus, which is Buccinum plumatum. 



NEREi. 92. Shell ventricose, with alternate va- 

 rices, decussated striae, and transverse nodu- 

 lous ribs; inner lip w^ith a transverse callo- 

 sity, and the beak short. 



Murex Tritonis, Var. /J. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 525. Gme- 



lin, p. 3550. 

 Murex Tritonium australe. Chemnitz^ xi. p. 134. t. 194. 



f. 1867 and 1868. 

 Lister Conch, t. 960. f. 13. Martini, iv. p. 118. t. 136. f. 

 1284. 

 Inhabits the South Sea. Chemnitz. 



Shell generally seven or eight inches long, and about half as 

 broad, spotted with brownish white and chestnut ; it has nu- 

 merous narrow unequal transverse ribs, of which the broad- 

 est are nodulous, and fine decussated striiE. It is said to be 

 used by the natives of some of the South Sea Islands for mu- 

 sical purposes. 



VULPINUS. 93. Shell oblong, ventricose, glabrous, 

 with the base and margins of the whirls stri- 

 ated ; beak short and twisted. 



Murex vulpinus. Born Miis. p. 317. t. 11. f. 10 and 11. 



Gnielin, p. 3558. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 221. 

 Murex, No. 274. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 640. 



Inhabits 



According to Born, this shell is seventeen lines long, and seven 

 broad, oblong, with eight smooth somewhat rounded whirls, 

 which are transversely striated near the sutures ; body-whirl 

 convex, and ending in a short beak, which is bent outwards ; 

 aperture smooth ; colour reddish brown. 



pusio. 94. Shell ventricose, oblong, smooth, with 

 the spire striated and the whirls rounded; 

 aperture toothless, and the beak short. 



Murex Pusio. Linnaus S^st.Nat. p. 1223.? Martini, 

 iv. p. 202. t. 147. f. 1357. Born Mus. p. 315. Schroeter 



