MUREX. 729 



Einl. i. p. 50.6. Gmelin, p. 3550. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 226. 

 Buccinum Nifat. Bniguiere Enc. Meth. p. 282. 

 Le Nifat. Adanson Senegal, p. 52. t. 4. f. 3. 

 Lister Conch, t. 914. f. ?• Rumphius, t. 49. f. E. Peiiver 



Amb. t. 7. f. 1. Gnalter, t. 52. f. I. Favanne, t. 53. 



f. I. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnaus. 



Linnaeus with the above character has quoted Bonatini, f. 40, 

 and Gualter, t. 52. f. I, and has added the following de- 

 scription, " Shell as large as a hazel-nut, of a bluish colour, 

 with grey longitudinal waved bands, and the suture simple." 

 The present shell, which all authors, except Bruguiere, have 

 considered to be the same, is about an inch and three-quar- 

 ters long and three-quarters of an inch broad, with transverse 

 rows of square spots corresponding with the above-mention- 

 ed figure of Gualter's, but Bonanni's has longitudinal stripes. 



^ TULIPA. 95. Shell sub-fusiform, smooth, and striat- 

 ed by the sutures; aperture striated within, 

 and the pillar two-plaited. 



Murex Tulipa. Linno'us Sj/st. Nat. p. 1223. Martini, 

 iv. p. 123. t. 136. f. 1286 and 1287, and t. 137. f. 12S8 

 to 1291. Born Mas. p. 317. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 527. 

 Gmelin, p. 3550. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 227. Shaw 

 Nat. Misc. xxiv. t, 1022. Brookes s Introd. p. 120. t. 7. 

 f. 90. 

 Fasciolaria Tulipa. Lamarck S^st. des Anim. p. 83. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 187. Lister Conch, t. 910. 

 f. 1, and t. 91 i. f. 2. Rumphius, t. 49. f. H. Gualter, 

 t. 46. f. A and E. Argenville, t. 10. f. K. Seha, iii. t. 

 7 J. f. 23 to 31. Knorr, v. t. 18. f. 5, and vi. t. 29- f. 1. 

 Regenfuss, i. t. 9- f 35, and ii. t. 8. f. 16. Favanne, t. 

 34. f. L. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Campeachy and Jamaica. Lister. Gui- 

 nea. Regenfuss. Antilles and Caribbee Islands. Martini. 

 Florida. Humphreys. 

 Shell about six inches long, and two and a half broad, of a dirty 

 white colour mottled with purplish brown, or vice versa, and 

 marked with blackish transverse lines ; the whirls are smooth, 

 except a narrow space below the sutures, which is marked 

 with somewhat decussated striae; the inside is finely striated, 

 and the pillar has two oblique plaits ; the beak is produced, 

 and about an inch long. 



