MUREX. 731 



plish brown ; it has six or seven whirls with longitudinal 

 membranaceous acute ribs, which at their upper ends are 

 pointed and raised above the sutures ; the aperture is ovate, 

 and ends in a short beak ; the ribs appear to be formed very 

 much in the same manner as the varices of M. ramosiis and 

 its congeners. 



SCALA. 98. Shell umbilicated, with longitudinal 

 plaits and transverse striae ; whirls transverse- 

 ly angular, and the upper parts flattish ; aper- 

 ture sub-cordiform, and the beak very short. 



Murex Scala. Gmelin, p. 3551. 

 Murex, No. 29. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 552. 

 Buccinum scalare. Gmelin, 3495. 

 Buccinum, No. 28. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 364. 

 Trochus Turris. Meuschen Mas. Gevers. p. 288. No. 448. 

 Pallas Spicel. x. p. 33. t. 3. f. 7 and 8. Martini, iv. p. 27, 

 and Vign. 37. at p. 1. f. «, b, and c. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Chemnitz. 



This shell appears by Martini's figure to be about sixteen lines 

 long, and eleven broad, with a large funnel-sliaped umbili- 

 cus, and the base remarkably truncated ; the whirls arc some- 

 what cylindrical, and flattened at the upper end ; it is of a 

 brownish yellow colour with a paler band, and is said to be 

 an extremely rare and valuable species. 



FiscELLUM. 99. Shell ovate, longitudinally plaited, 

 and transversely ribbed; outer lip double and 

 toothed ; beak short, and the throat violet. 



Murex Fiscellum. Chemnitz, x. p. 242. t. IfiO. f. 1524 

 and 1525. Gmelin, p. 3552. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 229. 

 Martyn Univ. Cojich. t. 93. ? 



Inhabits the coasts of Pulo Condore. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and one inch broad, of a 

 brownish white colour with darker longitudinal stripes, and 

 the inside violet ; the beak is very short and straight, Chem- 

 nitz says his specimen came from England, with the name of 

 " Purple-mouthed Basket Buccinum from Pulo Condore ;" 

 and it is well figured in Martyn's Univer al Conchology, but 

 I am unable with sufficient certainly to determine the number 

 of tlie plate. 



