MUREX. 73-5 



Murex Nassa Gmelin, p. 3551. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 231. 

 Murex lignarius. Bom Bins. p. 313. 

 Murex, No. SO. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 553, 

 Voluta fuscata. Gmelin, p. 3465. 

 Voluta, No. 228. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 302. t. 1. f. 15. 

 Buccinum piceum. Solanders MSS. 

 Lister Conch, t. 828. f. 50. Knorr, vi. t. 20. f. 7. Speng- 

 ler Selt. Conch, t. 3. f. F. Regenfuss, i. t. 7. f. 1. 



Inhabits the coasts of Barbadoes. Lister. St. Croix and 

 Guinea. Martini. 



Shell sometimes nearly three inches long, and rather more 

 than half as broad, but is frequently not more than half so 

 large ; the colour is brown or sometimes blackish, with the 

 summits of the nodules generally whitish, and a white trans- 

 verse elevated belt about half way between the shoulder and 

 the base of the body-whirl ; the aperture is white, and the 

 beak rather short ; the pillar has four distinct plaits. 



AMPLUSTRE. 108. Shell with dark blue, yellow, 

 and white bands, and a transverse tubercu- 

 lated keel near the margins of the whirls ; 

 beak short and straight, and the pillar three 

 plaited. 



Murex Amplustre. Chemnitz, xi. p. IIQ. t. 191. f. 1841 



and 1842. 

 Murex Argus, Var. y. Gmelin, p. 3548. 

 Buccinum Amplustre. Martin Univ. Conch, i. t. 3, 



Inhabits the North West Coasts of America. Humphreys. 

 Friendly Islands. Martyn. 



Shell about two inches and a quarter long, and one inch and a 

 quarter broad, prettily variegated with transverse stripes of 

 different colours ; the beak is short, straight, and obtuse ; 

 the inside is white, with the inner margin of the outer lip 

 striped with blue. In the Portland Catalogue it is called 

 the American Flag, and is said to be extremely scarce. 



TRAPEZIUM. 109. Shell oblong, obtusely angu- 



lated, and the whirls slightly nodulous ; 



aperture toothed, and the beak rather short 



and straight. 



Murex Trapezium. Linnans Si/st. Nat. p. l^o^^ j^^j.^^ 



Mus.p.snj. Martini, iv. p. 136. 1. 159. f. 1298 and 



