738 MUREX'. 



Shell about four and a half inches long, and two inches broad, 

 of a whitish brown colour ; the two extremities of the body- 

 whirl are strongly striated transversely, and the shoulder no- 

 dulous ; the spire consists of nine or ten w hirls, and the no- 

 dules are said to be hollow. 



TERNATANUS. 113. Shell obloiig, witli loiigitudinal 

 plaits, and transverse striae ; aperture oblong, 

 and the beak long and straight. 



Murex Ternatanus. Gmelin, p. 3554. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 231. 

 Murex, No. 203. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 6l4. 

 Buccinum Tarnatanum. Mus. Gevers. p. 300, No. 555. 

 Fusus brevis Ternatanus. Martini, iv. p. 153. 1. 140. f. 



1304 and 1305. 

 Lister Conch, i. 892. f. 12. Valentyn Ahh. t. ]. f.2. Seba, 



iii. t. 52. f. 5. Knorr, vi. t. 15. f. 4, and t. 26. f. 1. 



Favanne, t. 35. f. B G. 

 Inhabits the Islands of Ternate. Valentyn. 

 Shell about two and a quarter inches long, and eleven lines 

 broad, and is sometimes larger; the colour is pale brownish 

 yellow, with darker transverse lines in pairs, like those of 

 M. Trapezium, and to that species, as well as M.polygonus, 

 it appears to be nearly allied. 



COLUMBARIUM. 114. Shell witli longitudinal plaits, 

 and transverse somewhat spinous keels ; 

 beak short and straight, and the throat 

 violet. 



Murex Columbarium. Chemnitz, x. p. 284. 1. 169. f. 1637 

 and 1638. Gmelin, p. 3559. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 

 204. 

 Buccinum spinosum. Martyn Univ. Conch, i. t. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Friendly Islands. Martyn. Pulo 

 Condore. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and eleven lines broad ; 

 the colour is brown, with a white cylindrical belt in the 

 middle of the whirls, which is bounded on both sides by an 

 elevated margiuj and sharply angulated by the longitudinal 

 plaits ; the body-whirl towards the base has also one or two 

 transverse articulated stripes, and the base is whitish ; the 

 beak is short, straight; and rather broad. 



