740 MUREX. 



Murex Perron. ChemnitXy x. p. 278. t. 164. f. 1573 and 

 1574. Gmelin, p. 3559. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 238. 



D'Avila, t. 5. f. L. 

 Inhabits the South Sea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell near an inch and a half long, and about seven lines broad, 



of a brownish white colour ; it has about seven whirls, of 



which a small space at the upper end is flat, and separated 



by a projecting marginated keel. 



CRATicuLATUs, 118. Shell oblong, with rounded, 

 longitudinally plaited and reticulated whirls; 

 aperture toothed, and the pillar plaited ; beak 

 rather short. 



Murex craticulatus. Linnceus Si/st. Nat. p. 1224. Mar- 

 tini, iv. p. 224. t. 149. f. 1382 and 1383. Born Mus. 

 p. 319. Ginelin, p. 3554. 



Voluta craticulata. Gmelin, p. 3554. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 121. 



Voluta, No. 1 59. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 284. 



Lister Conch, t. 919- f. 13, and t. 9fc>7. f. 22. Seba, iii. t. 

 50. f. 55 and 55, and t. 51. f. 31 and 32. Knorr, ii. t. 

 . 3. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. JLinnaus. 

 Shell about two inches long, and three-quarters of an inch 



broad, with rounded longitudinal chestnut-coloured plaits, 



crossed by transverse elevated striae, and the interstices white; 



the outer lip is crenulated, and striated within ; the pillar 



has three or four oblique plaits. 



PARDALis. 119. Shell sub-ventricose, with longi- 

 tudinal plaits and transverse striae ; summit 

 obtuse, and the beak long. 



Murex Pardalis. Gmelin, p. 3557. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 233. 



Murex, No. 228. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 624. 



Knorr, ii. t. 3. f. 4. Martini, iv. p. 226. 1. 149. f. 1384. 



Inhabits 



This shell appears by the figures to be nearly two inches long, 



and about ten lines broad, of a whitish colour, with rows of 



violet spots on the longitudinal plaits. It is not by any 



means a well defined species. 



