752 MUREX. 



f. 82. Gualter, t. 5Q. f. L. Seha, 'in. t. 50. f. 23. Fa- 



vanne, t. 39. f . C 1 . 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Lister. Adriatic. Olivi. Coasts 

 of Tenerifife and Fayal. Adansoii. Provence and Langue- 

 doc. Bruguie7e. 

 Shell an inch and a half, or sometimes two inches and a half 

 long, and the breadth is about one-third of the length ; the 

 lower parts of the whirls have longitudinal plaits ending in a 

 sharp point in the middle, and the upper part is slightly con- 

 cave, and creuulated by the suture ; the colour is pale grey- 

 ish brown, marbled with darker brown and white. 



fiBENiNus. 149. Shell turretecl, angulated, and 

 transversely striated, with the whirls nodu- 

 lous in the middle; outer lip sinuous. 



Murex Aluco, Var. y. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 537. Gmelin, 



p. 3560. 

 Murex Cochlear ebeninum. Chemnitz, x. p. 257. t. l62. f. 



1548 and 1549- 

 Strombus aculeatus, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 1523. 

 Clava Herculea. Martyn Univ. Conch, i. t. 13. 

 Cerithium ebeninum. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 490. 

 Spengler Naturf. ix. p. 145. t. 5. f. 3. Favanne, t. 79- f. 



lower N. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Friendly Islands. Martyn. New 

 Holland, and New South Wales. Humphreys. New Zea- 

 land. Bruguiere. 

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

 a quarter broad, with the lower whirls of a deep black, and 

 the upper ones of a brownish black colour ; it has broad lon- 

 gitudinal plaits on the lower half of the whirls, which termi- 

 nate in a row of pointed nodules at the middle ; the aperture 

 is whitish, with a yellowish brown border on the extended 

 margin of the outer lip. 



fUSCATUS. 150. Shell turreted, with two trans- 

 verse ribs on each whirl, of which one in the 

 middle is granulated, and the other at the 

 suture strongly muricated. 



Murex fuscatus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1225. Bor)i Mus. 



p. 323. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 538. Gmelin, p. 3562. 

 Murex scolopaceus. Gmelin, p. 3548. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 214. 



