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large form, in which onl3' three varices appear on the lower 

 whorls, has been named Triton (Jaalrainei by Recluz (fig. 464), 

 and C. B. Adams has called it M. j>au/>erctt/ns, and A. Adams, 

 obeliscttf< (fig. 4(>t). 



M. EROSUs, Brod. 1*1. 38, tigs. 4()8, 4(50. 



Dark colored in the pits between the ribs, oi- sometimes yellow- 

 ish with a brown band. Rather narrower than the preceding 



species. Length, -5 to 1 inch. 



PanavM, under stones at low water. 



Sowerby figures this species in Conch. 111., f. 16; Reeve also 

 represents it by his f. 160. 



M. KiENERi, Reeve. PI. 38, fig. 461. 



Yellowish or fulvous. Length, -75 inch. 



Hiihitat unknown. 



^Name proposed for 31. exiguus, Kiener, preoccupied by Brod- 

 erip. It is a ver}' doulitful Murex. 



M. Garrettii, Pease. 



Oblong-oval, solid, scabrous, dusky brown ; Avhorls al)out six, 



somewhat angulated above, with spiral, transverse, reddish 



grooves and five varices ; aperture rouud-oval, outer lip crenu- 



lated ; canal short, subclosed, slightly oblique. Length, -4 inch. 



Shallow pools, rocky coasts of Haicaii, Sandwich Is. 



Apparently rare. Xame proposed instead of 31. exiguus, Gar- 

 rett, preoccupied by Broderip. I have not seen the species. 



M. Peasei, Tryon. PL 38, fig. 462. 



Acutely ovate, thick, solid ; spire slender, acute, short, less 



than half the length of the shell ; last whorl with five prominent 



varices, which are squamose ; interstices smooth ; aperture oval, 



outer lip broadl}' varicose ; canal ver}' short, recurved, nearly 



closed. White, interstices fiesh color, with a median brown band. 



Length, -6 inch. 



La Paz, L. California. 



The al)ove is the description of 3Iurex foveolatus, Pease. I 



copy his fioure, which does not agree at all with a specimen sent 



to me l)y him. The latter is too like 3f. erosus, Brod. Pease 



states that all the specimens except the one figured were covered 



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