MUREX. 



Plate VIII. 



Species 28. (Mus. Saul.) 



MuREX Steeri.«. Mitr. testa abhreviato-fusifomii, c9-assd, 

 traiuversim granoso-Uratd, inter varices fortiter tuber- 

 culatd; trifariam varicosd, varicil/us iiicrassafis, fron- 

 dosis, frondibus crispafo-ramosis, swbcompressis, brevi- 

 iiscuHs,fronde parvd interveniente ; fused, liris nigri- 

 cantibus, frondibus purpnreo-roseis, columella et aper- 

 tiircefauce alb is ; labro externo incrassato, intits deriti- 

 culato ; canali breviusctdo. 



Steeke's Murex. Shell abbreviately fiisifonn, thick, 

 transversely granosely ridged, strongly tuberculated 

 between the varices ; thi'ee-varicose, varices thickened, 

 fi'ondose, fronds crispately branched, somewhat com- 

 pressed, rather short, with a small frond intervening ; 

 brown, ridges blackish, fronds piu-ple-rose, columella 

 and aperture white ; outer lip thickened, denticulated 

 within ; canal rather short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 18-i5. 



Hab. ? 



This shell might easily be mistaken for an accidental 

 stunted growth of the Murex palma-rosce, were it not for 

 the constancy and marked peculiarity of its chai'acters. 

 The fronds are short and somewhat erect, ■with a row of 

 small fronds sprouting up at then' base, they are also late- 

 rally pinched, as it were, and do not spread in the same 

 flowery bifurcate manner as in the Murex palma-rosce. 

 There is another exactly similai' example in the collection 

 of Miss Steere, whose name deserves to be recorded in 

 testimony of her honourable zeal for the science. 



Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex adustus. Mur. testd abbreviato-fusifonni, eras- 

 siusculd, transversim conspicue liratd et striata, inter 

 varices niaxime tuberculatd ; trifariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus deusissime frondosis, froudibus foliaceis, dentato- 

 muricatis ; fuscescente-albd nigro tinctd, lirh frondi- 

 busqne aterrimis ; columella rosed, interdum luted, 

 apertura fauce alba, roseo marginatd ; canali brevi. 



The burnt Murex. Shell shortly fusiform, rather thick, 

 transversely conspicuously ridged and striated, very 

 largely tuberculated; three-varicose, varices very 

 thickly frondose, fronds foliaceous, dentately mmi- 



cated; brownish-white stained \rith black, ridges 

 and fi'onds jet black ; colmneUa rose-coloiu', some- 

 times yellow, interior of the aperture white, edged 

 with rose ; canal short. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol.ix. p. 5 73. 



H(d). Pliilippine Islands ; Cimiing. 



This species may be easUy recognised by its jet black 

 coloui-, and the profuse clustered character of the fronds. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex palma-roSxE. Mur. testd oblongo-fusiformi, cras- 

 siusculd, transversim granoso-liratd, inter varices levi- 

 ter biluberculatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus frondo- 

 sis, frondibus foUaceo-ramosk, bifurcatim expansis ; 

 ea&taneo-fuscescente, liris nigricante-fnscis, frondihus 

 roseo marginatis, columelld et aperturiB fauce albis ; 

 labro columeUari denticulato ; canali subeloi/gato. 



The rose-branch Murex. Shell oblong-fusiform, rather 

 thick, transversely granosely ridged, with two slight 

 tubercles between the varices ; three-varicose, varices 

 frondose, fronds foUaceously branched, expanded in 

 a bifui'cate manner; pale chesnut brown, ridges 

 blackish brown, fronds edged with pink, columella 

 and interior of the apertm-e white; columeUar lip 

 denticulated ; canal rather elongated. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. is.p. 573. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



The beautifrJ pink branched character of the fronds of 

 this species has always rendered it one of peculiar admi- 

 ration to the collector. 



Species 31. (Mus. Saul.) 



Murex Sauli^e. Mur. testd elegantissime fusiformi, trans- 

 versim eximie granoso-liratd, inter varices leviter tuber- 

 culatd; trifariam varicosd, varicibus frondosis, fron- 

 dibus suberectis, foUaceo-muricatis, fronde mitiutd 

 interveniente ; pallide luteo-fuscescente rosacea tinctd, 

 liris castaneo-fuscis, frondibus inlus rosaceis, columelld 

 canali et apertune fauce albis, rosacea marginatis ; 

 labro columeUari simpUci, leevi; canali subelongato, 

 recurvo. 



May 1845. 



