MUREX.— Plate I. 



varicihiis cndnneo-mnmihtth, columeUd apice canaUqiie 

 pnrpureo-rosein ; opwlnm roliaidd, lahro externo cre- 



nulato. 

 The laciniated Mukex. Shell oblong-ovatc, somewhat 

 fusiform, contracted towards the base, spire middling, 

 with the sutures somewhat impressed ; wliorls six in 

 number, with two tubercles between each varix, trans- 

 versely ridged, ridges small, somewhat scabrous, dis- 

 tant, the three basal ridges stronger than the rest ; 

 three-varicose, varices very closely crisply foliated, 

 the foliations being frond-like and somewhat spinous 

 towards the base ; pinkish brown, varices spotted 

 with ehesnut brown, eoluniiilla apex and canal pm-ple 

 rose ; aperture rounded, outer lip crcnidated. 

 SoWEllBY, Conchological Illustrations, f. 59. 



Kadem. M/iivx scnhrosus, Sowerby, Conch. Illus. f.73. 

 ]M. island of Ticao, I'hilippines; Cuming. 



Tills is a vi!ry interesting si)e.cies ; the varices appear to 

 consist of a numbm- of tbliateil larainaj closely pressed to- 

 gether, and the ridges which on the body of the shell are 

 very small, on the varices are developed with peculiar 

 force. The three basal ridges are, however, much stronger 

 tliroughoiit than any of the rest. Mi-. Sowerby has erro- 

 neously described a mutilated example of his Mi<re.t; lacihi- 

 atiis for a new species, undei- tlie name of Murex scahroms. 



Species 3. (Mus. Saul.) 



MuiiEX iiAMOSUS. Mar. ti'ntd trigono-ovatd, ventricom, 

 spird hreviuscidd; aiifrartlbiin seiik, tiihercidls pliirmia 

 inter varices armatis, tramversim obsolete liralk et cre- 

 herrinw elevato-lineatis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibm 

 cOHspici(efroiid(js/s,froii(li/iiiii ma.rimiK, citrvis, cai/alicit- 

 latis, inciso-sernilis ; aIM,f/isco pallide nehidosd, iiiieis 

 transversis elevatis fmcls, colmnelld labrique externi 

 limbo romceis ; cnuaU brcviuscido, plaiiidalo, rectirvo. 



The branched Murex. SheU triangularly ovate, ven- 

 tricose, spire rather short; whorls six in number, 

 armed between the varices with several tubercles, 

 transversely obsoletcly ridged and elevately lineated ; 

 three-varicose, varices conspicuously frondose, fronds 

 very large, curved, canidieulated, deeply serrated ; 

 wliitc, faintly clouded with brown, transverse raised 

 lines brown, eoluniella and edge of the outer lip rose- 

 pink ; canal rather short, llattencd, reciu'ved. 



LiNN.EUS, Mus. Ludovicce Uhicas reginaj. 

 Miire.r iiijlalii-n, Lamarck. 



]l(d). Eastern Seas. 



Lamwck distinguished tliis large and well-known specit^ 



by the new title of 2fiire.f iiijlatus, because, judging from 



the various references which Linnanis (pioted in illustration 



of his Murex ramosm in the ' Systema Natura;,' he appeared 



to have confounded several species together. This is, how- 

 ever, mthout doubt, the shell he had under consideration ; 

 and the original name shoidd be preserved, especially when 

 we learn, upon the testimony of M. Deshayes, that in the 

 ' Mus. Lud. Ukica; regina; ' the references and synonymy 

 are correct. 



Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex TRiauETER. Mar. tcdd eloMjato-ovatd, subfusi- 

 foriui, spird tiirritd; anfractibm oetoids, longitmUm- 

 liter plicatis, transverdm iiratis, liris angu-dis, suba- 

 cutis, bamn versus rotundatis, impresso-striatis ; tri- 

 fariam varicosd, varicibus postice obtuso-rotundatis, 

 atdice, prope ad canalem, egregie laminato-frondosis ; 

 albidd, roseo tinctd,fusco macidatd et tieiulosd; camli 

 brevi. 



The three-angled Murex. Shell elongately ovate, 

 somewhat fusiform, spire turreted ; whorls eight in 

 number, longitudinally plicated, transversely ridged, 

 ridges narrow, rather shaqi, romided towards the 

 base, inipressly striated; tlu-ee-varicose, varices pos- 

 teriorly obtusely rounded, anteriorly, near the canal, 

 eminently lamiuately frondose; white, tinged with 

 rose, spotted and clouded with brown ; canal short. 



BoKN, Mus. Cses. p. 291. pi. 11. f. 1, 2. 

 Murex trigormliis, Enc. Meth. ; Kiener. 



Eab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The Murices triqueter and trigomdus are figm-ed in the 



' Encyclopedic Methodique' and in Kicner's 'Icon.Coq.viv.' 



one for the other, and vice versd. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mukex angulakis. Mur. testa ovatd, mbventrieosd, spird 

 poi-vd, acuminata; anfractihis senis, traimeisim ele- 

 vato-striatis, striis leviter scahrosis ; octofariam vari- 

 cosd, varicibus regulariter obttiso-frondosis, frondibus 

 erecti.% subdistantibus ; idgricante-fuscd, apicem versus 

 pallidiore ,• canali brevi. 



The angular Murex. Shell ovate, rather ventricose, 

 spire small, acmninated, whoris six in number, trans- 

 versely elevately striated, stria; scabrous ; eight-vari- 

 cose, varices regidarly obtusely fi'ondose, fronds erect, 

 somewhat distant; dark brown, paler towards the 



apex ; canal short. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert..(Deshayes' edit.), vol. L\. p. 595. 



Hab. Senegal. 



In tliis species the varices ai-e extremely variable, and 

 wluu oidy few in number impai't an angidai- structure to 

 the shell ; in one of the specimens before me, for example, 

 in which there are only fiv<e viu-ices on a whoil, it assumes 

 the form of a pentagon. 



