MUREX. 



Plate XIV. 



Species 54. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuREX PELLUCIDUS. Mur. testa trigoiw-fimformi, tenui, 

 transversim liratd, pulclierrinm squamatd, inter varices 

 tuberculatd ; trivaricosd, varicibits obliquis, latissime et 

 eximie alatis ; pellucido-albd ; aperturd parvd, lairo 

 intus nodosa. 



The tkanspaeent Murex. Shell triangularly fusiform, 

 tliin, transversely ridged, very beautifidly scaled, tu- 

 liercvdated between the varices ; three- varicose, varices 

 oblique, very widely and delicately winged ; trans- 

 parent white ; aperture small, lip nodose within. 

 Murex trigoimlaris, Sowerby (not of Lamarck). 



Hab. Island of Bantayau, Philippines (found upon a coral 

 bottom at the depth of seven fathoms) ; Cimaing. 



Mr. Sowerby somewhat incautiously refers this shell to 

 the Ml/rex trigoiiularis of Lamarck, with whose descrip- 

 tion of which it certainly does not agree. Instead of this 

 shell being rather smooth " leeviitseuld" it is covered with 

 small scales ; the winged varices are not very narrow "per- 

 angustis" but, on the contrary, very wdde, and instead of 

 theii- being two tubercles in the interstices between the 

 varices " tuberculis interstitiornm geminis " there is but one. 

 The scidpture is in most respects like that of the foDowing 

 species. 



I therefore distiuguish it by a new name, and consider 

 Lamarck's Murex trigonularis to be either (mth Mi'. Gray) 

 a worn M. acantliropterus or (with M. Kiener) a woni M. 

 phyllopterus. 



Species 55. (Mus. Ciraiing.) 



Murex tripteeus. Mur. testd ovato-fmiformi, transver- 

 siin liratd, pulcherrime squamatd, inter varices tuber- 

 culatd; trivaricosd, varicibus valde obliquis, late alatis; 

 albd, colunielld et apertura fauce luteo-aurantiis ; co- 

 lumettd lahroque inkm con-spicue nodosis. 



The three-sided Murex. SheU ovately fusiform, trans- 

 versely ridged, very beautifully scaled, tuberculated 

 between the varices ; three-varicose, varices very ob- 

 lique, widely winged ; wliite, columella and interior 

 of the apertm-e yeUowish orange ; colmnella and lip 

 conspicuously nodose within. 



Born, Mus. Ca;s., p. 391. pi. 10. f. 18, 19. 

 Murex trialatns ; Kiener. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs) ; 

 Ciuniiig. 



This species differs from the preceding in having a much 

 less acmninated spire, and in the coUuneUa being strongly 

 nodose as well as the outer lip. 



Species 56. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Murex brassica. Mur. testd subgJohoso-ovatd, ventri- 

 cosissimd, transversim striatd, striis con/ertis, peculia- 

 riter minutissime crispato-nodulosis ;prope varices, prtB- 

 cipue superne, tuberculatd, tuberculis brevibus, solidis ; 

 sexfariam vel octofariam varicosd, varicibus planis, de- 

 cumbeufibus, lamella'/ormibus, margine serrati-s, baserii 

 versus spinoso-squamatis ; fuscescente,fasciis ca^taneis, 

 interdum interruptis, cingulatd; columella, labro, vari- 

 cumque marginihis vivide purpureo-roseis, aperturd 

 fauce subaurantid. 



The cabbage Murex. Shell somewhat globosely ovate, 

 very ventricose, transversely striated, striae close-set, 

 pecidiai-ly very minutely crisply nodulous, tuberculated 

 near the vaiices, especially round the upper portion 

 of each whorl, tubercles short, solid ; six- or eight- 

 vaiicose, varices flat, lying down, lameUa-Uke, serrated 

 at the edge, spinosely squamate towards the base ; 

 light bro\\Ti, encii'cled, with sometimes interrupted, 

 chesnut-brown bands; columella, lip, and edges of 

 the varices rich purple-pink, interior of the apertiu:e 

 tinged with orange. 



Lamarck, Anim.sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol.ix. p. 581. 

 Murex ducalis, Broderip and Sowerby. 



Hab. Gulf of California (found in rocky places at a depth 

 of from four to six fathoms) ; Cuming. 



This beautiful and very distinct species grows to more 

 than twice the size of the example selected for representa- 

 tion in the accompanying plate. 



The figiue in Martini, Conchylien Cab., vol. iii. pi. 104. 

 f. 986, to which M. Kiener refers for an illustration of the 

 species, is not the Murex brassica, but may be quoted as 

 afibrding an excellent representation of the Murex calci- 

 trapa var 0, (for which see Pi. III. Sp. 13.), Murex bre- 

 vifrons, Lamarck. 



June 1845. 



