MUREX.— Plate XIV. 



Species 57. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuKEX PINNATUS. Mur. testd elongato-fmiformi, inter 

 varices tnberculatd, transversim liratd et striata, lon- 

 gitttdinaliter squamato-striatd ; trivaricosd, varicibm 

 obliquis, alatis ; alia; aperturd parvd. 



The winged Murex. Shell elongately fusiform, tuber- 

 ciilated between the varices, transversely ridged and 

 striated, longitudinally squamately striated ; three- 

 varicose, varices oblique, winged; white, aperture 

 small. 



Wood, Index Testaceologicus Supp., pi. 5. f. 30. 



Hab. China. 



The sculptui'e of this well-knowTi Chinese species is very 

 similar to that of the Murex tripterus. 



Species 73. (Fig. 60, Mus. Saul.) 



Murex osseus. Mur. testa oblongo-ovatd, mbfusiformi, 

 ItBviusculd, inter varices fortiter tnberculatd; trivari- 

 cosd, varicibus Jiinbriato-lamitiatis, siiperne falcalis ; 

 alba, castaneo-fusco hie illic, tinctd ; aperturd pecu/i- 

 ariter parvd, ovatd. 



The bony Murex. Shell oblong-ovate, somewhat fusi- 

 form, rather smooth, strongly tuberoled between the 

 varices ; three-varicose, varices fimbriately laminated, 

 hooked at the upper part; white, stained here and 

 there with chesnut-brown ; aperture peculiarly small, 

 oval. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Hab. ? 



The Murex pirmiger is perhaps the nearest allied species 

 to this, though of very different form. 



