MUREX. 



Plate XV. 



Species 58. (Mus. Saul.) 



MuREX FENESTRATUS. MiiT. testd fmiformi-ovatd, mipenie 

 suhangulatd, inferne coiitractd, inter varices longitudi- 

 twliter miicostatd, lirk angmtu pulclierrhrw squamatk 

 cirigulatd, supenie tribia vel quaternis, in medio dua- 

 bus, delude ad basem duabus ; lirarum interstitiis quad- 

 ratk, excavatis ; quadrifariam varicosd, liris traiiKverm 

 varices super erecto-Jimbriatis ; albidd, lirarum inter- 

 stitiis ca^taneo- aut rubido-fuscis, varicibus vivide fusco- 

 aurantik ; aperturd pared, columella labroque leviter 

 ■ nodiilosis. 



The WINDOW-SCULPTURED MuREX. Shell fusiformly 

 ovate, somewhat angulated at the upper part, con- 

 tracted at the lower, longitudinally single-ribbed be- 

 tween the varices, encircled with narrow very beauti- 

 ftdly squamate ridges, three or four round the upper 

 part, two round tlie middle, and two round the base, 

 interstices between the ridges square, excavated ; 

 four-varicose, transverse ridges erectly fimbriated upon 

 the varices ; whitish, interstices between the ridges 

 dark chesnut or reddish brown, varices bright fuscous 

 orange; apertm-e small, lip and columella slightly 

 nodulous. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. pi. 161. f. 1536-1537. 



Hab. ? 



I think M. Deshayes has erred in excluding the figm-es 

 of Sowerby and Kiener from the synonymy of this remark- 

 able species. This is undoubtedly the shell figured by 

 Chemnitz, and not the violet-mouth shell of which M. Des- 

 hayes speaks. The figures hitherto published of it have 

 all unfortunately been drawn from worn imperfect speci- 

 mens, none of them exhibiting that beautifully scaled 

 sculpture as seen on the back of the fimbriated digitations 

 in the example here represented. 



Species 59. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuREX REGIUS. Mur. testd globoso-ovatd, crassimcwld, 

 tranmersim peculiariter corrugato-striatd, et funicu- 

 latd, funiculis angustk, subdistantibus ; sexfariam va- 

 ricosd, varicibus duplicato-squamatis, squamk profimde 

 canaliculatk, spinoso-serratk ; fuscescente-albd, roseo 

 tinctd, varicum squamk intus rosek, suturk piceo-ni- 



grk ; labro columellari erecto-expamo, intus et inferne 

 vivide roseo, superne conspicue piceo-nigro ; canali 

 planiusculo, corrugato ; labro fortiter dentkulato. 



The royal Mdrex. Shell globosely ovate, rather thick, 

 transversely peculiarly eorrugately striated and corded, 

 cords narrow, rather distant ; six-varicose, varices 

 consisting of a double row of deeply canaliculated, 

 spinosely serrated scales ; Ught brownish white, tinged 

 with pink, interior of the scales pink, sutures pitch- 

 black ; columellar lip erectly expanded, bright pink 

 towards the interior and lower part, pitch-black at the 

 upper ; canal rather flat, curiously wrinkled or in- 

 dented ; lip strongly denticulated. 



Wood, Ind. Test. Supp., pi. 5. f. 13. 

 Pliyllonotui regius, Swainson. 



Hab. Panama (found on mud banks at low water) ; Cuming. 



No one can fail to recognise this magnificent and well- 

 known species. 



Species 37. (Plates X. and XV. Fig. 37.) 



Murex axicornis. Mur. testd ovato-fiisiformi, trans- 

 versim striata, strik minutksimi nodulosis, scabrosk ; 

 trifariam varicosd, varicibus conspicue fro>idosis,frond- 

 ibus rariusculk, elongatk, dilatato-ramosis, spinosk ; 

 roseo-fusceseente; aperturd pared, subrotundd. 



The Axis' horn Murex. Shell ovately fusiform, trans- 

 versely striated, striae verj' minutely nodided, scabrous; 

 tliree-varicose, varices conspicuously frondose, fronds 

 rather few in number, elongated, dilately branched, 

 spinous ; pinkish brown ; aperture small, nearly round. 



Variety (Plate X. Fig. 37. Mus. Saul.) 



Testa grandior, elongatior, frondibus brevioribus, minus dila- 



tato-ratnosk, purpureo-nigricantibus. 

 Shell larger, more elongated, with the fronds shorter, less 



dilately branched, and of a purple-black colour. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.),vol.ix. p.574. 

 Hab. Island of Bohol, Philippines (dredged from the depth 



of twelve fathoms) ; Cuming. 



I had selected the variety j3 for illustration in Plate X. 

 Fig. 37. with the view of describing it as a new species; upon 



June 1845. 



