MURE X. 



Plate XIX. 



Species 74. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



MuREX FUKICUL.4.TCS. Mur . testd clavaformi, transversim 

 liratd, Uris ad mtmmitaiemfutdculatk, costis tribm vel 

 quaierni-s pUcaformibus longitudinalibus inter varices ; 

 irivariwsd, varicHm spinom, spinis brevibus, acutis, 

 snrsum hiclinatis ; fuscescenle-albd,fimicnUs transver- 

 sk castaiieis ; apertiird ovatd, columelld lahroque intus 

 tiodidiferis ; canali elongato. 



The corded Murex. Shell club-shaped, transversely 

 ridged, ridges corded at the summit, vnth. three or 

 four longitudinal plait-like ribs between the varices ; 

 three-varicose, varices spinous, spines short, sharp, 

 inclined upwards ; brownish white, transverse cords 

 dark chesnut brown ; aperture ovate, columella and 

 lip noduliferous within ; canal elongated. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



IM. ? 



An interesting species, well characterised by the fine 

 dark chesnut brown cord.'! with which it is encircled 

 throughout at etjual distances. 



Species 75. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex recurvirosteis. Mur. tedd clavaformi, tram- 

 versim liraid, costis tribiis pliceeformibus longitudina- 

 liius inter varices ; trivaricosd, varicibus grandibus 

 rotundk, spinis paucis brevissimis niinutis muricatis ; 

 ciuereo-nigricarite,fiiscescente sonata ; canali elongato, 

 recnrvo. 



The recurved beak Murex. Shell club-shaped, trans- 

 versely ridged, with three plait-like longitudinal ribs 

 between the varices ; three-varicose, varices large, 

 roimd, niuricated with a few very short minute spines ; 

 ashy black, zoned with light bromi ; canal elongated, 

 recurved. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1833. 



Hab. Gulf of Nicoiyo, Central America (found in sandy 

 mud at the depth of about nine fathoms); Cuming. 



The varices of this species are unusually large and 

 swollen, with a minute spine sprouting up here and there. 



Species 76. (Fig. 76. Mus. Saul; and Fig. 73, PI. XIX. 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex ternispina. Mur. testa elongato-clavaformi, 

 transversim liratd, Uris parvis, inceqnalibus, interstitiis 

 corrugatis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus spinosis, spi- 

 7iis gracilibm, ternk pralongis, intermediis hreviuscnlis ; 

 canali longissimo, spinoso, spinis alter?iis pralongis, 

 Jwrizontalibus, alternis breviusculis, erectis ; lutescente- 

 aut cinereo-grised ; aperturd ovatd, labro denie pla- 

 nulato erecto munito. 



The triple-spine Murex. Shell elongately club-shaped, 

 transversely ridged, ridges small, unequal, interstices 

 wrinkled ; three-varicose, varices spinous, spines slen- 

 der, three very long, alternate ones rather short ; 

 canal verj' long, spinous, spines alternately very long 

 and rather short, the long spmes being horizontal, 

 the short ones erect ; yellowish or ashy grey ; aper- 

 ture ovate, lip furnished with a flattened erect tooth. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes'edit.),vol.ix.p.567. 



Hab. Island of Negros, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Tliis shell I conceive to be the true Murex fernispitia of 

 Lamarck, and not that figured for it by Kiener. 



Species 77. (Mus. Taylor.) 



JIuEEX brevispina. Miir. testa clavaformi, termicnld, 

 transversitn striata, inter varices nodosa; trifariam 

 varicosd, varicibus spinis brevibus obesiusculis armatis ; 

 fuscescente-albd ; canali elongato, superne brevispinoso ; 

 aperturd ovatd, labro denie plamdato erecto munito. 



The short-spine Mures. Shell club-shaped, rather 

 thin, transversely striated, nodose between the vari- 

 ces ; three-varicose, varices armed with rather stout 

 short spines ; brownish white ; canal elongated, short- 

 spined ; aperture ovate, furnished with an erect flat- 

 tened tooth. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes'edit.),vol.ix. p. 567. 



Hab. Coast of Ai'abia. 



Tliis species has generally a. double row of nodides be. 

 tween the varices. 



June 1845. 



