MURE X. 



Plate XXI. 



Species 83. (Mus. Cuiniug.) 



MuKEX CHRYSOSTOMA. Mur. testd Mreviato-clavaformi, 

 traiisversim noduloso-striatd, tubercuUs tribus aut plu- 

 riiiis infer varices ; trifiiriam varicosd, varicibim rotun- 

 din, tuberculato-Uratis, spina validd breviuscidd curvatd 

 ad basem ; oUvaceo-cinered, luteo tinetd et maculatd ; 

 colmnelld corrugatd, rufo-attrantio tinetd; canali sub- 

 elongaio, recurw. 



The golden mouth Murex. Shell abbrev-iately club- 

 shaped, transversely nodulously striated with three or 

 four tubercles between the varices ; three-varicose, 

 varices round, tuberculately ridged, with a strong 

 rather short curved spine at the base ; oKve-ash co- 

 lour, stained and spotted with yellow ; columella 

 \mnkled, stained with rufous orange; canal some- 

 what elongated, recurved. 



Gray ; Sowerby, Conch. Dlus. Cat., Murex, no. 8. f. 1. 



Eab. Gulf of Mexico. 



This shell is of a peculiar dai'k olive ash coloiu', tinged 

 and UTcgidarly stained with yellow ; the edge of the lip 

 and of the varices is festooned, in a manner, with reddish 

 brown ; and the coliuneUar Up is colom'cd in places with 

 rich rufous orange. 



Species 84. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex bellus. Mur. testa clavaformi, tramversim li- 

 rati-s, liris tuberculato-nodosis ; trivaricosd, varicibus 

 rotmidis, tuberculato-liraiis, spina brevi acuta ad ba- 

 seni ; albicante, castaneo-fnsco supra et infra maculatd, 

 liris caataneo conspiciie funiculatii, columelld labroque 

 nifo-aurantio tinctis ; canali subeloiigato. 



The pretty Murex. Shell club-shaped, transversely 

 ridged, ridges tubercularly noduled throughout; tlu-ee- 

 varicose, varices romid, tubercularly ridged, with a 

 short sharp spine at the base ; whitish, spotted above 

 and below with chesnut brown, ridges conspicuously 

 corded ^\-ith chesnut-browu, Up and columeUa stained 

 with rufous-orauge ; canal rather elongated. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Hab. ? 



AJUed to the preceding species in respect to its rufous 

 orange mouth, but of a different colour and sculptm-e 

 tliroushout. 



Species 83. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex tenuispina. Mur. testa elomjaio-clavaformi, 

 tran-wersim noduloso-Uratd, interstiiiis rugis longitu- 

 dinalibus clathratis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus par- 

 vis, planiusculis, longispinosis ; canali elongato, seafa- 

 riam spinoso, spinarmn seriebus alternis longissimis 

 fenuibus Iwrizontalibus ad extremitatem admicis, alter- 

 nis parvis itttermediis erectis ; cinereo- aut ceerules- 

 cente-fuscd, apertura fauce nigricante-fusco lineatd. 



The thin-spine Murex. SheU elongately club-shaped, 

 transversely nodulously ridged, interstices latticed 

 with longitudinal wrinkles ; tlixee-varicose, varices 

 small, rather flattened, long-spined ; canal elongated, 

 armed with six rows of spines, tkree rows of very 

 long thin horizontal spines bent inwards at the end, 

 alternating with thi-ee rows of smaU erect intermediate 

 spines ; ashy or blueish brown, interior of the aper- 

 ture Uneated with blackish brown. 



Lamarck, Anim.sans vert. (Deshayes' etUt.), vol.ix. p. 566. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



No one can fail to admire the very deUcate and beauti- 

 ful stmctm'e of this weU-bio-mi species. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex earispina. Mur. testd trigono-clavaformi, trans- 

 versim nodoso-liratd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus 

 spinosis, spina otitic^ pralongd, subcurvd, cateris bre- 

 vissimis irregularibus ; fuscescente, roseo-violascente 

 tinetd; canali subelongato, ascendente. 



The rare-spine Murex. SheU triangidarly club-shaped, 

 transversely nodosely ridged ; three-varicose, varices 

 spinous, the anterior spine of each very long, a Uttle 

 cm'ved, the rest veiy short, u-regular; pale brown, 

 tinged with pinkish violet ; canal somewhat elongated, 

 ascending. 



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

 Murex formosus, Sowerby. 



Hah. ? 



I quite agree with MM. Kiener and Deshayes in assign- 

 ing this sheU to Lamarck's Murex rarispina ; but the mis- 

 chievous tendency of an observation in reference to it by 

 M. Kiener must be exposed. It it stated by that author 



June 1845. 



