MUREX. 



Plate XXIII. 



Species 93. (Mus. Ciuniug.) 



MuREX MGRESCENS. Mur. testa, clav(fformi, trmtsversim 

 liratd, liris angustis, prominentihis, longitudinaUler 

 nodoso-codatis ; trifariam varkosd, varicibus rotundis, 

 solidis, nodiferis, spin'm perpaucis minutis subobscuris 

 inferm nmnitis ; niyresceiite-olivaced, fasclis diiabm 

 nigris pictd ; canali elongato. 



The blackish Murex. Shell club-shaped, transversely 

 ridged, ridges naiTow, prominent, longitudinally no- 

 dosely ribbed; tlii'ce-varicose, varices round, solid, 

 nodiferous, with a very few rather obscm'e minute 

 spines at the lower part ; blackish-olive, painted with 

 two black bands ; canal elongated. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840. 



Hub. Xipixapi, West Columbia (found in sandy mud at 

 the depth of eleven fethoms) ; Cuming. 



This species, although closely approximating to the 

 Murex recurvirostris, exhibits dift'erences which may be re- 

 cognised by carefid comparison ; it it more ventricose, and 

 the spu'c more elevated. 



Species 93. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



MuKEX ADUNco-spiNOSCS. Mur. testd clavepformi, trans- 

 vermn fortUer liratd, longitudinaliter plicato-costatd ; 

 trifariam varicosd, varicibus rotundis, spiiiis fortibus 

 breviusculis leviter aduncis, spinis minutis interveitiei/- 

 tibzis, armatis ; lutescente-fuscd; canali elongato, su- 



The HOOKED-SPINE MuREX. Shell club-shaped, trans- 

 versely strongly ridged, longitudinally plicately rib- 

 bed ; three-varicose, vai-ices round, armed with rather 

 short, strong, slightly hooked spines, mth minute 

 spines intervening ; ycUowish-brown ; canal elongated, 

 spinous at the upper part. 



Beck ; Murex ternispina, var., Sowerby, Conch. Ulus. Cat., 

 Miu-ices, no. 3. f. 68. 



Hab. PhOippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The leading characteristic featm'cs of this shell are so 

 peculiar and constant that I am induced to follow Dr. Beck 

 in arranging it as a species distinct from the Murex terni- 

 spina. The spines are shorter, the ridges are much more 

 strongly nodidous, and all the examples I have seen are of 

 a certain brownish yeUow colour. 



Species 94. (Mus. Said.) 



Murex tumulosus. Mur. testd elongato-davmformi, trans- 

 versim subgranoso-liratd et striata, spird depressd, su- 

 turis profunde excavatis, subcavernosis, apice acumi- 

 nato ; septifariam varicosd, varicibus rotundis, pone 

 excavatis, tribus vel quaternis tiltimk spinis sgnama- 

 formibus duabus breviusculis divergentibus armatis ; 

 lutescente, aurantio-fusco Jdc illic tinctd et nmailatd ; 

 canali longissiino, recto, spiraliter spinoso. 



The tumulous Murex. Shell elongately club-shaped, 

 transversely somewhat granosely ridged and striated, 

 spu'e depressed, sutm'es deep, excavated, somewhat 

 cavernous, apes acuminated ; seven-varicose, varices 

 round, excavated behind, the three or four last varices 

 armed with a diverging pair of rather short scale-like 

 spmes ; yellowish, stained and spotted here and there 

 with orange-brown ; canal very long, straight, spirally 

 spinous. 



Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840. 



Hab. ? 



I quite agi'ee with Mi\ Sowerby in Ms estimation of this 

 luiique and valuable species ; a hybrid, as it were, between 

 the Murices cornutus and brandaris, but presenting an as- 

 semblage of pecidiai'ities distinct from either. 



M. Kiener asserts that this shell is merely a variety of 

 the Murex cornutus, but I cannot see what right he has to 

 question the vahdity of any of those species described in 

 the " Proceetlings of the Zoological Society," wliich he has 

 never had an ojjportuidty of seeing. 



Species 95. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex haustellum. Mur. testd elongato-clavcsformi, 

 transversim striata, longitudinaliter nodoso-plicatd ; 

 trivaricosd, varicibus rotundis, muticis ; fuscescente, 

 lineis spadiceis cingulatd ; varicibus maculis quadratis 

 migricante-fuscis ornatis, columelld labroque rubentibus ; 

 canali longissimo, gracili, spinis squanupformibus bre- 

 vibus perpaucis superne munito ; aperturd rotundato- 

 ovatd. 



The snipe's head Mures. Shell elongately club-shaped, 

 transversely striated, longitudinally nodosely plicated ; 

 three-varicose, varices round, spineless ; pale brown, 

 encii'cled with rusty-brown lines, varices ornamented 



August 1845. 



