M U R E X. 



Plate XXIV. 



Species 97. (Mus. Ciiming.) 



MuKEX SECUNDUS. Mur. testa subpyriformi-ovaid, tram- 

 versim Uratd, scairosd, spird brevi, cavernosa ; qum- 

 quefariam varicosd, varice ultimo dilatato, planifron- 

 doso,frondibus numerosis, conferth, canaliculatis ; alba, 

 uigricantc-fusco iinctd ; canali breviusculo, plauiduto. 



The next-allied Murex. Shell somewhat pyriformly 

 ovate, transversely ridged, scabrous, spire short, ca- 

 yernous ; five-varicose, last varix dilated, flatly fron- 

 dose, fronds numerous, close-set, canaUculatcd ; white, 

 stained with blackish brown ; canal rather short, 

 flattened. 



Lamarck, Anim.sans vert. (Deshayes'edit.), vol.ix.p. .580. 



Hah. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found on the sands) ; 

 Cumin";. 



This is the " next-allied " species to the Murex scorpio ; 

 from which it diifers in the spire not being deeply sutured, 

 more like that of the Murex rota, and in the marginal va- 

 rix having none of the large palmated fronds. 



Species 98. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex salebrosus. Mur. testd elongato-ovatd, sub-Py- 

 rulaformi, scabrosd, spird interdum brevi, interdum 

 elatd, anyidato-turritd ; sexfariam varicosd, varicihns 

 undato-laminatis, nonnidlh seepe obsoletk ; aiifractibiis 

 siiperue plus minusve angulatis, ad angulum irregula- 

 riter obtuse nodosis ; fuscescente,fuscofasciatd; aper- 

 turd subangustd, albd, columella lahroque auraiitio-ru- 

 bris, labro dentato ; canali brevi. 



The rugged Murex. Shell elongately ovate, somewhat 

 Pyrula-shaped, rough, spii-e sometimes short, some- 

 times elevated, angidarly turreted ; six-varicose, va- 

 rices undulately laminated, some often obsolete ; 

 whorls more or less angidated at the upper part, 

 irregularly obtusely noduled at the angle; pale brown, 

 banded with dark brown, aperture rather narrow, 

 white, lip and columella orange-red. Up toothed ; ca- 

 nal short. 



King, Zool. Journal, vol. v. p. 347. 



SowERBY, Conch, nius., f. 48. 



Murex vitulinus, var.. Gray. Beechey's Voyage, p. 108. 

 pi. 33. f. 4 and 6. 



Hai. Panama (found under stones) ; Cuming. 



I cannot agree with Mi\ Gray in regarding this shell, of 

 which numerous specimens are to be found, as a variety of 

 the Murex vituliims. It is of extremely variable growth, 

 as the specimens selected for illustration show, but they 

 all exhibit one imiform peculiarity of character. 



Species 99. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex elegans. Mur. testa contorto-clavtFformi, crassi- 

 usculd, transversim Uratd, liris august is, ad smamitatem. 

 minute granoso-funiculatis ,■ trifariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus rotundis, hie illic obscure spiuoso-plicafis ; albd, 

 fuuiculis transversis nitide castaneo-fuscis ; canali lon- 

 yiuscido, gracili, oblique contorto. 



The elegant Murex. Shell contortly club-shaped, ra- 

 ther thick, transversely ridged, ridges narrow, mi- 

 nutely granulously corded; three-varicose, varices 

 round, here and there obscurely spinously plicated ; 

 white, transverse cords bright chesnut brown ; canal 

 rather long, slender, obliquely contorted. 



Beck ; Sowerby, Conch. lUus. Cat. Mm-ices, no. 19. f. 84. 



Ilah. Island of St. Domingo, West Indies. 



Easily distinguished by its peculiarly contorted growth, 

 and the neat appearance of its entire surface being crossed 

 by a series of equi-distant fine brown tliread-like cords. 



Species 100. (Mus. Brit.) 



Murex calcar. Mur. testd trigono-fusiformi, tramversim 

 Uratd, liris alternis majoribus, interstitiis, subscabrom, 

 costis nodoso-plicatis tribus longitudinalibus inter va- 

 rices ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus peculiariter Jimbri- 

 ato-laminatis, spind longiusculd recurvd superne arma- 

 tis ; albd, ferrugineo-fusco liic illic pallide tincld ; ca- 

 nali mediocri. 



The spue Murex. Shell triangularly fusiform, trans- 

 versely ridged, alternate ridges the larger, interstices 

 somewhat scabrous ; with three longitudinal nodosely 

 pHcated ribs between the varices ; three-varicose, va- 

 rices pecuUarly fimbriately laminated, amied at the 

 upper part ■ndth a rather long recurved spine ; white, 

 palely tinged here and there with msty brown ; canal 

 middling. 



August 1845. 



