MUREX. 



Plate XXVIII. 



Species 125. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuREX CARDUUS. Miir. testd ovatd, ntriiique acute at- 



! termatd, spird mucrouatd ; an/ractibui superne atigii- 



latis, sqnamarum vnricihus vmnerosis covfertis ornatls, 



squamis snpremis promiiieiilibus erect is ; albd ; canali 



brevi, uhibiUcato. 



The thistle Murex. Shell ovate, sliarply attenuated 

 at both ends, spire pointed ; wliorls angulated at the 

 upper part, ornamented with, numerous close-set va- 

 rices of scales, the uppermost of which are prominent 

 and erect ; white, canal short, umbihcated. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1833. 



Hab. Pacasmayo, Coast of Peru (dredged from a coral 

 reef twelve mUes from shore at the depth of twenty- 

 five fathoms) ; Ciuuing. 



An interesting species, belonging to that section of the 

 Murices wliich De Montford distinguished by the generic 

 title of Troplwn. 



Species 12G. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex fasciatus. Mar. testd ovatd, crassd, traiisvemm 

 liratd, interstitiis subtilissime granoso-striatis, tuber- 

 cnlo magno inter varices ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus 

 convexis, solidiicscidis, costatls ; livido-fuscescente, ob- 

 scure fasciatd; columeUd callositate parvd siipertie 

 munitd ; canali brevi, cluitso. 



The banded Murex. Shell ovate, thick, transversely 

 ridged, interstices very finely granosely striated, with 

 a large tubercle between the varices ; tliree-varicose, 

 varices convex, rather solid, ribbed; livid brown, 

 obscurely banded ; columella furnished at the upper 

 part with a small callosity ; canal short, close. 



SoWERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840 ; Conch. Illus. f. 86. 



Hab. Mouth of the Gambia, west coast of Africa. 



A solid Buccinum-like shell, of a diJl livid brown colour. 



Species 127. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex lucclentus. Mm: testd ovato-fusiformi, spird 

 angtdato-tiirritd ; anfractibits superne angulatis, trans- 

 versim costatis, lameUis Jimhriatis frequentibus erectis 

 longitudinaliter ormtis ; lutescente,fusco tinctd et fas- 

 ciatd ; canali breviusculo, umbilicato. 



The beautiful Murex. Shell ovately fusiform, spire 

 angularly tuiTcted ; whorls angulated at the upper 

 part, transversely ribbed, longitudinally ornamented 

 with fi-equent erect fimbriated lameUse ; yeUowish, 

 stained and banded with brown ; canal rather short, 

 umbibcated. 

 Trophonfmbriatus, Hinds, MoUusca Voy. H.M.S. Sulphur, 



p. 14. pi. 1. f. 18, 19. 

 Hai. Straits of Macassar (found among sand and gravel 

 at the depth of eleven fathoms) ; Hinds. 

 The gTowth of this shell is marked by a beautiful suc- 

 cession of erect lamina;, thrown up, as it were, one fi'om 

 under the other. The name Jinibriatus is occupied by 

 Lamarck in reference to a species of which we have no 

 knowledjre. 



Species 128. (Mus. Cimiing.) 

 Murex horridus. Mur. testd oblongo-ovatd, anfractibus 

 superne concavo-depressis, decemfariam varicosis, vari- 

 cibus rudibus simpUcibus, interstitiis costis clatJtratis, 

 areis elevato-striatis ; albd, ferrugineo-fmco circa va- 

 rices tinctd ; canali brevi. 

 The rough Murex. SheU oblong-ovate, whorls concavely 

 depressed roimd the upper part, ten-varicose, varices 

 rude, simple, interstices latticed with ribs, the areas 

 between which are scvdptured with raised strise ; 

 wliite, stained about the varices mth pale rusty 

 brown; canal short. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 



Fusus horridus, Sowerby, Conch. lEus., f. 39. 

 Murex Boivinii, Kiener. 

 llab. St. Elena and Panama (foimd in sandy mud at the 

 depth of from eight to twelve fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 I regret extremely that M. Kiener should have been 

 doubly unfortunate in liis comphmentary endeavom's to 

 record the name of M. Boivin, a distinguished amateur of 

 Paris, whose com'tesy and conchological zeal I have on 

 more than one occasion experienced ; — the Murex Boivinii 

 is the Murex horridus, and the Cyprff.a Boivinii is a well- 

 known variety of the Ci/presa gangrenosa. 



Species 139. (Pig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Murex Norrisii. Mur. testd subpijriformi-ovatd, basem 

 versus peculiariter attenuatd et recurvd, transversim 

 conspicue costatd et subtilissime elecato-striatd, spird 



August 1845. 



