MUEEX.— Plate XXIX. 



The curious frizzled sculpture on the anterior side of the 

 varices is peculiarly worthy of remark. 



For Species 136 see Plate XXXIII. 



Species 137. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuREX PUDlcus. Mur. testa oblongo-ovaid,soUdmsculd me- 

 dio ventricosd, utrmque attenuatd, tratisversm costatd, 

 costis varices super miimtmime squamaiis, lirdparvd 

 interveniente ; septifariam varicosd, varicilus solidis, 

 leviter tuberculatis ; intns extusqtie nived ; cmialibrevi. 



The chaste Murex. Shell oblong ovate, ventricose in 

 the middle, attenuated at both ends, transversely 

 ribbed, ribs very minutely scaled upon the varices, 

 with a small ridge intervening ; seven-varicose, va- 

 rices solid, slightly tubercidated ; snowy white within 

 and without ; canal short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Hah. Island of St. Domingo. 



A solid white shell, very much attenuated from the 



middle. 



Species 138. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Murex cirrosus. Mur. testa ovatd, ventricosd, spirce 

 suturis profmidis ; nonafariam varicosd, varicibus la- 

 ciniis senis Jistulosis reeurvis ornatis, areis inter varices 

 costatis, costis laciniis interciirrentibus ; pallidi earned, 

 varicum laciniis albis ; apertiird ovali ; canali breviiis- 

 culo, gracili, recurvo, dorso bifariam laciuiato. 



The cirrous Murex. Shell ovate, ventricose, sutures 

 of the spbe deep ; nine-varicose, varices ornamented 

 with six recmved fisttdous lacinise, areas between the 

 varices ribbed, ribs running from the lacinia of one 

 varix to that of the other ; pale flesh-colom-, laeinise 

 of the varices white ; apertm-e oval ; canal rather 

 short, slender, recm'ved, with two rows of laciniae at 

 the back. 



Hinds, MoUuscaVoy.H.M.S.Sidphur,p.9.pl.3.f.l7,18. 



Hah. Straits of Macassar (found among sand and tine 

 gravel at the depth of fifteen fathoms) ; Hinds. 



Distinguished by the very beautiful curl-Mke laciniated 

 structure of the varices. 



Species 139. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Murex peritus. Mur. testd subtrigono-ovatd, anfractibus 

 superni angulatis, transversim striatis ; sexfariam vari- 

 cosd, varicibus tenuibus, laciniatis, laciniis acumiiiatis, 

 uncinatis, siipremd pracipue ; varicum parte antica 

 inter lacinias crenatd ; albidd, ferrugineo-fuscescente 

 tinctd etfasciatd; canali suhelongato, planato, recurvo. 



The expert Murex. Shell somewhat triangularly ovate, 

 whorls angulated at the upper part, transversely stri- 

 ated; six-varicose, varices thin, laciniated, lacinise 

 aciuninated, hooked, the uppermost especially ; ante- 

 rior part of the varices crenated between the lacinise ; 

 whitish, stained and banded with faint msty brown ; 

 canal a Uttle elongated, flattened, recurved. 



Hinds, MoUusca,Voy.H.M.S.Sidphiu-, p. 9. pl.3. f.23,24. 



Hub. Bay of Magdalena, CaUfornia (di-edged from a sandy 

 floor at the depth of seven fathoms) ; Hinds. 



This species may be known by the curious hooked ter- 

 mination of the laciniae. 



Species 140. (Mus. Cimiing.) 



Murex vittatus. Mur. testd subfusiformi-ovatd, trans- 

 versim sulcatd, septifariam varicosd, varicibus latius- 

 culis, solidis, approx-imatis, brevispinosis ; albd, nigra 

 tessellato-vittatd ; canali breviiisculo. 



The filletted Murex. Shell somewhat fusifonnly ovate, 

 transversely grooved, seven-vai'icose, varices rather 

 broad, soUd, approximated, armed with short spines ; 

 white, tesseUately filleted with lilack ; canal rather 

 short. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1832. 



Hab. Isle of Muerte, Bay of Guayaquil (from sandy mud 

 at the depth of eleven fathoms) ; Ciuning. 



Easily to be recognised by the marked contrast of its 

 painting. 



