MUEEX.— Plate XXXII. 



rices thickened, noduliferous ; wliite or yellowish ; 



apertm-e small, round ; canal short, slightly ascending. 

 De Ceistoforis and Jan, Cat. rerum nat., pi. 11. f. 82. 



Murex scalarinus, Bivon. 



Murex Scalarioicles, De Blain^aUc. 

 Hab. Mediterranean. Palermo ; Philippi. 



Very closely approximating to the Murex inemds brought 

 from Japan by Dr. Siebald, and which might be regarded 

 as the eastern analogue of it. 



Species 162. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MuKEX B^Ticns. Mur. testa fusi/ormi-ovatd, longituduia- 

 liter tuberculato-costatd, tramversim elevato-striatd ; 

 trivaricosd, varicilius eminentibus, muricato-nodosis ; 

 bceticd, indistincte fasciatd, aperture fauce subpurpu- 

 rascente ; lairo intus dentato ; canali brevi. 



The swarthy Murex. Shell fusiformly ovate, longitu- 

 dinally tuberculously ribbed, transversely elevately 

 striated ; three-varicose, varices eminent, prickly no- 

 dose ; dark brown, indistinctly banded, interior of 

 the aperture tinged with purple ; Up toothed ivithin ; 

 canal short. 



Eeeve, Pro. Zool. Soe., 1845. 



Hab. ? 



The nodules of this interesting little dark brown shell 

 are peculiai'ly prickly. 



Species 164. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Murex inconspicuus. Mur. testa oblongo-ovatd, crassd, 

 transversim creberrime oltuso-liratd, longitudinaliter 



costatd, costis rudibus, incrassatis, varicibus indistinctis; 

 soj'dide fused; lahro intus dentato ; canali brevissimo. 



The inconspicuous Murex. Shell obloug-ovate, thick, 

 transversely very closely obtusely ridged, longitudi- 

 nally ribbed, ribs rude, thickened, varices indistinct ; 

 dirty brown ; Up toothed ^vithin ; canal very short . 



SowERBY, Conch. Illus., f. 81 and 117. 

 Murex coralliniis, Scacchi. 

 Fusus corallinus, PhiUppi. 

 Hab. EngUsh Channel, Jersey ; Sowerby. 



A small rude thickened species, some examples of 

 which are much more elongated than others. 



Por Species 165 see Plate XXXIII; Pig. 165 proving 

 to be the young of Murex balteatus. 



Species 166. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



Murex exiguus. Mur. testdovatd, crassiiisculd, transver- 

 sim obtuso-liratd, quinquefariam varicosd, varicibus 

 eminentibus, angilaciniatis, lachiiis interstitiisqne can- 

 cellatis ; albd ; aperturd parvd, productd ; canali brevi, 

 recurvo. 



The little Murex. Shell ovate, rather thick, trans- 

 versely obtusely ridged, iive-varicose, varices eminent, 

 narrow-laciniated, lacinise and interstices between 

 them cancellated ; white, apertm-e small, produced ; 

 canal short, recurved. 



Eeeve, Pro. Zool. Soe., 1845. 



Hab. Saint Nicolas, Island of Zebu, Philippines; Cuming. 



The lacinifB of the varices of tliis species are peculiar in 



that they assume a narrow, almost fistulose, stmcture. 



