MUREX. 



Plate XXXIII. 



Species 133. (Mus. Saul.) 



MuKEX CANCELLATUS. Mur. testd tricjono-ovatd, spird 

 breviusculd, anfractibus tramversim liratis, Urarum in- 

 terstitiis pecuUariter cancdlatis ; Irivaricosd, varicibus 

 compresso-fimbritttis, fronde clausd sttbjistulosd mperne 

 ornalin ; eburned, aperturd pand ; canali clauso,biji 

 aperto, vncinato-recurvo. 



The cancellated Mdkex. SheU triaagulai-ly ova.v;, 

 spire rather short, whorls transversely ridged, inter- 

 stices between the ridges peculiarly cancellated ; three- 

 varicose, varices compressly fimbriated, ornamented 

 at the top with a closed, fistulous-like fi-ond ; ivory- 

 white ; aperture small ; canal closed, open at the base, 

 curved back in a hooked maimer. 



SowEEBY, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. 



Hab. ? 



An extremely curious and characteristic species, in which 

 a compressed fistulose-like frond is developed on the upper 

 extremity of each varix, though not in any way analogous 

 to the fistulose tube which rises from the area between the 

 varices in the genus Typlm. 



Species 136. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MUREX MACULATUS. Mur. tentd ovatd, siibpyramidali, 

 aiifractibus brevibus, tubercidalo-varicosis, varicibus iii- 

 terstitiisque subtiliter liratis, liris, Urarum interstidis 

 quoqite^ndclierrinieJimbriato-canceUatk; albidd, maculd 

 nibido-fuscd inter varices conspicue tinctd, columelld el 

 apertiircB fauce pallide rosacea ; canali breviusculo, 

 reciirvo. 



The SPOTTED Murex. SheU ovate, somewhat pyramidal, 

 whorls short, tubercularly varicose, varices and inter- 

 stices finely ridged, ridges and then- interstices also 

 very beautifully cancellated ; whitish, conspicuously 

 stained between the varices with a reddish brown 

 spot, columella and interior of the aperture tinged 

 with pink ; canal rather short, recurved. 



Keeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Hah. ? 



The whorls of this species are strongly tubercled by the 

 varices which arc very delicately canceUately ridged across. 



Species 163. (Mus. Saul.) 

 Murex rusticus. Mur. testd ovatd, spird acuminato-tur- 

 ritd, anfractibus medio tmnidis, transverdm aubobscure 



liratis, tuberculato-varicosls, varicibas frondosis, fron- 

 dibus brevibus, interstitiis minulissittie squamatis; lutes- 

 cente-albd, varicibus nigricante-fascis ; aperturd parvd, 

 limbo producto ; canali breviusculo. 



The RUSTIC Murex. Shell ovate, spire aeuminately tiu-- 

 reted, whorls swollen in the middle, transversely ra- 

 ther obscurely ridged, tubercularly varicose, varices 

 frondose, fronds short, iuterstices minutely scaled; 

 yellowish-white, varices dark brown ; apertm-e small, 

 lip produced ; canal rather short. 



Eeeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. 



Eab. ? 



A rather solid shell with an elevated tubercled spire. 



Species 165. (Fig. Kiener.) 



MuKEX POLYGONULUS. Mur. testd ovatd, sidifusiformi, 

 ventricosd, transverse sulcata et striata, nonafariain 

 varicosd, alba ; anfractibus superne angulatis, supra 

 plaiiulati.i, ad angulum tuberculato-coronatis ; spird 

 prominente. 



The MANY-ANGLED MuREX. SheU ovate, somewhat fusi- 

 form, ventricose, transversely grooved and stiiated, 

 nine-varicose, white ; whorls angulated at the upper 

 part, flat above, tubercularly coronated at the angle ; 

 spire prominent. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.)vol.ix. p. 594. 



KiENER, Icon. Coq. viv. p. 75. pi. 41. f. 2. 



Eab. ? 



Knowing nothing of this species I have copied Kiener's 

 figure, antl Lamarck's description verbatim. 



Species 167. (Pig- a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Murex territus. Mur. testd trigono-ovatd, liris convexis 

 subnodosis irregtdaribus cot/fertis undique cingulatu, 

 tuberculo imico inter vai'ices ; trifariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus pecuUariter laminato-frondosis, frondibm erectis, 

 lateraliter co?mexi~s ; lutesceute, livido-olivaceo hie illic 

 saturatiore tinctd. 

 The terrified Murex. SheU triangularly ovate, encir- 

 cled throughout with close-set, slightly nodose, irre- 

 gular convex ridges, with a single tubercle between 

 the varices ; three-varicose, varices peculiarly lami- 

 nately frondose, fronds erect, connected and entangled 

 together ; yeUowish, stained with Uvid orange, in 

 patches here and there of a deeper colour. 



October 1845. 



