MUREX. 



Plate XXXIV. 



Species 172. (Fig. Kiener.) 



MuuEX KlENERl. Mtir. testa, pared, elongatd, iiirricit- 

 latd, varicosd, transversim striatd,fulvdautflavescenle; 

 spird acutd ; anfractihm convexis ; suturd profmidd, 

 Jlavo maculatd ; labro dextro intus sulcata ; cauali sub- 

 elmigato, supra rotundato, angnsto. 



Kiener's Murex. Shell small, elongated, turriculated, 

 varicose, transversely striated, fidvous or yellowish ; 

 spire sharp ; whorls convex ; sutiu-e deep, spotted 

 with yellow ; right lip grooved wthin ; canal rather 

 elongated, rounded above, narrow. 

 Murex exiguus, Kiener (not of Broderip), Icon. Coq. 

 viv., p. 97. pi. 46. f. 3. 



HaJ). ? 



An interesting looking species with which I am unac- 

 quainted. The name exigum being ab-eady occupied I have 

 the pleasure of attaching M. Kiener's name to it. 



Species 173. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex Pleurotomoides. Mur. testa pyriformi-ovatd, 

 atifractibus superne depressis, transversim, liratis et mi- 

 nutissime crispato-squamatis, multifariam varicosis, va- 

 ricibus 7nuricato-squamatis ; canali siibelongato, patulo; 

 columella labroque intus dentatis, labro superne sinuato ; 

 alhidd aut Jlavicante . 



The Pleurotoma-like Murex. Shell pyriformly ovate, 

 whorls a little depressed at the upper part, trans- 

 versely ridged and very minutely crisply scaled, mid- 

 tifariously varicose, varices prickly scaled ; canal ra- 

 ther elongated, wide open ; lip and columella toothed 

 within, bp simiated at the upper part. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Rab. ? 



A small pyriform prickly shell having a sinus in the 

 upper part of the lip after the manner of a Pleurotoma. 



Species 174. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex pistacia. Mur. testa ovatd, subfusifornii, solidi- 

 uscnld, anfractibus rotundatis, aulco subobsoleto prope 

 suturam cinctis, transversim- crebriliratis, longitudiua- 

 liter suboblique miduloso-varicosis, varicibus obtusis ; 

 castaneo-fuscescente, columella et apertures fauce sub- 

 rosaceis ; canali brevi. 



The PiSTAcnio-xuT Murex. Shell ovate, somewhat fusi- 

 form, rather solid ; whorls rounded, encircled with a 

 rather obsolete groove near the suture, transversely 

 closely ridged, longitucbnally a bttle obUquely vari- 

 cose, varices waved obtuse ; bght chesuut-brown, 

 coliunella and interior of the apertm-e faintly tinged 

 with pink ; canal short. 



Eeeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. 



Hab. ? 



A true and well-defined species which has not been 

 Iiitherto noticed. 



Species 175. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Murex vibex. Mur. testd ovato-fiisifonni, turritd, trans- 

 versim liratis, lirarum interstitiis concavo-sulcatis ; 

 si'ptifariam varicosd, varicibus rotundatis, prominenti- 

 bus,subnodosis ; colmnelld subindistincte pUcatd ; canali 

 brevissimo ; labro crenulato, intus radiatim sulcata; 

 alba, ferrugiiieo-fuico finctd, epidermide fused, rugosd. 



The stripe-marked Murex. Shell ovately fusiform, 

 tm'reted, transversely ridged, interstices between the 

 ridges, concavely gi'ooved ; seven-varicose, varices 

 rounded, prominent, subnodose, columella somewhat 

 indistinctly plaited ; canal very short ; lip crenulated, 

 radiately gi'ooved within ; white, stained \vith rusty 

 brown, epidermis brown, rough. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 



Bab. St. Elena and Panama (found in sandy mud at a 

 depth of from six to twelve fathoms) ; Cuming. 



An aberrant species which might be referred with equal 



propriety to Turbinellus. 



Species 176. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Crotch.) 



Murex eurypteron. Mur. testd ovato-ohlongd, basem 

 versus contractd, spird breviusculd, acuminato-turritd, 

 suturis subexcavatis ; anfractibus superne depressis, 

 transversim obscure obtuso-liratis et pnnctato-striatis, 

 tubercula superjiciario inter varices ; trivaricosd, vari- 

 cibus tenuibus, erecto-alatis, ultimo latissime expanso, 

 superni falcato-recurvo ; aperturd parvd ovatd ; canali 

 breviusculo. 



The wide-wing Murex. Shell ovately oblong, contracted 

 towards the base, spire rather short, acumiuately tur- 



October 1845. 



