PURPURA.— Plate IX. 



Species 42. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



Purpura ^egrota. Pitrp. testa ohlongo-ovata,transversim 

 uodosu-costatd et liratd, columeltd depressfl, apertura 

 faiice conspicue sulcata; sordide laded, liris fiiscescen- 

 tibm, labro intus croceo-rufesceiite. 



The sickly Purpura. Shell ol)long-ovate, transversely 

 iiodosely ribbed and ridged, columella depressed, in- 

 terior of the aperture conspicuously grooved ; dingy 

 cream colour, ridges tinged with light brown, lip 

 saffron-red within. 



Hab. New Holland. 



A very characteristic species, from New Holland, of 

 which several specimens have been recently collected by 

 Mr. Jukes, dm-ing the surveying expedition of H. M. S. 

 ' The Fly.' It approaches nearest to the P. Juemastoma, 

 Init is of a different style of sculptwe, and always charac- 

 tcri7,ed by a pallid tone of colom-ing. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cmning.) 



Purpura undata. Purp. testa oblongo-ovatd, utrinque 

 subattenuatd, spird angulato-acuminatd; anfractibus 

 transversim siibtiliter granoso-liratk, superne depressls, 

 imusversim costatk, costis pecuUariter compresso- 

 tuberculatis ; albo et cinereo-fasco lougitudinaliter un- 

 datim pictd, costis hie illic lutescentibus, columelld et 

 npertura fmice lutds. 



The waved Purpura. Shell oblong-ovate, a httle 

 attenuated at each end, spii-e angularly acuminated ; 

 whorls transversely ribbed, ribs peculiarly compressly 

 tubercled ; painted longitudinally with waved ashy- 

 brown and white, ribs here and there yellowish, 

 columella and interior of the aperture yellow. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. x. p. 67. 



Hnb. Monte Christi, West Columbia (under stones at low 

 water); Cuming. 



Another example in which M. Kiener has figured dif- 

 ferent species as varieties; easily determined, however, 

 by its waved painting, and the compressed character of the 

 tubercles. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Purpura Floridana. Purp. testdoblotujo-ovatd, utrinque 

 conspicue attenuatd, spird acutd; anfractibus superne 



depressls et subtiliter nodosis, transversim undique cre- 

 berrime liratis et sidcatis ; apertura fauce fortiter 

 sidcatd ; caruleo-grised, zonis luteis angustis indistincte 

 et irregulariter cingulatd, undulis nigricantibus longi- 

 tudinaliter subindistiucte pictd, columelld et apertura 

 fauce aurantio-luteis. 



The Florida Purpura. Shell oblong-ovate, conspi- 

 cuously attenuated at both ends, spire sharp ; whorls 

 depressed and finely noduled round the upper part, 

 transversely very closely ridged and gi-ooved thi'ough- 

 out, interior of the aperture strongly grooved; blueish- 

 grey, indistinctly and in-egularly encircled with narrow 

 yellow zones, and rather indistinctly painted with 

 blackish longitudinal waves, columella and interior of 

 the apertm-e orange-yellow. 



Conrad, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. \di. 

 pi. 20. f 21. 



Hab. Florida. 



A shell of elongated growth with a row of fine nodiJes 

 round the upper portion of the whorls ; of a blueish grey 

 colour, waved longitudinally with black streaks. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Purpura fasciata. Purp. testd oblongo-ovatd, spird 

 acuminata, exsertd, transversim subtiliter liratd et sul- 

 cata, labro minute denticulato; ccsruleo-albicarde,fasciis 

 tribus angustis lutescentihus cingulatd, ititerstitiis ni- 

 gricante longitiidinalifer undulatis, aperturce fauce 

 albicante, prope marginem purpureo-radiatd. 



The banded Purpura. Shell oblong-ovate, spire acu- 

 minated, exserted, transversely finely ridged and 

 grooved ; aperture rather short, a little inflated, in- 

 terior grooved, lip minutely denticulated; blueish- 

 white, encircled with three narrow yellowish bands, 

 interior of the aperture whitish, rayed near the edge 

 with piu-ple. 



Hab. ? 



There is a marked peculiarity of form as well of 

 colouring in this shell ; the spii-e is acuminated whilst the 

 aperture is short and almost rounded ; the three equidis- 

 tant yellow bands which encircle the last whorl are cha- 

 racteristic, and so also is the purplish-white tinge of the 

 aperture, in which there is no indication of yellow or 

 orange-red. 



