BULLA. 485 



Pyrula Ficus. Lamarck Syst. des Animaux, p. 82. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch, iii. f. 15. Lister Conch, t. 750. 

 f. 46, and t. 75 1, f. 46 a. Rumphius, t. 27. f. K. Pe- 

 tiver Amb. t. 6. f. 9- Gualter, t. 26. f. L. Argenville, 

 t. 17. f. O. Knorr, i. t. 19. f. 4, and vi. t. 27. f. 7. 

 IC/em Os£. t. 5. f. 93. Se&a, iii. t. 68. f. 5 and 6. Fa- 

 vanne, t. 23. f. H 5. 

 Variety. With transverse ribs and longitudinal striae. 



Gualter, t. 26. f. M. Seba, iii. t. 68. f. 1 to 4. .Knorr, 

 iii. t. 23. f. 1. Martini, iii. p. 21. t. 66. f. 733. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Bonanni. Amboyna. Rumphius. 



The Antilles. Martini. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about three inches long, and more than half as broad, 

 with cancellated striae all over its outer surface ; the colour 

 is whitish or brownish, with paler longitudinal lines, or trans- 

 verse spotted bands. The shell above referred to as a variety 

 is longer in proportion to its breadth, and has the transverse 

 ribs much broader and more distant than its longitudinal 

 striae, so that it may probably prove to be a distinct species. 

 Linnaeus in Mus. Lud. Ulrica has placed B. Ficus (as well 

 as B. Rapa ) among the Murices, and they have the straight 

 canal, which is the leading feature of that genus. 



pvrum. 30. Shell pear-shaped, thick, and faintly 

 striated transversely ; beak produced ; aper- 

 ture spreading. 



Bulla Ficus, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3426. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 87. 

 Bulla, No. 7. SchroeterEinl.i.p. 189. 

 Lister Conch, t. 877. f. 1. Martini, iii. p. 27. t. 66. f. 

 736 and 737. 



Inhabits 



This shell is nearly of the same size and form as B. Ficus, but 

 is said to be thick and ponderous, and Martini doubted whe- 

 ther it might not be a variety of Murex canaliculatus. It 

 is represented white, with stripes of red, and there appears 

 in the figure to be a red grooved transverse band round the 

 middle of the body-whirl. 



KAPA. 31. Shell sub-globose, turbinated, slightly 

 striated, with a curved beak, and finely 

 wrought spire. 



Bulla Rapa. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1184. Martini, iii. 



