9 



121, M. cristatus, Brocchi, p. 394. t. vii.. f. 15. Cancellaria 



cristata, Brown. Reise p. 550. Murex Blainvillii, 

 Payradeau, p. 149. t. 7. f. 17, 18. M. pliciferus, 

 Bivon, 1. c. p. 26. t. 3. f. 10. Var. "costatus, 

 nodulis inermibiis." Philippi, v. t. xi. f. 25. M. 

 fortis, Risso. Var. M. cataphractus, Con. lUus. f. 

 •10, The recent varieties correspond with those in 

 a fossil state, and there is an indivisible chain 

 running from those which are frondose and almost 

 spinose, to those which are characterized by plain 

 simple nodules. Mediterranean. 



122. M. vittatus, Brod. Zool, Proc. 1832. p. 176. Con. lUus. 



f. 19. Isl. Muerte, Bay of Guayaquil. Mr. Cuming. 



The following Murices of Authors belong to other Genera, viz : — 

 Fusi, M.magellanicus, lamellosus, scaber, lyratus, and cingu- 



latus, of Lamarck. M. Horridus, buxeus, Carduus 



squamosus, Nucleus, cariniferus, and pallidus, of 



Broderip. M, distinctus, Philippi ? 

 Purpura. M. costularis. Lam. M. crispatus, Lam. M. crassi- 



labrum, Gray. 

 Typhis, M. fistulosus, Brocchi. PhiJippi. 

 PoLLi/E, M. concatenatus, granarius and pulchellus, of 



Lamarck ; M. Vibex, Broderip. 



The following cannot be identified. 

 Lamarck ; M. aciculatus, phyllopterus, quadrifrons, poly- 

 gonulus, cinguliferus and subcarinatus. King ; M. 

 Rhodocheilus, Z. J. v. p. 347. Broderip; M. pumilu^ 

 Z. P. 1832. p. 175. Conrad; M. Nuttali. Risso; 

 M. fistulatus, ramulosus, bicristatus, Orbignianus, 

 rudis, bicolor, affinis, angulatus, Pairaudoce. 

 triangularis, imbricatus, postdiluvianus, succinctus, 

 columnus. The latter are very vaguely described 

 and neither figures nor synonyms referred to. 



