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MOLLUSCA. 
spotted with dark brown ; and covered with decussated striae. 
Three inches long. Inhabits the Indian ocean. 
Genus 31.—FUSUS.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character. —Shell fusiform or sub-fusiform, with a 
canal at the base; middle or lower part ventricose, without 
varices; spire produced; margin of the outer lip without a 
notch; columella smooth; aperture produced, with a horny 
operculum. 
Fusus corneus. — The Horny Fusus. 
Plate LXXXV. fig. 5. 
Elongated, with eight convex volutions, striated spirally, and 
covered by an olivaceous epidermis; beak long, oblique. Three 
inches long. Inhabits the seas of Northern Europe. 
Genus 32. — FASCIOLAR I A.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character. —Shell sub-fusiform, with a canal at its 
base ; without varices; columella with two or three oblique 
plaits. 
Fasciolaria trapezium — The Quadrangular Fasciolaria. 
Plate LXXXV. fig. 6. 
Ventricose, obtusely angled; volutions nodulous; reddish 
fawn-coloured, with transverse, double, slightly undulated lines ; 
inside of aperture with reddish striae. Six inches long. In¬ 
habits the Indian ocean. 
Genus 33. — C A N C E L L A RIA.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character. — Shell oval or turrited; base of the 
aperture sub-canaliculated; canal very short, almost none ; 
columella plicated, the plaits varying in number; usually trans¬ 
verse ; lip internally furrowed. 
Cancellaria reticulata .— The Reticulated Cancellaria. 
Plate LXXXV. fig. 4. 
Oval, strong, ventricose, with distant, coarse, reticulated 
striie; sometimes with yellow or orange bands ; pillar with three 
plaits ; aperture white. Two inches long. Inhabits the Atlan¬ 
tic ocean. 
