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  COLLECTIONS 
  PEOM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  18. 
  Murex 
  monodon. 
  

  

  Soioerby 
  ; 
  Heeve^s 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  figs. 
  21 
  a,b 
  ; 
  Sowerbi/, 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  iv. 
  

  

  pi. 
  385. 
  fio-s. 
  55, 
  56; 
  Kiister, 
  Con.-Cah. 
  pi. 
  10. 
  figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

   Mui-ex 
  aranea, 
  Kiener, 
  Coq. 
  Vic. 
  pi. 
  30. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Albany 
  Island, 
  North 
  Australia, 
  3-8 
  fms, 
  {Ooppinger) 
  ; 
  Du- 
  

   puch's 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  {Reeve). 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  Albany 
  Island 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  pale 
  variety 
  

   (fig. 
  21 
  «, 
  Con. 
  Icon.) 
  with 
  a 
  reddish-pink 
  peristome, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  re- 
  

   markable 
  frond 
  on 
  the 
  labrum, 
  the 
  second 
  from 
  the 
  top, 
  measuring 
  

   55 
  millimetres 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  labrum 
  exhibits 
  a 
  

   remarkable 
  development 
  in 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  19. 
  Fusus 
  hanleyi. 
  

  

  Trophon 
  hanleyi, 
  Angas, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1807, 
  p. 
  110, 
  pL 
  xiii. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Fusus 
  hanleyi 
  (-£". 
  Smith 
  .'), 
  Sowerby, 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  83, 
  fig. 
  145. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  {Angas 
  and 
  Coppinger) 
  ; 
  Port 
  Curtis 
  {Oop- 
  

   pinger). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sowerby 
  erroneously 
  attributes 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  the 
  coarse- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  his 
  figure 
  renders 
  it 
  of 
  but 
  little 
  use, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings' 
  

   being 
  far 
  preferable. 
  

  

  20. 
  Fusus 
  heptagonalis. 
  

  

  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  fig. 
  2Qa,h; 
  Soioerby, 
  Thes, 
  Conch, 
  fig. 
  132. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  ? 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  Queensland 
  {Ooppinger). 
  

  

  The 
  colouring 
  of 
  Sowerby's 
  figure 
  is 
  totally 
  incorrect, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  accurate 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  sculpture 
  as 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Coucho- 
  

   logia 
  Iconica.' 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  heptagonal, 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  ribs 
  in 
  three 
  cases 
  out 
  of 
  four 
  being 
  eight 
  instead 
  of 
  seven. 
  When 
  

   in 
  fine 
  condition 
  the 
  spiral 
  ridges 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  finely 
  imbri- 
  

   cately 
  scaled 
  by 
  the 
  parallel 
  wavy 
  lines 
  of 
  growth. 
  The 
  only 
  spe- 
  

   cimen 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  bad 
  state 
  of 
  preservation, 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  considerably 
  more 
  dwarfed 
  or 
  stunted 
  growth 
  than 
  the 
  type 
  

   and 
  two 
  other 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Eritish 
  Museum. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  

   adult, 
  exhibiting 
  the 
  thickened 
  lip 
  and 
  eight 
  lirao 
  within 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  

   shell. 
  The 
  canal, 
  too, 
  is 
  short, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  has 
  an 
  inconspicuous 
  

   pale 
  zone 
  around 
  the 
  middle, 
  also 
  observable 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   specimens 
  above 
  referred 
  to. 
  

  

  21. 
  Fusus 
  cereus. 
  (Plate 
  V. 
  fig. 
  D.) 
  

  

  Shell 
  short, 
  ovately 
  fusiform, 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  ribbed, 
  and 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  scabrously 
  lirate. 
  Whorls 
  about 
  8, 
  the 
  remaining 
  six 
  

   thickened 
  beneath 
  the 
  suture 
  by 
  a 
  stout 
  ridge, 
  then 
  obliquely 
  slo- 
  

   ping, 
  angled 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  contracted 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  strengthened 
  

   with 
  eight 
  stout 
  costa3, 
  which 
  are 
  obliquely 
  contiuuous 
  up 
  the 
  spire, 
  

   and 
  crossed 
  by 
  four 
  spiral 
  squamose 
  liraD, 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  aroiind 
  the 
  

   lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  being 
  twice 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  above, 
  

   and 
  particularly 
  prominent 
  upon 
  the 
  ribs. 
  The 
  last 
  volution, 
  in 
  

  

  