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versis, angustis, asperulatis, varicibus longitudinalibus, rotun- 
datis, subfimbriatis (7 in ultimo anfractu); apertura subrotun- 
datd, intus albé; columelld posticé callosd ; canali brevi, recto, 
viz clauso ; labro intus lirato. 
Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 
16. Murex putcuer, A. Adams. UM. testd ovato-fusiformi, 
subtrigonali ; spird acuminatd; anfractibus rotundatis, nodu- 
losis, varicibus tribus subspinosis; liris transversis, elevatis, 
anfractu ultimo varicibus prominentibus, subspinosis, ornato ; 
varicibus antice fimbriatis et spinosis ; aperturd ovato-rotundd ; 
labio tuberculato ; labro intus crenato-lirato, canali perlongo, 
subrecurvo, viz clauso. 
Hab. St. Croix, 60 fathoms; M. Sueuson. Mus. Cuming. 
17. Murex Sincaprorensis, A. Adams. WM. testd ovato-fusi- 
formi; spird acuminatd ; anfractibus rotundatis ; fulvd, longi- 
tudinaliter plicatd, plicis rotundis, transversim liratd, liris 
asperulatis, squamulis aculeatis obsitis; aperturd ovatd, oblongd, 
intus lividd ; canali aperturam equante, subreflexo ; labro intus 
dentato. 
Hab. Singapore. Mus. Cuming. 
18. Murex niveus, A. Adams. WM. testd ovatd, umbilicatd, 
nived; spird brevi, acuminata; anfractibus rotundatis ; longi- 
tudinaliter plicatd, plicis rotundis, prominentibus, crassis 
(8-10 in anfractu ultimo), transversim liratd, liris squamulis, 
confertis, longitudinalibus, obsitis; aperturd ovatd, oblonga ; 
canal brevi, subrectd ; labro intus lirato. 
Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 
19. Murex Cuminet, A. Adams. WM. testd oblongo-fusiformi, 
trivaricosd; spird subproductd, anfractibus rotundatis, pallide 
rufo-fuscd, fasciis tribus, transversis, rufo-fuscis, ornatd ; vari- 
cibus longitudinalibus, tribus, continuis, obtusis, liris intermediis : 
nodosis, liris transversis inequalibus, rufo-fusco articulatis, in- 
structd ; aperturd ovali, labro intus crenato-lirato extus fimbriato, 
fimbriis non squamulosis, canali clauso, antice recurvato. 
Hab. Philippines. Mus. Cuming. 
Somewhat closely allied to M. triquetra of Born. 
20. Mirra Marauesana, A. Adams. M. testd ovato-fusiformi, 
anfractibus planis, spird acuta, carneold, maculis albis et lineis un- 
dulatis, longitudinalibus rufo-fuscis, eleganter picta, longitudinali- 
ter substriatd, transversim liratd, interstitiis valde punctatis ; 
apertura spiram majorem equante, columeild plicis quinque in- 
structd, labro margine crenato. 
Hab. Marquesas. Mus. Cuming. 
Markings very similar to those of M. serpentina, Lamk. The 
Mitra figured in Mr. Reeve’s Monograph, as M. nebulosa of Swain- 
son, is quite different from that species, and requires therefore a 
change of name ; I have called it M. propinqua. 
