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they are also laterally pinched as it ■were, and do not spread in the 

 šame flowery bifurcate manner as in the Murex palma-rosa. 



MuREX EUBiGiNosus. Mur. testdfusiformi, interdum suhabbreviatd, 

 transversim granoso-liratd et striatd, inter varices fortiter tuber- 

 culatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibusfrondosis,frondibusfoliaceis, 

 brevibus, alternis parvis, recumbentibtts ; rubiginosd, liris frondi- 

 busque nigricante-fuscis ; columelld mbiginoso-luted, aperturte 

 faucc albd. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This shell, of \vhich I have seen several characteiistic specimens, 

 is quite distinct from any hitherto described. 



MuREX cEAssiVARicosA. Mur. testd subabbreviato-fusiformi, cras- 

 siusculd, transversim granoso-liratd et striatd ; trifariam varicosd, 

 varicibus incrassatis, rotundatis,frondosis,frondibus parviStfolia- 

 ceis, alternis minoribus ; livido-ferrugined, apertura fauce albd. 



Hab. ? 



A new species, of vvhich I liave seen several examples, distinguished 

 amongst other characters by the stunted thickened growth of the 

 varices. 



5;,t1 MuREX ocuLATUs. Mur. testd fusiformi-oblongd, crassiusculd, un- 



U ^ ^ dique leviter scabrosd, transversim liratd et striatd, inter varices 



bituberculatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus lamellis brevibus sub- 

 complicatis tuberculatis ; albidd, rufo-fuscescente tinctd, varicibus 

 maculis quadratis rtthentibus alternatim pictis, columelld rubente- 

 luted, aperturtie fauce albd, labro nigerrimo-fusco, superiie preeci- 

 pue, maculato, apice rubente ; canali breviusculo, compresso, re- 

 curvo. 



Hab. ? 



Although this shell has so many characters in common \vith the 

 Murex pomum, it exhibits a constant peculiarity of colour, forra and 

 sculpture. In colour it is peculiarly tinged and spotted \vith red ; in 

 form it is more graceful and slender, and in sculpture it is smoother 

 and presents two tubercles between each varix. I have seen nume- 

 rous examples of this species, and'can distinguish them at a glance 

 from the Murex pomum. 



CA I MuREK ALABASTER. Mur. tcstd trigono-fusiformi, spircs testą lon- 



" |C>-M. ,a gitudinem aąuante, anfractibus transversim liratis et striatis, liris 



lavibus, superne angulatis, nodulis duobus tribusve suhconspicuis 



ad angulum armatis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus laminato-alatis, 



tuberculo erecto profunde canaliculato ad angulum munitis ; intus 



extusque eburned; canali breviusculo. 



Hab. Island of Cagayan, province of Misamis, islaud of MIndanao, 



Philippines (found on the beach) ; Cuming. 



Mr. Sowerby referred this extraordinary shell with some doubt to 

 the Murex acanthropterus ; its proportions are however so utterly 

 difFerent that I have no hesitation in describing it as a nevv species. 



Tl?e i«-i . MuREX AMBiGUUs. Mur. tcstu globosd, subpyriformi, transversim 



