202 CERITIIIADiE. 



whorls in the larger individuals, and becomes slightly granular 

 upon the body whorl. This hist, which is furnished with an 

 additional revolving belt, is angulated at the commencement of 

 its basal declination ; its base is so compressed that it is flattened 

 or even concave. The mouth is very small, about a fifth of the 

 entire length, and somewhat square ; it terminates anteriorly in 

 a rather short but decided canal ; the pillar is dusky, very 

 strong, twisted, and, at its extremity, is rather obscurely and 

 very minutely plicated across in a spiral fashion. The length is 

 quite four lines, the breadth merely one. 



A rather scarce W. Indian shell ; introduced hy Montagu us 

 taken hy Laskey in the Sound of Midi. 



0. FUscATUM, Linneeus. 



List. Hist. Conch, p. 1-22, f. 20. 



Murex fuscutus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1225 (from type). — Pult. Hutchins, 



Hist. Dorset, App. p. 43.— Mont. Test. Brit. p. 26.9. — 



Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 47. — Turt. Conch. Diction, p. 96. 



Cerilhium radula, Bruguiere, Encycl. Method. Vers, vol. i. p. 491. — Lam. 



Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. ix. p. 293. 

 Murex „ DiLLW. Recent Shells, vol. ii. p. 754. 



„ granulatus. Wood, Index Testae, pi. 28, f. 160. 

 Terebra fuscata, Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 346 ? 



A common African species; introduced by Pidteney as found 

 after a violent storm on the shore near Weymouth. The Turbo 

 tuberculatus of Pennant {ed. 4, vol. iv. jo. 129, p^. 82, /. Ill* 

 copied. Brown, 111. Conch, pi. 5, f. 67) from the Northumbrian 

 coast, is generally, and with probability, regarded as a ivorn and 

 imperfect individual of the same species. 



Melania Matoni, Gray. 



Lister, Hist. Conch, pi. 120, f. 15. 

 Murex fuscus, Gmelin, Syst. Natura;, p. 3561 (in part). 



,, fuscatus, Maton and Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 4, f. 6 (no 

 description). 

 Melania Matoni., Gray, Miscel. Zonlog. p. 10. 



„ fuscu, Philii'PI, Neue Conch, vol. i. p. 59, Melan. pi. 2, f. 1. 



An African shell, figured by Maton and Rachett as from 

 Weymouth. 



