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MUREX frondosiis. 

 TAB. CCCCXVl.— /^. 3. 



Spec. Char. Ovate oblong ; sutures in 8 or 9 

 rows, subspinose deeply plaited; trans- 

 verse ridges numerous, rough; aperture 

 obovate ; canal straight. 



Syn. Murex frondosus, Lamarch ertv. de PariSy 

 51. Hist. Nat. Vll. 573. 



J_ HIS is probably Lamarck's var. |3 as the spaces be- 

 tween the sutures are simply rough, not scaly ; the 

 sutures are so deeply plaited, that their edges are formed 

 into a series of almost tubular spines, this being repeat- 

 ed upon the several laminae of which the sutures are 

 composed, as in most part of the Murices, gives them a 

 peculiarly crisp aspect j the canal is rather broad, and 

 half covered. 



The Barton specimens of this beautiful Murex, are 

 large and well preserved, but scarce. Miss Beminster 

 has supplied me with two or three ; it has also been 

 found at Highgate. 



