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FUSUS acuminatus. 
TAB. CCLXXIV.--Figs. 1, 2, and 3. 
Spec. Cuar. Elongated, acicular, obscurely cos- 
tated, and longitudinally striated ; volutions 
tumid, with 8 or 10 elevated striz. 
Syn. Murex porrectus. Brander, f. 36. 
"Tue coste upon this species, if coste they can be 
called, are very slightly elevated, and very irregular ; 
so much so that some parts of the shell appear entirely 
free from them: it is so much elongated as to be 6 or 
7 times the length of its greatest width. 
FUSUS asper. 
TAB. CCUXXIV.---Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7. 
Spec. Cuar. Elongated, costated ; volutions tumid ; 
costz decussated by 4 or 5 elevated, rather 
acutely knotted, strice or ridges. 
A wwcu shorter shell than the last, and less strongly 
striated lengthwise; the ridges rise into sharpish ele- 
vations as they cross the cost, which are most remark- 
able on the upper whorls : five times as long as broad. 
This species is generally whiter than the others. 
