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175. Murex (Cutcorrus) Banxstr, Sowerby. 
Murex Banksti, Sowerby : Conch. Ilust., fig. 82; Reeve, Conch. Icon., 
vol. ii, pl. x, fig. 38; Kobelt, Conch. Cab., 2nd ed., p. 120, 
pl. xxxvi, fig. 6; Kiener, Cog. Viv., pl. xxi, fig. 1. 
ITab.—Durban (Burnup) ; Moluceas (Reeve, ete.) 
The specimen trom Durban is larger than any of the figured 
examples, having a length of 85 mm. 
176. Unrosatprnx (?) conrracta (Reeve). 
Buccinum contractum, Reeve: Conch. Icon., vol. ii, fig. 53 
Hab.—Durban (Burnup) ; Philippines, ete. 
177. Latraxts Rosacevs, n.sp. Pl. XV, Fig. 16. 
Latiaxis nodosa, Sowerby: Marine Shells 8. Africa, p. 16 (nee 
A. Adams). 
Testa fusiformis, rimata, rosacea, spiraliter confertim squamose 
lirata et longitudinaliter plicata; anfractus 6-7, in medio angulati, 
supra declives, infra contracti, ultimus antice valde angustatus, in 
caudam brevem recurvam productus; apertura angulatim piriformis, 
cum canali longit. totius } adequans, intus rosacea; columella supra 
rectiuscula, antice obliqua, callo reflexo appresso roseo induta; labrum 
tenue, extus crematum. Long. 21, diam. 13 mm. 
Hab.—Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 
This species is uniformly rose coloured within and without, whereas 
ZL. nodosus, A. Adams, is dirty whitish. In the latter species the 
angulation of the whorls is rather more acute and rather lower down, 
or in other words less central. The body-whorl also is more suddenly 
contracted below the periphery than in the present species, and the 
umbilical fissure is rather broader. The longitudinal coste or plice 
are more conspicuous in the upper whorls than in the last. The 
species, judging from the shell alone, might with equal propriety be 
placed in the genus Coralliophila. 
178. Ravana sButBosa (Solander). 
Pyrula bulbosa, Solander : Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. iv, pl. iv, fig. 14. 
Hab.—Durban. 
179. Purpura squamosa, Lamarck. 
The young of this species was described by Blainville (Nouv. Ann. 
Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. i, p. 251, pl. xii, fig. 6) under the name 
of Purpura elathrata. 
180. Purpura pura, n.sp. Pl. XV, Fig. 21. 
Testa parva, alba, in apertura rufescens, fusiformi-ovata, spiraliter 
punctato-striata, et, costis spiralibus ad angulum anfractuum nodosis 
instructa ; anfractus circiter 6, supra concave declives, in medio 
nodose angulati, ultimus costis quatuor (quarum duo superiores nodosi 
sunt) cingulatus; apertura lris novem albis gracilibus, haud ad 
marginem labri productis, armata; labrum album, tenue; columella 
parum arcuata, callo albo levi antice ce induta, superne tuberculo 
parvo inconspicuo instructa. Long. 19, diam. 11 mm.; apertura 
11mm. longa, 5:5 lata. 
