32 MUHEX. 



145. kenestratos, f. 146, Chemnitz. — Testa fusiformis 

 fulva quadrivaricosa, inter varices longitudinaliter plicata, 

 spiraliter elevatim-costata, inter plicas foveis quadratis 

 nigrescentibus profunde excavata ; varicibus squamoso- 

 frondosis, frondibus digitatis ; digitis superne quaternis, infra 

 duabus, ad canalem duobus, ad ultimum anfractum productis ; 

 spira pyramidata, anfractibus angulatis ; ultimo anfractu 

 infra contracto. — Cancellated by prominent ridges, varices 

 and tubercular plaits, witb deep, dark-coloured interstices. 

 The species is most appropriately named the windowed 

 murex. 



146. gemma, f. 2\A:,Soive/rby.— Testa pyriformis lasvis solida 

 alba, superne nigro bifasciata, infra super liras nigro lineatis ; 

 varicibus quinis crassis, spiraliter prominente liratis, ad 

 angulum tuberculatis, ad medium anfractus precedentis 

 superne elevatis ; spira conica, anfractibus ad suturam inter 

 varices profundissime cavernosis, infra medium excavatis ; 

 apertura ovata, margine temu, canali breviusculo, clauso, 

 superne lato. — This exquisite shell, although closely con- 

 nected with the group by the deep excavation of the whorls 

 between the varices at the suture, and by general form, has 

 no fronds, but raised ridges across the thick varices which 

 are painted with reddish black. 



147. miBMATUs, f. 215, A. Adams. — Testa pyriformis; 

 pallide fulva, sex-varicosa, ad suturam profunde foveolata; 

 varicibus crassis margine reflexis, superne attenuatim elevatis, 

 supra medium fronte subalatis, infra ad caudam quadridigitatis, 

 apertura ovata, margine externo crenato, canali attenuatim 

 declivi. — The varices are curiously lobed, and reflected with 

 an angular winglike projection above, and four short digits 

 below. 



Sect. VIII. Varices more than three, branched, nodose, 

 spinous, or winged. 



148. ENDiviA, f. 153, 154, Lamarck. — Testa globoso- 

 fusiformis, spiraliter lirata et striata, alba, fusco leviter vel 

 dense tincta, vel fusco fasciata; varicibus frequentibus, 

 floride frondosis, frondibus crispatim recurvis ; apertura 

 subrotunda, frequenter rubro-marginata, margine externo 

 angulatim dentato, spira brevi, anfractibus rotundatis, 

 depressis ; canali lato, breviusculo arcuato recurvo. — This 



