34 murex. 



fulva, fusco fasciata, transversim minutissime scabroso-striata, 

 ad canalem umbilicata, varicibus septenis aut octonis, latis, 

 rubro marginatis, margine dentatis, angulatim tuberculatis, 

 tuberculo superiori ad angulum maximo, elevato, inferioribus 

 plurimis foliatim spinosis ; apertura maxima, intus aurea ad 

 margines vivide rubra, margine externo dentato ; canali lato, 

 subrecurvo. 



155. rosarium, f. 156, Chemnitz. — Testa subglobosa, 

 crassa, rugosa, spiraliter lirata, iDter varices plicato- 

 tuberculata, fulvo-rubescens, fusco interruptim trifaseiata, 

 fasciis ad varices nigris ; aperturse et varicorum marginibus 

 rubris ; varicibus octonis, crassis, conspicue tuberculatis, 

 antice sublaminatim frondosis. — This well known species 

 must be distinguished 6rst from M. bifasciatus, f. 155, 

 which is a more turbinate and differently coloured shell, and 

 then from M. turbinatus, f. 155, which is lighter and more 

 fusiform. 



156. turbinatus, f. 185, Lamarck. — Testa quam M. 

 rosarium magis fusiformis, tenuior delicate rosacea, fusco 

 super varices fasciata, liris acutis. — Pronounced by Kiener, 

 who had the Lamarckian collection at command, to be the 

 true shell of Lamarck. Authority must go some little way 

 in these matters, otherwise I should have been hardly disposed 

 to separate this form from M. rosarium, which, however, is 

 more light and fusiform. 



157. bifasciatus, f. 155, Sowerby. — Testa globoso- 

 turbinata griseo-fulvescens, fusco-grisescenti bifasciata (fascia 

 parvaindistincta) spiraliter obtuse lirata; varicibus octonis 

 obtuse tuberculatis rotimdis, antice vix exfoliatis ; canali 

 lato, brevi ; spira depresso-conica, anfractibus superne 

 angulatis. — Rather more turbinated than M. rosarium and 

 altogether different in appearance, although the differences 

 in form and sculpture are difficult to define. 



158. spinosus, f. 180, 181, A. Adams. — Testa late 

 turbinata ventricosa, alba vel fusca, spiraliter scabroso- lirata 

 et striata ; varicibus septenis vel octonis, crassis, tuberculatis 

 angulatis, ad canalem spinis obtusis duabus vel una armatis, 

 apertura magna, margine externo crenulato antice unidentato, 

 superne unispinoso ; canali brevi, lato. — In the Conch. 111. I 

 gave this as my identification of M. turbinahis of Lamarck, 

 and should have continued to support that view but for the 



