70 FUSUS. 



Species. 



Sect. I. Species 1 to 66. 



1. proboscidiferhs, f. 31. — Testa maxima rufo-flavida, 

 medio latissima ; spira breviuscula, anfractibus 10 depressis 

 acute carinatis, supra carinam subexcavatis, ultimo carinis 

 plurimis quarum tribus superioribus prominentibus cincto ; 

 apertura magna, cauda longa ampla, post labium umbilicata. 

 — This species grows to an immense size and is always of a 

 cheese or melon colour. 



2. Tasmaniensis, f. 43. — Testa maxima, ventricoso-fusi- 

 forinis, spiraliter inajqualiter sulcata et lirata, fulva, spira- 

 liter castaneo fasciata; spira conica lata, supra medium 

 angulata, ad angulum nodubis cimeatis cincta; apertura 

 polygona, margine denticulato ; canali angusto, breviusculo. 

 — Mr. Hanley's specimen of this species being most fully 

 developed, I figure it reduced in size, with bands of colour 

 from specimens in the British Museum. 



3. longissimus, f. 3, Gmel. — Testa elongata, alba, valide 

 spiraliter lirata, medio ventricosa, anfractibus angulatis, ad 

 angulum nodosis, supra angulum declivibus, subexcavatis, 

 infra rotundis ; cauda recta, angustiuscula ; apertura magna, 

 subcentrali, intus lirata, margine laqueato. — The shell occurs 

 more than twice the length of the figure. It is very angular, 

 with stout knobs on the angles. 



4. Percyanus, f. 77. — Testa ventricosa, F. longissimo 

 similis, latior, fusco flavescens, ad angulum fasciata. — Differ- 

 ing from F. longissimus in being wider and shorter and in 

 having a band of reddish yellow upon the angles. 



5. tuberculatus, f. 11, Lamarck. — Testa alba lata bre- 

 viuscula, subplanulatim spiraliter costata ; spira acuminata, 

 anfractibus angulatis, ad angulum distanter tuberculatis, 

 inter tubercula castaneo maculatis ; ultimo ventricoso ; aper- 

 tura magna, intus lirata, margine laqueato. — A broad white 

 shell, with bright square spots between the distant tubercles, 

 and having much less prominent ribs than in F. torulosus. 



6. torulosus, f. 9, Lamarck. — Testa breviuscula rugosa 

 fuscata ventricosa, spiraliter undulatim acute costata ; an- 

 fractibus latis brevibus, medio angulatis, ad angulum tuber- 

 culatis, iuter tubercula fusco maculatis ; ultimo ventricoso ; 



