103 



139. purpuratus, Eeeve. 



140. Purpuroides, Bunk. 



141. radicatus, Hinds. 

 143. radix, Chnelin. 



143. ramosus, Linn. 



144. rarispina, Lam. 



145. rectirostris. Sow. 



146. recurvirostris, Brod. 



147. regius, Wood. 



148. rosarium, Chemn. 



149. rota, /So2(>. 



150. rubescens, Brod. 



151. riibiginosus, Reeve. 



152. rubridentatus, z¥. 



153. riifas, Lam. 



154. rusticus, Reeve. 



155. salebrosus, Zere^. 



156. Sauliae, -^00?. 173. 



157. saxatilis, Linn. 174. 



158. scolopax, Bilhoyn. 175- 



159. Scorpio, iw». 176. 



160. secundus. Lam. 177. 



161. Senegalensis, Chnelin. 118. 



162. similis, Sow. 179. 



163. Sinensis, i?eere. 180. 



164. spectrum, Reeve. 181. 



165. spiuicostata, Valen. 182. 



166. squamulosus,(i^ws2<5.) 183. 



167. Stainfortbii, Reeve. 184. 



168. Steerise, id. 185. 



169. tenuispiaa, Lam. 186. 



170. ternispina, id. 187. 



171. territus, Reeve. 188. 



172. tetragonus, ^rocf. 189, 



torosus, Ijam. 

 torrefactus, Sow. 

 tribulus, Ldnn. 

 triformis, Reeve. 

 trigomilus, Lam. 

 triliaeatus. Reeve 

 tripterus. Born. 

 triqueter, id. 

 trmiculus, Linn. 

 tumulosus. Sow. 

 turbinatus. Lam. 

 uncinarius. Lam. 

 varicosus, Sow. 

 varius. Sow. 

 vibex, Brod. 

 vittatus, id. 

 Zelandicus, Quoy. 



Figure. 



MuREX FLORiFER. Plate 9. Fig. 42. — A new species, recently collected on 

 the shores of Honduras by Mr. Dyson, in which the varices present a 

 characteristic row of leaf -like fronds. — From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Genus 4. TYPHIS, De Montford. 



Animal ; unknown. 



Shell; small, Murex-shaped, mostly trivaricose, with a hollow 

 spouted tube protruding from the upper part of the whorl, in 

 the centre of the area between the varices; spire rather 

 short, sometimes elongated ; columella smooth, aperture small, 

 rounded. Operculum horny. 



When treating of this singular group in the ' Conchologia Systematica ' 

 I inclined to believe with M. Deshayes that it was sufficient to regard it as 

 a sectional division of the preceding genus ; I now, however, appreciate 

 the character by which the Ti/pJiides are distinguished, as one peculiarly 

 generic, inasmuch as it is not the modification of a spine, nor has it an 

 analogous representative in any other genus. 



The shell of Typhis is similar in form and general aspect to that of 

 Murex, but uniformly small ; its peculiarity consists in having a more or 

 less elongated spouted tube, in the centre of the area between the varices, in 



