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49. Japonicus, Gray. 



50. laciniatus, Desk. 



51. lanceola, Reeve. 



52. laticostatus, Desk. 



53. lignarius, Lam. 



54. lineatus, Quoy. 



55. lineolatus, Costa. 



56. longicauda, Zory. 



57. longissimus, Lam. 



58. lyratus, Desh. 



59. Mandarinus, Zwc£. 



60. marrnoratus, Phil. 



61. Mexicanus, Reeve. 



62. inirratus, Zes^. 



63. multicarinatns, Lam. 



64. multicostatus, Gray. 



65. myristicus, Reeve. 



66. Nicobaricus, Z«w?<. 



67. Nifat, id. 



68. nobilis, Reeve. 



69. nodosus, Zes/j. 



70. Norvegicus, Reeve. 



71. Novfe-Hollandiae, /'«?. 



72. oblitus, id. 



73. ocellifems, Bory. 



74. Oregonensis, Reeve. 



75. pagoda, Lesson. 



76. pallidus, #raf/. 



77. pastinaca, Reeve. 



78. Pleurotornarius, Co?i!?7. 



79. polygonoides, Zam. 



80. proboscidiferus, id. 



81. pulcbellus, P/«7. 



82. Purpuroides, LfOrb. 



83. pyrulatus, Reeve. 



84. rubens, Zam. 



85. rufiiSj Reeve. 



86. Sabini, Gray. 



87. sinistralis, Z«w. 



88. spectrum, J. fy R. 



89. Syracusanus, Lam. 



90. tessellatns, &$. ^ W. 



91. toreurna, Z<m. 



92. torulosus, id. 



93. tuberculatus, irf. 



94. tuberosus, Reeve. 



95. Tiirbinelloides, id. 



96. tumcula, Kiener. 



97. undatus, Zes^. 



98. ustulatus, Reeve. 



99. vaginatus, Z^s/i. 



100. ventricosus, Gray. 



101. virga, Gray. 



102. vittatus, Quoy. 



103. vulpinus {Mur.), Bor. 



Figure. 



Fusus Nicobaeicus. PI. 11. Fig. 53. Shell stowing the aperture, 

 smooth columella, and elongate spindle-like canal. — From Mr. Cuming's 

 collection. 



Genus 11. FASCIOLARIA, Lamarck. 



Animal ; disk oval, truncated in front, and provided at its poste- 

 rior extremity toitli a horny acuminated operculum; head 

 rather large, prolonged into a pair of tentacles, at the outer 

 base of which are situated the eyes. 



Shell ; fusiform, or pear-shaped, sometimes of very large size, 

 more or less channelled at the base, whorls most frequently 

 tuberculated, never varicose ; columella more or less plaited at 

 the base, lower plaits the larger, interior of the aperture very 

 closely rayed with prominent elevated stria. 



The Fasciolaria, as observed in treating of Fusus, are closely allied to 

 that genus in their character and habits, and may be scarcely said to differ, 

 except in being of larger size, and in having a more solid fleshy disk, pro- 

 portioned to the weight and substance of the shell. Though limited in 



