WORMS. TESTA CEA. 56. Murex. IT3 



tinge, generally covered with an orange-redskin: whorls a little 

 protuberant : aperture with the canal longer than the rest of the 

 shell : outer-lip sharp, toothed at the edge ; margin crenulate 

 Within. 



401. Tiirricula. Taper,.whUe, ribbed, striate transversely,, 

 with the whorls flattened at top : aperture narrow- 

 oblong ; the outer-lip angular at top. 



Montague Brit. Shells tab. 9. fig. i. Donovan t. 156. 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch long, white, rather glossy, ending in a 

 fine point, with 7 whorls riiing perpendicular over each other ; 

 the ribs angular at top : pillar-lip frnooth. 



402. M. rufus. Taper, pale rufous-brown, with 15 or 

 16 small ribs, striate transversely: aperture narrow, 

 oblong. 



Montague Brit. Shells, p. 263. n. 9. . 



Shall 3 quarters of an inch long, with 6 whorls, fomctitnes of a 

 chefnut colour : pillar-lip fmooth. 



403. M. sinuosus. Taper, white, or pale with a white 

 band, with 7 strong ribs, striate transversely : aper- 

 ture oblong-oval, with a deep cavity at the upper- 

 angle of the canal. 



Montague Brit. Shells tab. g./. 8. Donovan t. 169. /. 2. 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch long, thick, with 6 whorls: euter~lip 

 thickened by a rib; inner-lip replicated. 



40 1. M. fiainflius. Vcutricose, white, with 12 or 13 

 acute longitudinal ribs, not striate transversely : 

 beak a little reflected. 



Donovan Brit. S/;?//j- v. tab. 160. f. i. 



Shell above an inch long, whitish, strongly ribbed, but not striate 

 tranfverfcly, the first whorl very large; canal a little recurved: 

 aperture, oval. 



105. M. costafus. Oblong, tuper, with 6 whorls and 8 or 



9 very obscure longitudinal ribs, not striate trans- 

 versely : beak a little reflected. 



Donovan t. 91. Da Costa t. 8. /. 14. 



Shell not a quarter of an inch long,, purplish-brown, chocolate, 

 or yellowish-white, with often deeper tranfverfe bands : aperture 

 oblong ; the outer-lip thickened : beak hardly any. 



406. M. attenuatus. Slender, tapering to a very fine 

 point, yellowish-white, with 8 whorls and 9 longi- 

 tudinal ribs : aperture narrow-oblong. 



Msntague Brit. Shells p. 266. t. g.f. 6. 



5/re//halfan inch long, not striate tranfverfely, with the whorls 

 hardly raifed : aperture very narrow, ending in a canal. 



407. M.gracilis. Slender, yellowish-brown, with 9 or 



10 flattish whorls and 13 ribs, striate transversely : 

 aperture oblong-oval. 



Montague Brit. Shells, p. 267. tab. 15. /. 5. 



Shtll-A.n inch long, with generally a white band rourid the larger 

 xvhorl, and purplish brown between the junction of the whorls ; 

 outer-lip slightly crenate within. 



403. W. Nebula. Taper, with 8 ribbed whorls, finely 

 reticulate; the whorls hardly raised above the line 

 of separation : aperture oblong-oval, oblique. 



'Montague Brit, Shells p. 0.67. -tab* \,f. 6, 



