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tndine aperturam aquante, rectd, C7'assd, laid, cxfol'iatd, ad basin 

 sub-coarctatd ; varicibus tribus, validis, costatis, postici- excavalis ; 

 costarum, und ad angiilton postiriini subspiiiosd, tribus ad partem 

 anticavi anfractus aiitive Jiinbriatis, tribus ad caudam, validis, 

 subspinosis, subfimbriatis ; interstitiis tuber culis tribus corrugatis 

 anticl' ad basin caudcc hcviuscuUs ; apet-turd magnd, alba, rotuti- 

 datd ; labia interno hcvi, decumbente, purpurea ; labia externa cre- 

 nulato ; canali aperto. 

 Long. '2'20; lat. ex. var. ]"10 (spira, ^ ; apertura, ^ ; cauda, ^). 



Hab. ? Mus. Saul. 



We have only seen one specimen of this shell, which resembles, 

 in some degree, the young of M. pomum ; but the varices are nar- 

 rower, the tubercles smaller, and there is a smooth sj)ace just below 

 the ventricose part of the last whorl. The caudal canal is larger 

 and straighter. 



MuREX Banksi, Conch. Illustr. f. 82. Mur. testa fusiformi, 

 transverse scabroso-sulcatd, fulvd, fusco-maculatd, ad varices ni- 

 grescente ; spird productd, anfractibus septan, rotundatis, suturis 

 validis, subundatis ; caudd elongatd, lata, nisi ad extremitatem 

 rectd, paululum reciirvd. : varicibus tribus, ramis breviusculis acnto- 

 frondosis, subrectis, ad caudam quatuor compressis, quorum duobus 

 elongatiusculis: interstitiis tuberculis tribus subplicif ormibus : aper- 

 turd albd, ovali, postice canaliferd ; labia externa acutissime denti- 

 culato ; canali aperto. 

 Long. 2-80; lat. ex. var. I'lo poll. 

 Hab. ad MoUucas. 



The above name, although, we believe, never published, has been 

 applied to this species in several cabinets. The compressed charac- 

 ter of the fronds on the caudal. canal bring it near to axicornis, but 

 the other fronds are much shorter. 



MuREx Saulii, Conch. Illustr. f. 77. Mur. testd fusiformi, 

 transverse lineis elevatis striatd, pallide fulvd, fusco-rubescente 

 vel nigricante lineatd : spird elongatd ; anfractibus novem, rotun- 

 datis, gradatim crescentibus ; suturis validis : caudd subelongatd ad 

 basin pland, exfoliatd, rectd ; extremitate obliqud, recurvd : varici- 

 bus tribus obliquiter continuis, crassis, rotundatis ad unguium posti- 

 cum ; ramo crassiusculo, ad basin subcomplicato, extremitate fron- 

 doso, recurvo, rosea ; deinde quatuor apertis, angustioribus, roseis, 

 frondosis, cum quints minoribus proclivibus alternantibus, turn tribus 

 ad caudam subco^npressis, roseis, frondosis : interstitiis tuberculis 

 duobus, una majore, uno minore ; apei'turd ovali, postice canaliferd, 

 angulatd ; labia interno Icevi ; labia externa dentibus duodecim acu- 

 tis ; canali aperto, subsinuoso. 

 Long. 2"80; lat. ex. var. 1 poll. 

 Hab. ad insulam Capul, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. Mus. 



Saul, Stainforth, Reeves. 



It is somewhat surprising that this species should not have been 



distinguished ere this from M. Palmarosa, from w'hich it differs in 



having a smooth inner lip, and in having smtdl projecting fronds on 



the varices between the larger ones. 



