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fused liris: nigricantibus, frondibus purpureo-roseis, columelld et 
aperture fauce albis, labro externo incrassato, intus denticulato ; 
canali a 
Hab. 
This shell hes easily be mistaken for an aocidented ntti 
growth of the Murex palma-rose, were it not for the constancy and 
marked peculiarity of its characters.. The fronds are short and some- 
_ what erect, with a row of small fronds sprouting up at. their base; 
they are also laterally pinched as it were, and do not spread in the 
same flowery bifurcate manner as in the Murex palma-rose. 
Murex rvusicinosus. Mur. testd fusiformi, interdum subabbreviatd, 
transversim granoso-liratd et striatd, inter varices fortiter tuber- 
culatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus frondosis, frondibus foliaceis, 
brevibus, alternis parvis, recumbentibus ; rubiginosd, liris frondi- 
» busque nigricante-fuscis ;. columella rubiginoso-luted, aperture 
 fauce albd. 
Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 
This shell, of which I have seen several characteristic bperininns, 
ig quite distinct from any hitherto described. 
Murex crassivaricosa. Mur. testé subabbreviato jut cras- 
siusculd, transversim granoso-liratd et striata ; trifariam varicosd, 
varicibus incrassatis, rotundatis, frondosis, frondibus parvis, folia- 
ceis, alternis minoribus ; livido-ferrugined, aperture fauce albd. 
Hab. 
A new species, of which I have seen several examples, distinguished 
_amongst. other. characters by the stunted thickened growth of the 
_ varices. 
Morex ocuntatus. Mur. testd fusiformi-oblongd, crassiusculd, un- 
dique leviter scabrosd, trunsversim liratd et striatd, inter varices 
bituberculatd ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus lamellis brevibus sub- 
complicatis tuberculatis ; albidd, rufo-fuscescente tinctd, varicibus 
maculis quadratis rubentibus-alternatim pictis, columella rubente- 
luted, aperture fauce alba, labro nigerrimo-fusco, supern® preci- 
pue, maculato, apice rubente ; canali breviusculo, compresso, re- 
curvo. 
Hab. 
Although Me shell has so many characters in common with the 
Murex pomum, it exhibits a constant peculiarity of colour, form and 
sculpture. In colour it is peculiarly tinged and spotted with red; in 
form it is more graceful and slender, and in sculpture it is smoother 
and presents two tubercles between each varix. I have seen nume- 
rous examples of this species, and can distinguish them at a glance 
from the Murex pomum. 
Murex AvaBastErR. Mur. testa trigono-fusiformi, spire teste lon- 
gitudinem equante, anfractibus transversim liratis et striatis, liris 
levibus, superne angulatis, nodulis duobus tribusve subconspicuis 
ad angulum armatis ; trifariam varicosd, varicibus laminato-alatis, 
tuberculo erecto profund? canaliculato ad angulum munitis ; intus 
extusque eburned ; eanali breviusculo. | 
