AFER. 69 



F. JAPONICUS, Gray. I have not been able to find any reference 

 for this name. 



The following numerous species, described by Anton, in his 

 " Verzeichniss," have never been identified ; they are mostly not 

 true Fusi and will go into Neptunea, Hemifusus, or other related 

 groups, judging from the diagnoses. 



F. ROEDINGI and F. GIESEKII, Anton. No locality. Appear to 

 be true Fusus. 



F. SPLENDIDUS, Anton. Something like a Turbinella or Fascio- 

 laria. 



F. TRISKADEKAGONUS, F. AURANTIUS, F. HEXAGONUS ("inclines 



to Turbinella, still more to Murex "), F. GRANULOSUS (= Turbin- 

 ella ?), F. CIRCULUS, F. REMOTUS, F. CONICUS. F. VENTRICOSUS, F. 

 CONTABULATUS, F. PUNCTATUS, F. ROSSMASSLERI, F. PLEUROTO- 

 MOIDES, F. MURICINUS, F. VARICOSUS, F. MONACHUS, F. ROSEUS 



(= Purpura?}, F. ALBICAWS (== TurbitieUa?). 



Genus AFER, Conrad. 



Conrad never characterized his genus ; but he made Fusus 

 afer of Gmelin the type of it. The fossil forms assigned by him 

 to the genus are stated by Prof, Meek to be different from F. afer, 

 and he refers them to Conrad's Pyrifusus. Fusus afer does not 

 seem to have been very well understood by conchologists, the 

 figure in Kiener looking like an immature shell, whilst that given 

 by Reeve belongs to the Turbinellidae. 



I retain the genus, with great doubt, and refer to it a second 

 species, which seems to have some resemblance to the type, and 

 for which I have no other convenient place. 



A. AFER, Gmelin. PL 40, fig. 177. 



Light brown ; aperture sillonated within and dentate at the 



margin, slightly channeled behind. Length, 1 inch. 



Senegal. 

 A. BLOSVILLEI, Desh. PL 40, figs. 178-180. 



Livid brown or bluish or pale yellow ; sometimes the revolving- 

 ridges are brown ; aperture orange or yellowish. 

 Length, T75 inches. 



Red Sea; Ceylon ; Bay of Manilla ; rocky places at low water. 



