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Hab. ad Panamam. 



Found under stones. — W. J. B. 



MuREx ExiGUUS. Miir. testd quinquefariam frondosd, frondibus 

 ■ brevissimis, plariiiiscidis, transversim altissime sulcata, sordide 

 alba; spird brevi; canuli mediocri, recurvd: long. 4, lat. ^ poll. 

 Hab. ad Salango. 

 Found on a sandy bottom at the depth of ten fathoms. — W.J. B. 



MuREX HUMiLis. Mur. testd ovato-Jiisiformi, albido-castanea, 

 quitiqiie- vet sex-foriam varicosd, varicibtts siibmuricatis, trans- 

 versim sulcatd et striatd; operculo rugose: long. \\, lat. ^ poll. 



Hab. ad portum Sanctse Elenae. 



Found in sandy mud at the depth of seven fathoms. — W. J. B. 



MuREX puMiLus. Mur. testd rhotnboidea, quinquefariam sub- 

 Jrondosd., frondibus brevibus, ])laniusculis, subrecurvis, a latere 

 crenulatis, nigro-fuscd albo subfascial d ; canali mediocri, sub- 

 recurvd ; labri limbo crenulato : long. -J-, lat. -jV poll. 



Hab. ad Insulas Gallapagos. 



Found under stones. — W. J. B. 



MuREx LUGUBRis. Mur. testa subovata, transversim costata, 

 subatropurpurcdy sexfariamfrondosa,frondibus brevibus recurvis 

 Jasciaque basali albidis ; cnnalis medio clauso : long. 1^, lat.^ 

 poll. 



Hab. in America Centrali. (Puerto Portrero.) 



Found in the coral rocks. — W. J. B. 



MuREx Princeps. Mur. testd subrhomboided, ventricosd, sex- 

 Jariam frondosa, frondibus longioribus laciniatis, transversim 



substriatd, albd riifo-purpurepjasciatd ; operculo crasso, parvo : 



long. 5-1, lat. 34 poll. 

 Hab. in America Centrah'. (Puerto Portrero.) 

 Found in coral reefs. — W. J. B. 



MuREx Carduus. Mur. testa ovato-pctdd, sexfariam varicoso- 

 spinosd, transversim sulcata et striata, alba Jasciis rujb-cas- 

 taneis : long. \^^, lat. -^\ poll. 



Hab. in oceano juxta Pacosmayo Peruviae. 



From a coral reef twelve miles from the land, at the depth of 

 twenty-five fathoms. — W. J. B. 



MuREX Nucleus. Mur. testa subrhomboidea, sepAemfariam sub- 

 varicosd, transversim rugoso-sulcatd, sidcis creherrbnis, sordide 

 albd ; canali brevissimd subrecurvd : long. ^, lat. ^\r poll. 



Hab. ad Insulas Gallapagos. 



Found in fme coral sand at the depth of eight fathoms. — W. J. B. 



Murex Vibex. Mur. testd turritd, septenifariam varicosd, vari- 

 cibus subnodosis, transversim sidcatd, subluted ; apertura albd, 

 interne sulcatd ; labri limbo crenulato ; canali brevissimd ; epi- 

 dermide fused , rugosd : long. H, lat. 1 poll. 



Hab. ad Sanctam Elenam et ad Panamam. 



This shell appears to be intermediate between Murex and Turhi- 



