PYRULA. 
Puate IT. 
Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruua BreLcueri. Pyr. testa subpyriformi, basem versus 
contracté, anfractibus superné angulato-declivibus, 
squamis grandibus elongatis erectis ad angulum con- 
spicué coronatis; columellé subumbilicaté; labro 
simplict, inferné unidentato ; albidd, carneo-fuscescente 
tincta. 
BELcHer’s Pyruta. Shell somewhat pear-shaped, con- 
tracted towards the base, whorls angularly slanting 
round the upper part, conspicuously coronated at the 
angle with large, elongated erect scales; columella 
slightly umbilicated; lip simple, furnished with a 
tooth towards the lower part; whitish, stained with 
flesh-brown. 
Murex Belcheri, Winds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 8. pl. 2. 
f. 1-3. 
Hab. San Diego, California (from a bank of mud near the 
head of the harbour) ; Sir Edward Belcher. 
I think Mr. Hinds has erred in referring this re- 
markable species to the genus Murex ; its beautiful diadem 
of scales cannot be technically regarded as varices. 
The generic peculiarities of the shell approximate those 
of P. corona represented at Fig. 7. 
Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 
PyRULA ELONGATA. Pyr. testi elongato-pyriformi, an- 
gusta, anfractibus superné plicatis, ultimo leviusculo, 
plicis conspicué nodosis, ceteris liris tenuibus cingulatis, 
plicis levibus, canali spiraliter sulcato ; luteo-rufescente. 
THE ELONGATED PyruLa. Shell elongately pyriform, 
whorls plicated round the upper part, last whorl 
smooth, with the plaits conspicuously noduled, the 
rest encircled with fine ridges, the plaits being smooth; 
canal spirally grooved; yellowish-red. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. 
p- 513. 
Fusus elongatus, Kiener. 
Hab. Eastern Seas. 
One of those species equally allied in form to the Pyrula 
Ternatana and Fusus colosseus, and might be referred to 
either genus. It is distinguished from the following 
species by its smooth surface and by the more rounded 
growth of the whorls, 
Species 6. (Mus. Cuming.) 
PyruLa TERNaTANA. Pyr. testd elongato-pyriformi, an- 
fractibus superné angulatis, ad angulum acute nodosis, 
nodis erectis prominentibus, anfractibus spiraliter lira- 
tis, iris subobtusis, irreqularibus, supra angulun 
tenuibus, infra latiusculis ; castaneo-fuscd, aperture 
Sauce, lutescente-carned. 
Toe TERNaTE Pyruxa. Shell elongately pyriform, 
whorls angulated round the upper part, sharply 
noduled at the angle, nodules erect, prominent, 
whorls spirally ridged, ridges somewhat obtuse, 
irregular, fine above the angle, rather broad beneath ; 
chesnut brown, interior yellowish-flesh colour. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix.p. 513. 
“Murex Ternatanus, Gmelin. 
Had. Island of Guimaras, Philippines (found on mud 
banks) ; Cuming. 
Although there is no mention of this species in the 
‘Systema Nature’, it was known to several writers on 
Natural History anterior to Linneus; and appears to 
have been named the ‘Ternate Spindle’ after one of the 
Molucca or Spice Islands, by a Dutch missionary resi- 
dent at Amboyna of the name of Valentyn, in a work 
published in Amsterdam about the year 1725. 
Species 7. (Mus. Cuming.) 
PyruLa conona. Pyr, testd ovato-pyriformi, anfractibus 
superné concavo-angulatis, squamis fornicatis erectis 
creberrimé et irregulariter ordinatis ad angulum coro- 
natis, squamarum serie unicd prope ad basem ; albidd, 
ceruleo et rufo-fusco fasciatd. 
THE crown Pyruza. Shell ovately pyriform, whorls 
concavely angulated round the upper part, coronated 
at the angle with erect vaulted scales, arranged very 
closely and irregularly, with also a single row of 
scales near the base; whitish, banded with blue and 
red-brown. 
Corona Mewicana, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. 
p- 243. pl. 161. f. 1526, 1527. 
Murex corona, Gmelin. 
Fusus corona, Lamarck. 
Hab. Mexico. 
This well-known and characteristic species hitherto 
referred to Fusus, belongs to the present group. 
May, 1847. 
