PYRULA. 
Prats IX, 
Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 
PYRULA LIGNARTA. Pyrul. testé ovata, subfusiformi, basi 
recurvd, spird subturritd ; anfractibus undique trans- 
versim liratis, medio angulato-ventricosis, ad angulum 
subindistincté plicato-nodosis, nodis compressis ; fusca. 
THE woopEN Pyruta. Shell ovate, somewhat fusiform, 
recurved at the base, spire slightly turreted ; whorls 
transversely ridged throughout, angularly ventricose 
in the middle, rather indistinctly plicately noduled at 
the angle, nodules compressed ; brown. 
Hab. P 
Partaking rather of the character of Fusus, but equally 
referable to the present genus. 
Species 22. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruza TuBA. Pyrul. testé subfusiformi, spird turritd, 
anfractibus undique transversim sulcatis, superné angu- 
latis, ad angulum tuberculatis, tuberculis prominentibus 
acutis ; pallide fulvd. 
THE TRUMPET PyruLa. Shell somewhat fusiform, spire 
turreted, whorls transversely grooved throughout, 
angulated round the upper part, tuberculated at the 
angle, tubercles sharp and prominent; pale fulvous 
colour. 
Lamarck, Anim.sans vert.(Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 507. 
Murex tuba, Gmelin. 
Fusus tuba, Ene. Méth., Kiener. 
Hab. China; Lamarck. 
This species ranges also on the limits of the genera 
Pyrula and Fusus, and is so nearly allied in form, colour, 
and general aspect to the F. colosseus, that it might easily 
be mistaken for that species ; it is, however, distinguished 
by its shorter and more pyriform growth, and by its pro- 
minent diadem of tubercles. 
Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruia spirittus. Pyrul. testa pyriformi, ventricosd, 
spird plano-depressd, apice papillosd, erecta, bast in 
canalem gracilem elongatd ; anfractibus transversim 
eviliter sulcatis, superné acute angulatis, ad anguluin © 
carinatis et compresso-nodosis, nodis solitariis inferne 
uniseriatim armatis, labro columellari late expansd, 
aperture fauce sulcatd ; fulvd, punctis rufo-fuscis hic 
illic aspersd. 
THU LITTLE sprRE Pyruta. Shell pyriform, ventricose, 
spire flatly depressed, apex papillary and erect, base 
elongated into a slender canal; whorls transversely 
faintly grooved, sharply angulated round the upper 
part, keeled and compressly noduled at the angle, 
with a row of solitary nodules round the lower part ; 
columellar lip broadly expanded, interior of the aper- 
ture grooved; fulvous colour, sprinkled here and 
there with red-brown dots. 
Lamarck, Anim.sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol.ix. p. 518. 
Murex spirillus, Linneus. 
Turbinellus spirillus, Swainson. 
Haustellum carinatum, Schumacher. 
Hab. Eastern Seas. 
The Pyrula spirillus is a very peculiar species, and so 
far removed in its general character from any other, 
either of this or the neighbouring genera, that some idea 
has been entertained of erecting it into a genus after the 
manner of Schumacher, who connects with it the Murex 
haustellum. 
July, 1847. 
