FASCIOLARIA. 
Puate LV. 
Species 8. (Mus. Brit.) 
FascroLaRia FUsIFoRMIs. ase. testé fusiformi, spird 
subacuminatd, anfractibus undique spiraliter sulcatis, 
apicem versus rudé plicato-costatis, columella arcuata, 
liré callosé superné munitd ; fuscescente, epidermide 
rufescente-fuscd induté, apertura albida. 
Tue Fusirorm Fascrouarta. Shell fusiform, spire 
somewhat acuminated, whorls spirally grooved 
throughout, rudely plicately ribbed towards the apex, 
columella arched, furnished with a callous ridge at 
the upper part; pale brown, covered with a reddish- 
brown epidermis, aperture whitish. 
VALENCIENNES, Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. p. 13. pl. 4. f. 2. 
Hab. New Holland; Kiener. 
Not distinguished by any peculiarity of marking, but 
well characterized in form. . 
Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 
FascIoLaRia TULIPA. asc. testd fusiformi, medio ven- 
tricosd, spiraliter sulcatd, suleis irregularibus, anfrac- 
tibus valdé convevis, margine juata suturas crenatis ; 
cerulescente-alba, cinereo-olivaceo aut rufescente ma- 
culaté et variegatd, lineis nigris interdum spiraliter 
cingulatd, aperture fauce cinereo-albicante vel roseo- 
incarnato. 
THe TULIP FascrtoLarta. Shell fusiform, ventricose in 
the middle, spirally grooved, grooves irregular, whorls 
very convex, crenated along the margin next the 
sutures ; blueish-white, blotched and variegated with 
ash-olive or reddish, sometimes spirally encircled with 
black lines, interior of the aperture ash-white or 
pinkish flesh-colour. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 432. 
Murex tulipa, Linneeus. 
Hab. St. Thomas, West Indies ; 
Dyson. 
Gruner. Honduras ; 
Tt is scarcely necessary to observe that this ancient and 
well-known species is exceedingly variable in colour ; most 
frequently it is found of a blueish or ash-white, variegated 
and blotched with olive or red, with or without black 
spiral lines; sometimes it is of a pure smooth mahogany- 
red, conspicuously painted with black spiral lines without 
any spots or blotches of colour. 
Species 10. (Fig. a and 4, Mus. Cuming.) 
Fasciotarta pistans. Luse. testd fusiformi, solidiusculd, 
medio subventricosd, anfractibus convexis,lavibus, politis, 
basi spiraliter liratis ; albida, maculis ceruleo-viridibus 
. vel aurantio-rufis pulcherrimé pictd, lineis nigris lati- 
usculis distantibus conspicue cingulata. 
THE Distant Fascronarta. Shell fusiform, rather solid, 
slightly ventricose in the middle, whorls convex, 
smooth, polished, spirally ridged at the base ; whitish, 
beautifully painted with blueish-green, or orange-red 
blotches, conspicuously encircled with rather broad 
distant black lines. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 433. 
Hab. Gulf of Mexico. 
Although this species approximates very closely to the 
preceding in general aspect, it differs from it iz toto; it is 
uniformly smaller in size, is of a peculiar smooth porcelain 
texture, extremely delicately painted and always spirally 
ruled, as it were, with strong black lines situated rather 
distant from each other. Another important feature of 
the F. distans, consists in the columella having only a 
single oblique plaitat the extreme base. 
: October, 1847. 
