FASCIOLARIA. 
Puate V. 
Species 11. (Mus. Belcher.) 
FascIoLARIA PORPHYROSToMA. asc. testé pyriformi, 
basi attenuato-canaliculatd et recurvd, spird breviusculdé 
acuta ; anfractibus superné concavo-depressis ad angu- 
lum crebrinodatis, basem versus acute spiraliter sulcatis ; 
columellé arcuatd, inferné biplicatd, liré parvié callosd 
superne munitd, labro intus brevilirato ; albidd, epider- 
mide lutescente indutd, columella vivide purpured, aper- 
ture fauce purpurascente. 
THE PURPLE-MoUTH Fascronaria. Shell pear-shaped, 
attenuately channelled and recurved at the base, spire 
rather short and sharp; whorls concavely depressed 
round the upper part, closely noduled at the angle, 
sharply spirally grooved towards the base; columella 
arched, two-plaited at the lower part, furnished with 
a small callous ridge at the upper, lip marked within 
with short ridges; whitish, covered with a yellowish 
epidermis, columella rich-purple, interior pale-purple. 
Apams, and Rrrve, Moll. Voy. Samarang. 
Hab. Wastern Seas. 
This interesting little shell has very much the form of 
Fusus afer, i might also be referred with equal propriety 
to the genus Pyruda, still it has an oblique plait at the 
base of the columella, sufficiently developed to entitle it to 
a place among the Fusciolarig. As a prominent specific 
character may be mentioned the rich purple colouring of 
the columella. 
Species 12. (Mus. Brit.) 
(Fig. considerably reduced). 
FASCIOLARIA GIGANTEA. Fasc. testé symmetrice fusiformi, 
spird acuminato-turritd, anfractibus undique subobsolete 
obtuse liratis, superné vin angulatis, tuberculis gran- 
dibus tumidis armatis; tnearnato-albidd, epidermide | 
corned luteo-castaned, subpellucidd, indutd, columella et 
aperture fauce rufescentibus. 
Tue GiGantic Fascrouaria. Shell symmetrically fusi- 
form, spire acuminately turreted, whorls somewhat 
obsoletely obtusely ridged throughout, scarcely angu- 
lated round the upper part, armed with large swollen 
tubercles ; fleshy-white, covered with a subtransparent 
yellowish-chesnut horny epidermis, columella and 
interior of the aperture reddish. 
KiENER, Icon. coq. viv. Fasciolaria. p. 5. pl. 10. and 11. 
Hab. South Seas; Brit. Mus. Pacific Ocean? Kiener 
This gigantic species of which there is a specimen in 
the British Museum nearly two feet im length, approxi- 
mates in general aspect to the /. princeps; the aperture 
is distinguished by the same warm orange-red tone of 
colour but is not lineated, the epidermis is more of a yel- 
lowish-olive horny character, and the tubercles more swollen 
and prominent. 
Species 13. (Mus. Cuming.) 
FascIoLARIA LIGNARIA. asc. testd fusiformi, spird 
turritd, anfractibus superné angulatis, infra tubercu- 
lato-costatis, costis tumidis ; cerulescente-albida, fasciis 
olivaceis interdum cingulata. 
THE woopEN Fascrozarta. Shell fusiform, spire tur- 
reted, whorls angulated round the upper part, tuber- 
cularly ribbed beneath, ribs swollen; blueish-white, 
sometimes encircled with olive bands. 
Murex lignarius Linneeus, fide Philippi, Enum. Moll, Sicil. 
vol. u. p. 177. 
Fasciolaria Tarentina, Lamarck. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
This, according to Philippi, is the Murew lignarius of 
Linneus. 
October, 1847. 
