FASCIOLARIA. 
Prats VII. 
Species 16. (Mus. Cuming.) 
FASCIOLARIA TRAPEZIUM. Fase. testdé fusiformi, crassd, 
ponderosa, anfractibus superné declivibus, tuberculis 
grandibus obesis armatis ; ceruleo-albidd, epidermide 
corned luteo-olivaced indutd, lineis nigricantibus binis 
undique cingulatd, columella purpureo-fuscd, aperture 
fauce vivide rufo-lineata. 
THE QUADRANGLE Fasctonaria. Shell fusiform, thick, 
ponderous, whorls slanting round the upper part, 
armed with large stout tubercles; blueish-white, 
covered with a yellowish-olive horny epidermis, en- 
circled throughout with blueish lines in pairs, colu- 
mella purple-brown, interior of the aperture rayed 
with strong red-lines. 
LaMAnck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 433. 
Murex trapezium, Linnzeus. 
Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 
An extremely common species from the Hastern World, 
distinguished above all others of the genus by its solid 
ponderous growth. 
Species 1. (Mus. Brit.) 
| Fascronaria, paprnnosa. Fuse. testd fusiformi, spird 
acuminato-turritd, anfractibus undique conspicue obtuse 
liratis, superne angulato-declivibus, ad angulum fortiter 
nodatis, imferné contractis ; incarnato-lacted, epider- 
mide luteo-fuscd indutd. 
THE PAPILLOSE Fasctonaria. Shell fusiform, spire 
acuminately turreted, whorls conspicuously obtusely 
ridged throughout, angularly slanting round the 
upper part, strongly noduled at the angle, contracted 
round the lower part; fleshy cream-colowr, covered 
with a yellowish-brown epidermis. 
Sowersy, Tankerville Cat. App. p. 16. 
Hab. ? 
A species of rare occurrence peculiar in form and sculp- 
ture but not distinguished by any pattern of colouring. 
October, 1847. 
