FUSUS. 
Puate II. 
Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus LieNarius. Pus. testé ovato-fusiformi, canali bre- 
viusculo et recurvo, anfractibus levibus, obscure plani- 
liratis, ad apicem leviter nodosis, concavo-depressis ; 
cinered aut cerulescente, fusco varie pictd, aperture 
fauce intense purpureo-fusca. 
Tur wooprn Fusus. Shell ovately fusiform, canal 
rather short and recurved, whorls smooth, obscurely 
flatly ridged, slightly nodose at the apex, concavely 
depressed round the upper part; ash or blueish, 
variously painted with brown, interior of the aperture 
rich purple-brown. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p.455. 
Murex lignarius, Linneus. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
A shell of rather solid growth in which the brown 
painting is inclined to be disposed in streaks from the 
sutures. 
Species 6. (Mus. ‘Taylor.) 
Fusus aLTernatus. us. testé ovato-fusiformi, canali 
subrecurvo, anfractibus rotundatis, superné peculiariter 
plicatis, transversim undique conspicué liratis, liris dis- 
tantibus, alteris minutis filosis intervenientibus ; griseo- 
albicante, liris vividé purpureo-nigris. 
THE INTERLACED Fusus. Shell ovately fusiform, canal 
slightly recurved, whorls rounded, peculiarly plicated 
round the upper part, transversely conspicuously ridged, 
ridges distant, with others minute and thread-like 
intervening ; greyish-white, ridges deep purple-black. 
Puriiprr, Abbild. und Besch. Conch. Fusus, Pl. 4. f. 6. 
Hab. Bay of Mexillones. 
The sculpture of this species is very similar in detail to 
that of the F. Zelandicus, still, out of many specimens I 
find no closer approximation in form than that exhibited 
by the accompanying figures. 
Species 7. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus tuperosus. us. testé fusiformi, spird turritd, 
canali breviusculo, leviter contorto, anfractibus undique 
spiraliter irregulariter liratis et striatis, superné con- 
cavo-declivibus, medio fortiter nodosis et bicarinatis ; 
aperture fauce acute liratd ; albd, castaneo-fusco pro- 
fuse tincta. 
TuE TUBEROUS Fusus. Shell fusiform, spire turreted, 
canal rather short, slightly twisted; whorls spirally 
irregularly ridged and striated throughout, concavely 
slanting round the upper part, strongly nodose and 
two-keeled ; interior of the aperture sharply ridged ; 
white, profusely stained with chesnut-brown. 
Hab. ? 
A new and very characteristic species amply distin- 
cuished from any hitherto described both in form and 
sculpture. 
Species 8. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Manparints. us. testé ovato-fusiformi, subven- 
tricosd, anfractibus rotundatis, apicem versus plicato- 
costatis, liris conspicuis undique funiculatis, liris minutis 
filosis intervenientibus ; albidd, vel pallidé ferrugined, 
liris purpureo-nigris. 
Tue Manparin Fusvs. Shell ovately fusiform, some- 
what ventricose, whorls rounded, plicately ribbed 
towards the apex, corded throughout with conspicuous 
ridges, with minute thread-like ones intervening ; 
white, or pale rust-colour, ridges purple-black. 
Ductos, Mag. de Zool. 1838. pl. 8. 
Fusus Zelandicus, Quoy. 
Hab. New Zealand; Earl. 
I publish this species as the #. Mandarinus of Duclos, 
on the authority of MM. Deshayes and Kiener; the shell 
does not very well accord with the figure in the Magasin 
de Zoologie, nor is it from the same locality. 
Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Dupntit-THovarsi. us. testé elongato-fusi- 
formi, canali leviter contorto, anfractibus rotundatis, 
apicem versus longitudinaliter plicato-costatis, trans- 
versim undique acute liratis ; candida, labro aurantio- 
Susco tincto. 
Dupetit-THovars’ Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, 
canal slightly twisted, whorls rounded, longitudinally 
plicately ribbed towards the apex, transversely sharply 
ridged throughout; pure white, lip edged with 
orange-brown. 
Krenzer, Icon. coq. viv. p. 5. pl. 11. 
Hab. Gallapagos Islands; Cuming. 
A fine species with little or no indication of colour. 
November, 1847. 
