FUSUS. 
Prats V. 
Species 16. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Fusus crnnamomevus. us. testé fusiformi, tenuiculéd, 
anfractibus subventricosis rotundatis, liris alternatim 
latiusculis, obsolete verrucosis, cingulatis ; cinnamomeo- 
fusca. 
THE CINNAMON Fusus. Shell fusiform, rather thin, whorls 
rather ventricose, rounded, encircled with obsoletely 
warty ridges, alternately wider; cimnamon-brown. 
Hab. ? 
Allied to the Fusus ocelliferus from which it is distin- 
guished by the light rounded growth of the whorls and 
less acuminated spire. The colour of this specimen is 
peculiar, an uniform cinnamon-brown, though it cannot 
be estimated of value as a specific character. 
Species 17. (Mus. Hanley.) 
Fusts aursus. us. testé fusiformi, spire suturis sub- 
excavatis, anfractibus undique spiraliter suicatis et stri- 
atis, superne rotundatis, longitudinaliler plicato-nodosis, 
nodis aperturam versus evanidis ; semipellucido-fuscd, 
intus alba. 
THE GOLDEN Fusus. Shell fusiform, sutures of the spire 
somewhat excavated, whorls spirally grooved and 
striated throughout, rounded at the upper part, longi- 
tudinally plicately noduled, nodules fading towards 
the aperture ; semitransparent-brown, interior white. 
Hab. ? 
The ridges formed by the spiral grooves of this shell 
seem rather disposed to range in pairs. 
Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus puxeus. us. testd subobeso-fusiformi, crassa, sub- 
ponderosi, spire suturis rudis, anfractibus rotundatis, 
spiraliter sulcatis et inciso-striatis, longitudinaliter 
subplicatis ; spadiceo-fuscescente, intus alba. 
THE Box-woop Fusus. Shell somewhat stoutly fusi- 
form, thick, rather ponderous, sutures of the spire 
rude, whorls rounded, spirally grooved and deeply 
striated, longitudinally faintly plicated ; light fawn- 
brown, interior white. 
Hab. ? 
A shell of peculiarly solid growth, of which the sculp- 
ture, refined with neatness in the first few whorls, becomes 
gradually more and more obsolete towards the aperture. 
T have not seen any other specimen. 
Species 19. (Mus. Brit.) 
Fusus cotossrus. us. testé perampld, elongato-pyri- 
Sorma, anfractibus undique spiraliter sulcatis et striatis, 
superne angulatis, ad angulum nodosis, nodis submucro- 
natis, longitudinaliter subobscurée plicatis; apertura 
elongatd, canali latiusculo, patulo; pallidé spadiceo- 
fulva. 
THE CoLossaL Fusus. Shell very large, elongately pyri- 
form, whorls spirally grooved and striated throughout, 
angulated round the upper part, nodose at the angle, 
nodules somewhat pointed, longitudinally rather ob- 
scurely plicated ; aperture elongated, rather wide and 
open; pale fawn-yellow. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 442. 
Hab. Kastern Seas. 
This well-known species is very similar to the Pyrwla 
tuber ; indeed it is scarcely to be distinguished from that 
shell except by the more elongated fusiform growth which 
affects its generic arrangement. 
Species 20. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Fusts cresritirnatus. Dus. testé fusiformi, spire suturis 
- rudis, anfractibus undique spiraliter acute crebriliratis, 
rotundatis aut vix angulatis, medio subobsoleté plicato- 
nodatis ; ustulato-fuscd, longitudinaliter indistincté 
flammulaté, intus albidéa. 
THE CLOSELY-RIDGED Fusus. Shell fusiform, sutures of 
the spire rude, whorls spirally sharply closely ridged 
throughout, rounded or scarcely angulated, somewhat 
obsoletely plicately noduled; burmnt-brown, longitu- 
dinally indistinctly flamed, interior white. 
Hab. Australia. 
Though not of very original aspect, I have no hesitation 
in pronouncing this to be a new species, having seen two 
or three specimens in each of which the peculiarities noted 
above are very characteristic. 
November, 1847. 
