FUSUS. 
Prate VI. 
Species 21. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Arer. Fus. testd abbreviato-fusiformi, medio gibbosd, 
subpyriformi, anfractibus liris parvis muricatis undique 
cingulatis, superne concavo-declivibus, medio plicato- 
nodosis; albild, aurantio-fusco longitudinaliter strigata. 
Tur Arrican Fusus. Shell shortly fusiform, gibbous 
in the middle, somewhat pear-shaped, whorls con- 
cavely slanting round the upper part, plicately noduled 
round the middle; whitish, longitudinally streaked 
with orange-brown. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 458. 
Murex Afer, Gmelin. 
Hab. Senegal. 
Rather an aberrant form of the genus verging on Pyrula, 
first described by Adanson in his ‘ Voyage en Senegal’, 
under the name Le Lipin. 
Species 22. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus munricarinatus. Fus. testd fusiformi, solidius- 
culd, anfractibus transversim undique liratis et striatis, 
longitudinaliter plicato-costatis, costis latis confertis ; 
intus extusque nived, labro interdum ferrugineo tincto. 
HE MANY-KEELED Fusus. Shell fusiform, rather solid, 
whorls transversely ridged and striated throughout, 
longitudinally plicately ribbed, ribs broad, close-set ; 
snow-white within and without, lip sometimes tinged 
with rust-brown. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 446. 
Hab. > 
Very like the F. éwrricula in general aspect, but easily 
distinguished from that species on comparison. 
Species 23. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus turricuta. Fus. testé elongato-fusiformi, rectd, 
anfractibus transversim undique acute liratis, longitu- 
dinaliter costatis, costis subdistantibus ; intus extusque 
albé. 
THE LITTLE-TURRET Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, 
straight, whorls transversely sharply ridged through- 
out, longitudinally ribbed, ribs rather distant ; white 
within and without. 
KiEnER, Icon. coq. viv. p. 6. pl. 5. f. 1. 
Hab. China. 
A species of comparatively common occwrrence, named 
F. forceps by M. Deshayes after Mr. Perry, whose ‘ Con- 
chology’ is not acknowledged by English writers. 
Species 24. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Fusus torunosus. us. testé obeso-fusiformi, ventricosd, 
anfractibus rotundatis, liris obtusis subdistantibus cin- 
gulatis, medio carinatis et plicato-nodatis ; castanco- 
fusca, nodis albidis, carind inter nodos saturatiore 
castaned. 
THE CORDED Fusus. Shell stoutly fusiform, ventricose, 
whorls rounded, encircled with obtuse rather distant 
ridges, keeled and plicately noduled in the middle ; 
chesnut-brown, nodules whitish, keel between the 
nodules darker chesnut-brown. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) v. ix. p. 446. 
Tab. ? 
A fine large richly-coloured shell of bold and rather 
tumid growth. 
Species 25. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Buosvituer. Fus. testi oblongo-pyriformi, uan- 
fractibus transversim subtilissimé liratis et striatis, 
superné declivibus, aculé angulatis, longitudinaliter 
costatis, costis ad angulum mucronatis, aperture fauce 
fortiter lirala ; livido-fuscd aut caerulescente, lineis 
perpaucis nigricantibus interdum cingulatd, apertura 
lutescente. 
BuosviLue’s Fusus. Shell oblong-pyriform, whorls trans- 
versely very finely ridged and striated, slanting 
round the upper part and sharply angled, longitudi- 
nally ribbed, ribs sharp-pointed at the angle; livid 
brown or blueish, sometimes encircled with a very 
few blackish lines, aperture pale yellow. 
Drsuayes, Enc. Méth., Vers, vol. ii. p. 155., and Mag. 
de Zool. 
Fusus lividus, Philippi. 
Hab. Bay of Manila (in rocky places at low water; 
Cuming. 
An interesting species of an elongated pyriform shape, 
and pale yellow colour, more or less tinged externally 
with a livid brown or blue. 
November, 1847. 
