FUSUS. 
Puate VII. 
Species 26. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusts HEPTAGONALIS Fus. testa fusiformi-ovatd, anfrac- 
tibus superné declivibus, medio angulatis, supra subtiliter 
striatis, infra subdistanter liratis, longitudinaliter for- 
titer costatis, costis remotis, ad angulum acute tubercu- 
latis ; fusca, apertura albidd. 
THE SEVEN-SIDED Fusus. Shell fusiformly ovate, whorls 
slanting round the upper part, angulated in the middle, 
finely striated above, rather distantly ridged below, 
longitudinally strongly ribbed, ribs distant, sharply 
tubercled at the angle ; brown, aperture white. 
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Hab. 
Alhed somewhat in form to the F. Blosvillei but widely 
distinct from it in specific character. 
Species 27. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusts torpuma. us. testd elongato-fusiformi, gracili, 
anfractibus undique spiraliter sulcatis et striatis, medio 
angulalis, et tuberculatis ; albidd, castaneo-fusco tincté 
et strigatd, maculis conspicuis intense castaneis inter 
tuberculos. 
THE EMBOSSED Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, slender, 
whorls spirally grooved and striated throughout, an- 
gulated and tubercled in the middle; whitish, stained 
and streaked with chesnut-brown, with conspicuous 
dark chesnut blotches between the tubercles. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p.444. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
This and the Ff. tuberculatus (for which see Pl. IX.), 
differ from each other to about the same extent that 
F. colus differs from F. longicauda, and F. turricula from 
F. multicarinatus, so shghtly as to be, to all appearance, 
merely the result of difference of locality. Whether such 
variations as these are sufficient to constitute species is, 
perhaps, a matter of opinion; their claim to that consi- 
deration is founded in these instances on their permanence 
and uniformity. 
Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus pistans. us. tetd fusiformi, anfractibus ventri- 
cosis, liris distantibus subundatis undique cingulatis, 
medio nodoso-carinatis, nodis-compressis ; albidd, cas- 
taneo-fusco hic illic tinctd, carind intense castaned inter 
nodos. 
THE DISTANT Fusus. Shell fusiform, whorls ventricose, 
encircled throughout with distant slightly waved 
ridges, nodosely keeled in the middle, nodules com- 
pressed; whitish, stained here and there with chesnut 
brown, keel deep chesnut between the nodules. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 445. 
Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming. 
Unable to determine satisfactorily the question submitted 
by M. Deshayes as to this being the Murex ansatus of 
Gmelin, I follow M. Kiener as the ostensible authority for 
the species of Lamarck, in calling it the F. distans of 
that author. 
Species 29. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Fusus opiitus. us. testi elongato-fusiformi, gracillind, 
anfractibus margine jucta suturas corrugatis, medio 
tuberculatis, undique spiraliter sulcatis, sulcis irregu- 
lariter distantibus ; albidd, rufo-spadiceo peculiariter 
tinctit, sulcis rufo-spadiceis. 
THE sMEARED Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, very 
slender, whorls wrinkled at the margin next the 
sutures, tubercled throughout the middle, spirally 
grooved, grooves irregularly distant ; whitish, pecu- 
arly stained with reddish fawn colour, grooves 
reddish-fawn. 
Fusus Nicobaricus, Kiener (not of Lamarck). 
Hab. ? 
An interesting and very characteristic species not hitherto 
described, but extremely well figured by M. Kiener as an 
example of Lamarck’s Fusus Nicobaricus, for which see 
Pl. IX. 
Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Nirart. Fus. testd ovato-turritd, solidiusculd, polita, 
canal brevissimo, recurvo, anfractibus superne depresso- 
planis, interdum autem raro convewis ; albidd, maculis 
nigricante-fuscis oblongo-quadratis seriatim pictd, epi- 
dermide tenui lutescente indutd. 
THE SPECKLED Fusts. Shell ovately turreted, rather 
solid, polished, canal very short and recurved ; whorls 
depressly flattened round the upper part, sometimes, 
November, 1847. 
