FUSUS. 
Pirate VIII. 
Species 32. (Mus. Belcher.) 
Fusus pacopa. us. testd fusiformi, spird turritd, apice 
papillari, canali valde elongato, gracillimo, anfractibus 
supernée depresso-angulatis, syuamis grandibus erectis 
tenuibus planatis ad angulum elegantissimé coronatis, 
anfractu ultimo inferné serrato-carinato, canali liris 
parvis serratis aut brevispinosis undique spiraliter cin- 
gulato ; apertura parva, intus extusque fulvo-spadiced. 
Tue pacopa Fusus. Shell fusiform, spire turreted, apex 
papillary, canal very elongated and slender, whorls 
depressly angulated round the upper part, very elon- 
gately coronated at the angle with large erect thin 
flattened scales, last whorl serrately keeled round the 
lower part, canal spirally encircled throughout with 
small serrated or short-spined ridges ; aperture small; 
fulvous-bay within and without. 
Lesson, Ilustrations de Zoologie, pl. 40. 
Hab. Near the shores of Kiusu, Straits of Korea (obtained 
by the dredge in about fourteen fathoms from a hard 
muddy or stony bottom); Belcher, Adams. 
The specimen here figured of this very remarkable shell, 
collected by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher near the above- 
mentioned island of the Japanese Group, during the voyage 
of H.M.S. Samarang, is the only one I have seen; it 
does not exhibit the violet colouring of the mouth des- 
cribed by M. Lesson, but has the elegant diadem of scales 
very beautifully developed. 
Species 33. (Mus. Hanley.) 
Fusus taricosratus, Fus. testé elongato-fusiformi, sub- 
obesd, anfractibus superne concavo-angulatis, ad angu- 
lum verrucosis, liris planis latis, interstitiis subpro- 
fundeé sulcatis, cingulatis ; alba, aurantio-castaneo ma- 
ceulaté et strigaté. 
THE BROAD-RIBBED Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, 
rather stout, whorls concavely angulated round the 
upper part, warty at the angle, encircled with broad 
flat ridges, the interstices between which are some- 
what deeply grooved ; white, streaked and spotted 
with orange-chesnut. 
Drsuayes, Magasin de Zool. 1881. pl. 31. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
Care must be taken not to confound this species with 
the F. Nicobaricus, from which it is constantly distin- 
guished by its broader and stouter growth, flattened ridges 
and light transparent orange-chesnut painting. 
M. Deshayes has adopted the title of Fusus varieyatus 
for this species in his edition of the Anim. sans vert., 
owing to its having been so named under the head of 
Murex by My. Perry; the labours of that author are, 
however, unworthy of credit, and have long ceased to be 
acknowledged in this country. 
Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus ventricosus. us. testé elongato-fusiformi, medio 
tumidd, utringue gracili, attenuata ; anfractibus rotun- 
datis, undique spiraliter sulcatis, medio nodoso-carinatis 
et plicatis; aperture fauce acute liratd; intus eatusque 
nivet. 
THE VENTRICOSE Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, 
swollen in the middle, slender and attenuated at each 
end; whorls rounded, spirally grooved throughout, 
nodosely keeled and plicated in the middle; interior 
of the aperture sharply ridged ; snowy white within 
and without. 
Beck, MSS. Mus. King of Denmark. 
Hab. ? 
A very characteristic and distinct species, named, in 
manuscript only, by Dr. Beck of Copenhagen, of which 
there is also a specimen in Mr. Taylor’s collection. 
Species 35. (Fig. a and 4. Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus cmiatus. Fus. testd subelongato-fusiformi, anfrac- 
tibus longitudinaliter plicato-costatis, transversim sub- 
tiliter liratis, liris minute squamuloso-serratis, inter- 
stitiis profundis, anfractuum medio. liris alternatim 
valdé majoribus, costas super acute productis ; intus 
extusque alba. 
THE CARVED Fusus. Shell somewhat elongately fusiform, 
whorls longitudinally plicately ribbed, transversely 
finely ridged, ridges minutely squamulously serrated, 
interstices deep, middle of the whorls with the ridges 
alternately very much the larger, sharply produced 
across the ribs; white within and without. 
Hab. -——? 
The sculpture of this species exhibits all the ingenuity 
and delicacy of a piece of Chinese ivory carving. 
November, 1847. 
