FUSUS. 
Prater IX. 
Species 36. (Fig. a and 4, Mus. Taylor, 
Fig. ¢ and d, Mus. Belcher.) 
Fusus potyGonorpEs. us. testé subelongato-fusiformt, 
anfractibus liris conspicuis subrudis cingulatis, superné 
angulatis, longitudinaliter plicato-tuberculatis, tuber- 
culis ad angulum valde prominentibus ; albida, rufo- 
fusco sparsim maculaté et flammata. 
THE MANY-ANGLED Fusus. Shell somewhat elongately 
fusiform, whorls encircled with conspicuous rather 
rude ridges, angulated round the upper part, longi- 
tudinally plicately tubercled, tubercles very prominent 
at the angle; whitish, sparingly blotched and flamed 
with red-brown. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 455. 
Fusus biangulatus ? Deshayes (fide Kiener). 
Hab. Yastern Seas; Belcher. 
The two examples of this species here figured are re- 
markable for their difference of growth, one being elongated 
and spindle-shaped, whilst the other, and more common 
variety, is short and contracted. 
Species 37. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Nricoparicus. us. testé elongato-fusiformi, an- 
fractibus liris grandibus rotundatis, interstitiis subexca- 
vatis undique cingulatis, superne angulatis, ad angulum 
nodatis ; albidd, nigricante-castaneo profuse flammatd. 
Tue Nrcopar Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, whorls 
encircled throughout with large rounded ridges, the 
interstices between which are somewhat excavated, 
angulated round the upper part, noduled at the angle ; 
whitish, profusely flamed with blackish-chesnut. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 445. 
Murex Nicobaricus, Chemnitz. 
Hab. P 
This, and not the shell figured by Kiener, is the true 
Murex Nicobaricus of Chemnitz; it approaches nearest to 
Deshayes’ Fusus laticostatus but is of more slender growth, 
whilst the transverse ridges are more elevated and rounded 
and the coloured flames darker. 
Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus tupercunatus. us. testd elongato-fusiformi, 
ventricosa, anfractibus spiraliter sulcatis, superné angu- 
lato-declivibus, medio nodatis ; albd@, maculis castaneo- 
Suscis inter nodis. 
THE TUBERCULATED Fusus. Shell elongately fusiform, 
ventricose, whorls spirally grooved, angularly slanting 
round the upper part, noduled in the middle; white, 
with chesnut-brown blotches between the nodules. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 444. 
Hab. Eastern Seas. 
Mainly distinguished from its nearest ally the 7. torewma 
by its more ventricose growth and absence of colour, ex- 
cepting in the interstices between the nodules. 
December, 1847. 
