FUSUS. 
Piate XII. 
Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus perormis. Fus. testd ovatd, tenuiculd, ventricosd, 
sinistrali, spird papillari, depressd ; anfractibus trans- 
versim subtilissime striatis, superné infra suturas oblique 
tuberculato-tumidis, apertura peramplé ; rufescente- 
spadiced. 
THE DEFORMED Fusus. Shell ovate, rather thin, ventri- 
cose, sinistral, spire papillary, depressed; whorls 
transversely very finely striated, obliquely tubercu- 
larly swollen beneath the sutures, aperture very large. 
Hab. Spitzbergen. 
I cannot refer this species to any hitherto described ; 
the summits of the whorls are remarkable in being alter- 
nately tubercularly swollen and indented. 
Species 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus contrarius. us. testd ovato-fusiformi, sinistral, 
anfractibus convexis, undique subconspicue spiraliter 
striatis et sulcatis, sulcis alternatim majoribus ; fulves- 
cente, intus albidd. 
THE LEFT-HANDED Fusus. Shell ovately fusiform, sinis- 
tral, whorls convex, somewhat conspicuously grooved 
and striated throughout, grooves alternately larger ; 
pale fulvous-brown, interior white. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol. ix. p. 462. 
An eadem var. ? 
Hab. Malta. 
Notwithstanding the severe reprimand which M. Des- 
hayes has given M. Kiener on the subject of his F. sinis- 
trorsus, I see no reason to believe that it is anything 
more than a variety of the F. contrarius. 
Fusus sinistrorsus, Deshayes. 
Species 47. (Mus. Brit.) 
Fusus Norveeicus. us. testd ovato-fusiformi, crassius- 
culd, spird brevi, apice papillari ; anfractibus levibus, 
glabratis, vix striatis, ultimo ventricoso, peramplo ; 
apertura ampld, labro incrassato ; rosaceo-lacted. 
THe Norwecian Fusus. Shell ovately fusiform, rather 
thick, spire short, apex papillary; whorls smooth, 
polished, scarcely striated, last whorl ventricose, very 
large ; aperture large, lip thickened; pinkish cream- 
colour. 
Strombus Norvegicus, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. p. 218. 
pl. 157. f. 1497-8. 
Hab. Coast of Norway. Britain, coast of Yorkshire, Dur- 
ham, and Northumberland. 
For a more detailed account of this interesting and rare 
species, the reader may be referred to a paper “On some 
Shells found on the coast of Northumberland” by Mr. W. 
King, of Newcastle. 
December, 1847. 
