FUSUS. 
Puatre XX. 
Species 80. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus Minurisauamosus. Fus.testd subelongato-fusiformi, 
canali breviusculd, anfractibus rotundis, longitudinaliter 
rudé plicato-costatis, spiraliter subtiliter crebriliratis, 
liris undique minuté squamatis ; fuscescente-albd. 
THE MINUTELY-SCALED Fusus. Shell somewhat elon- 
gately fusiform, canal rather short, whorls round, 
longitudinally rudely plicately ribbed, spirally finely 
ridged, ridges minutely scaled throughout ; brownish 
white. 
Hab. 
The sculpture of this species is truly exquisite, the 
entire surface being elaborately carved with rows of minute 
scales, after the manner of the F. sguamudosus of Philippi, 
a different shell, for which see Murew, Pl. XXXV. Sp. 184. 
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Species 81. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Fusus PULCHELLUS. us. testd subelongato-fusiformi, 
anfractibus rotundis, medio tumidiusculis, longitudi- 
naliter costatis, costis subdistantibus, spiraliter crebri- 
liratis, liris acutiusculis, duabus centralibus promi- 
nentioribus, carinaformibus ; fulvo-spadiced, costarum 
parte superiori intensé castaneo-rufa. 
Tue pretty Fusus. Shell somewhat elongately fusiform, 
whorls round, rather swollen in the middle, longitu- 
dinally ribbed, ribs somewhat distant, spirally closely 
ridged, ridges rather sharp, the two central ones 
more prominent, keel-like ; fulvous fawn-colour, upper 
part of the ribs deep chesnut-red. 
Puitiert1, Enum. Moll. Sicil., vol. ii. p. 178. pl. 25. f. 28. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
An interesting species, peculiarly characterized by the 
dark chesnut-red colouring of the upper portion of the ribs. 
Fig 82. (Mus. Hanley.) 
The shell here represented has been kindly handed to 
me by Mr. Hanley, with an opinion that it is distinct from 
the F. corneus, in company with which species it has been 
frequently taken on our shores. I refrain, however, from 
describing or naming it, as the subject will, no doubt, be 
better treated in the valuable work on the British Shells 
and Mollusca now in course of publication by himself and 
Professor Edward Forbes. 
Species 83. (Mus. Howse.) 
Fusus Turtoni. Jus. testé ovato-turritd, crassiusculd, 
spird enormiter acuminato-producta, apice papillari ; 
anfractibus spiraliter striatis, superné concavis, vix 
angulatis ; apertura ampld, labro incrassato, subreflexo ; 
albida. 
Turton’s Fusus. Shell ovately turreted, rather thick, 
spire enormously acuminately produced, with a pa- 
pillary apex ; whorls spirally striated, concave round 
the upper part, slightly angulated, aperture large, 
lip thickened, a little reflected ; whitish. 
Bean, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 493; and 
vol. xix. pl. x. 
Hab. Coast of Northumberland, Britain ; Howse. 
This shell, of which two or three specimens have been 
taken by the fishermen off the coast of Northumberland 
and Durham, has all the appearance of being an extra- 
ordinary state of the F. Norvegicus, with the spire long 
drawn out; and I much doubt whether it is strictly en- 
titled to the specific importance which has been attached 
to it. In a very interesting paper by Mr. Richard Howse 
(Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xix. p. 160), descriptive 
of the result of a dredging excursion off the coast of 
Durham, a comparison is instituted between the ova- 
capsules of the F. Turtoni and Norvegicus, showing the 
difference in their form and in that of their contents; it 
is obvious, however, that the shortened or prolonged state 
of the spire would be the same in its proportion in all 
stages of growth, and that these different conditions of 
the species would in like manner influence the form of the 
capsules. 
Species 84. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Fusus corrucatus. Fus. testd ovato-fusiformi, tenuiculd, 
columellé subintortd, canali brevi; anfractibus quinis 
senisve, superne depressiusculis, deinde convexis, plicis 
longitudinalious frequentibus wrregularibus, liris angus- 
tis rotundis undique creberrime clathratis ; fulvescente- 
albi. 
Tur CRUMPLED Fusus. Shell ovately fusiform, rather 
thin, columella slightly twisted, canal short; whorls 
five or six in number, rather depressed round the 
upper part, then convex, very closely latticed through- 
out with frequent irregular longitudinal folds and 
narrow round ridges; pale fulvous white. 
Apmil, 1848. 
