348 Capt. P. P. King's Description of 



60. Triton scaber. 



T. lestd ovato-aeutd, cancellatd ; spird elongatd ; epidermide fused, 



setosd ; aperturd albd granulosd ; lahro interne obtus^ denticulato; 



long. ; lat. ; poll. 



Habitat ad oras Americse meridionalis, (Valparaiso.) Mus. nost. 



The denticules of the inner lip are more elevated than those of the 

 last (T. ranelliformis) , and are equidistant. It was fished up with the 

 anchor in Valparaiso Bay. 



61. MONOCEROS FUSOIDES. 



M. testd ventricosd, spird mediocri, anfractibus bicarinatis ; anfractii 



basalt lineis elevatis admodum distantibus cincto ; aperturd patxdd ; 



dente labiali brevi, lata, obtuso ; canali produeto, recto, integro ; 



operculo corneo ; long. 2f ; lat. If; poll. 



Habitat ad oras Americse meridionalis, (Concepcion.) Mus. Brit., 

 nost., Brod. 



Approaching Fusus in its elongated and entire canal, while its exterior 

 lip has the labial tooth which distinguishes Monoceros. The columella 

 is not straight, as in all the other species, but curved, so as to make an 

 angle in some specimens at the commencement of the canal, and in all 

 it becomes very broad at the point where it is opposite to the tooth. The 

 shell is of a reddish colour, ventricose, and girt with elevated lines, 

 about a quarter of an inch apart. The spire has only two of these lines 

 on each whorl, and has a bicarinated appearance. The aperture is wide, 

 the outer lip sinuous, its tooth short, broad, and obtuse, and the opercu- 

 lum horny. The shell is seldom found in a perfect state, the beak being 

 generally broken off, and the surface is, in all the specimens that I have 

 seen, covered with a calcareous encrustation, entirely concealing the 

 colours. 



62. BUCCINUM MURICIFORME. 



B. testd ovatO'-fusiformi, ciriered ; anfractibus tumidis, costellatis, 

 costellis cancellatis ; aperturd castaneo-nigricante ; labri margine 

 crenulato. Muricem mentiens ; long. 1 ; lat. -^-^ ; poll. 

 Habitat ad fretum Magellanicum. Mus. Brit., nost., Brod. 

 The eggs of this species were found, and are preserved in spirits. 



