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transverse scabroso -sulcata, fulvd, fusco-maculatd, ad varices ni- 

 grescente ; spird productd, anfractibus septem, rotundatis, suturis 

 validis, subundatis ,• caudd elongatn, lata, nisi ad extremitatem 

 redd, paululum recvrvd : varicibus tribus, ramis breviusculis acuto- 

 frondosis, subrectis, ad caudam quatuor compressis, quorum duobvs 

 elongatiusculis : interstitiis tuber culis tribus subplicif ormibus : aper- 

 turd albd, ovali, postice canaliferd ; labia externa acutissinie denti- 

 culato ; canali aperto. 

 Long. 2-80; lat. ex. var. M5 poll. 

 Hab. ad MoUucas. 



The above name, although, we believe, never published, has been 

 applied to this species in several cabinets. The compressed charac- 

 ter of the fronds on the caudal canal bring it near to axicornis, but 

 the other fronds are much shorter. 



MuREx Saulii, Conch, lllustr. f. 77. Mur. testd fusiformi, 

 transverse lineis elevatis striatd, pallide fulvd, fusco-rubescente 

 vel nigricante lineatd : spird elongatd ; anfractibus novem, rotun- 

 datis, gradatim crescentibus ; suturis validis : caudd subelongatd ad 

 basin pland, exfoliatd, recta ; extremitate obliqud, recurvd : varici- 

 bus tribus obliquiter continuis, crassis, rotundatis ad unguium posti- 

 cum ; ramo crassiusculo, ad basin subcomplicato , extremitate fron- 

 doso, recurve, rosea ; deinde quatuor apertis, angustioribus , roseis, 

 frondosis, cum quinis minoribus proclivibus alternantibus, turn tribus 

 ad caudam subcompressis, roseis, frondosis : interstitiis tuberculis 

 duobus, una majore, una minore : aperturd ovali, postice canaliferd, 

 angulatd; labia interna lavi ; labia externa dentibus duodecim acu- 

 tis ; canali aperto, subsinuoso. 

 Long. 2-80; lat. ex. var. 1 poll. 

 Hab. ad insulam Capul, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. Mus. 



Saul, Stainforth, Reeves. 



It is somewhat surprising that this species should not have been 



distinguished ere this from M. Palmarasa, from which it differs in 



having a smooth inner lip, and in having small projecting fronds on 



the varices between the larger ones. 



MuREx TORREFACTus, Couch. Illustr. f. 110, 111. Mur. testd 

 subfusiformi, subventricosd, transverse costis subscabrosis striatd: 

 spird elongatd; anfractibus novem, rotu?idatis, subgradatim cres- 

 centibus ; suturis subvalidis : caudd mediacri, latd, palmatd, exfo- 

 liatd, ad basin rectd, ad extremitatem obliqud, recurvd : varicibus 

 tribus, crassis ; ramis dorsalibus quinque, frondosis, brevibus {itna 

 ad unguium pasticum crassiusculo), cum par vis quinque proclivibus 

 alternantibus, ad caudam tribus subcompressis : interstitiis tuber- 

 culis duobus, una majore : aperturd flavidd ovali, postice canali- 

 ferd, subangulatd ; labia interna lavi ; labia externa dentibus dua- 

 decim acutis ; canali aperto, subsinuoso. 



Long. 3-70; lat. 1-60 poll. 



Var. Testd pallide fulvd, fusca-nigricante, lineatd ; frondibus fuscis. 



Var. Testd fere adustd. 



Var. Testd flavido-rufesccnte, fusco-lineatd. 



