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Long. r55; lat. ex. var. '65. 

 Hab. ad insiilam Japan. Mus. H. Cumino 



A beautiful species with five to seven broad, smooth, foUated va- 

 rices in each whorl. Found in deep water. 



MuREX iNERMis, Couch. lUustr. f. 87. Mur. testa fusiformi, 

 transverse leviter costatd, albd : spirdelongatd, acutd; anfractibus 

 septem, rotundatis, ultimo pyriformi ; suturis validis, foveolatis : 

 caudd elongatiusculd, tortuosd: varicibus sex, leviter noduliferis, 

 postice paululiim prolatis, ultimo latiore, crassiore : aperturd 

 ovali; labio interna, extante, Icevi; labio externo crasso, intus leviter 

 crenulato; ad basin canalis tuberculo valido; canali aperto. 



Long. 1; lat. ex. var. '40 poU. 



Hab. ad mare Japonicum. Dr. Sibbald legit. 



This singular shell has some of the characters of Triton. 



MuREX BALTEATus, Conch. lUustr. f. 83. Mur. testd parvd, crassd. 

 subrkomboided, albo-rubescente, ad varices fusco-nigricante : spird 

 subproductd ; anfractibus sex, angulatis : caudd breviusculd, exfo- 

 liatd, recurvd : varicibus sex, antice inciso-fimbriatis , d tergo 

 costatis ; spinis brevibus, paululiim crispatis, una ad unguium posti- 

 cum, deinde brevioribus quatuor, ad caudam duabus minutis, rectis : 

 aperturd ovali; labio interna postice prolato, antice valde extante ; 

 labia externa crenulato, extante; canali fere clausa. 



Long. '95; lat. ex. var. '47 poll. 



Testd juniore : caudd elongatd, valide ascendente. 



Var. Testd breviare : varicibus validioribus : aperturd rosed. 



Hab. ad insulam Masbate, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. 



The name given above has been applied to this shell by Dr. Beck, 

 who, however, has not described it. Found in coral reefs. 



MuREx CYCLOSTOMA, Conch. Illustr. f. 100. Mur. testd rhom- 

 boided, suhventricasd, pallide griseo-fulvd : spird longitudine aper- 

 turam et canalem cequante; anfractibus quinque, exiguis, rotundatis, 

 transverse costatis ; suturis validis, excavatis : caudd brevi, latd, 

 recurvd, exfoliatd : varicibus sex, angulatis, crassis, magnis, utrin- 

 que costatis, antice inciso-fimbriatis, postice foveolatis, superne 

 subspi7iosis : aperturd avail rotundatd, fere integrd; labio interna 

 Icevi, extante; labia externo extiis crenulato; canali fere clausa. 



Variat caudd elongatd, valde recurvd: varicibus spinis crispis ar- 

 matis. 



Long. -75; lat. ex. var. 40; lat. var. incl. -50. 



Hab. ad insulam Bohol Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. 



The elongated, slender, elevated caudal canal, as well as the more 

 distinct spines of the smaller shell, must be considered as a variation 

 resulting partly from difference of age, partly from locality, and other 

 circumstances. Sandy mud, 7 fathoms. — Loay. 



MuREX BREVicuLTJs, Conch. Illustr, f. 37. Mur. testd rhombaided, 

 brevi, ventricasd, albd, fulvo-fasciatd: varicibus quatuor, crassis, 

 nodulasis, inter nadulos utrinque foveolatis : spird brevi; anfrac- 



