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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOlilCAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  interesting 
  notes, 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  specific 
  position 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  occur 
  in 
  Jeffreys' 
  MSS. 
  They 
  are 
  headed 
  " 
  Prom 
  Professor 
  

   Steenstrup, 
  8th 
  April, 
  1879; 
  types 
  of 
  Fusus 
  ebur, 
  Morch, 
  F. 
  togatus, 
  

   Morch, 
  and 
  F. 
  Pfajfi, 
  Morch". 
  Prom 
  this 
  I 
  infer 
  that 
  .Jeffreys 
  had 
  

   borrowed 
  these 
  shells. 
  

  

  " 
  Closely 
  and 
  carefully 
  compared 
  all 
  these 
  typical 
  specimens 
  

   (having 
  Morch's 
  names 
  in 
  his 
  handwriting) 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   F. 
  Sabi'ni 
  (Gray) 
  from 
  Spitzbergen, 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  Arctic 
  Expedition 
  

   of 
  1877 
  (off 
  Jan 
  Mayen 
  Island, 
  Priele), 
  and 
  the 
  ' 
  Porcupine 
  ' 
  and 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Yalorous 
  ' 
  Expeditions. 
  All 
  these 
  specimens 
  [i.e. 
  ehur, 
  togatus, 
  and 
  

   Pfajfi, 
  E. 
  R. 
  S.] 
  certainly 
  belong 
  to 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  In 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  F. 
  ehur 
  (a 
  dead 
  shell) 
  the 
  epidermis 
  is 
  wanting, 
  except 
  

   a 
  few 
  very 
  small 
  traces. 
  In 
  F. 
  togatus 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   the 
  epidermis 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  sutures 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  epidermis 
  is 
  quite 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  F. 
  Pfaffi,, 
  which 
  is 
  well 
  covered. 
  F. 
  ehur 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  

   shell. 
  Epidermis 
  ciliated. 
  

  

  " 
  F. 
  tortuosus, 
  of 
  Reeve, 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  specimen, 
  is 
  

   somewhat 
  different, 
  being 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  having 
  the 
  canal 
  curved 
  ; 
  

   the 
  epidermis 
  is 
  smooth. 
  But 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  /''. 
  Sabinii." 
  

  

  Jeffreys 
  also 
  says, 
  " 
  Herr 
  Priele, 
  in 
  his 
  excellent 
  monograph 
  on 
  the 
  

   Buccinidse 
  from 
  the 
  Voringen 
  Expedition, 
  says 
  that 
  I 
  regarded 
  this 
  

   species 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  my 
  F. 
  curtus. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  correct. 
  

   I 
  believed 
  F. 
  ehur 
  of 
  Morch 
  might 
  be 
  synonymous 
  with 
  F. 
  Sarsii, 
  

   which 
  Priele 
  assigned 
  to 
  my 
  F. 
  curtus. 
  The 
  two 
  latter 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  

   always 
  considered 
  distinct." 
  

  

  jS^eptujStea 
  (SiPHo) 
  FPsiFORuis 
  (Bi'oderip). 
  

  

  Buccianm 
  fusiforme, 
  Broderip, 
  Zool. 
  Jouru., 
  v, 
  p. 
  45, 
  1829. 
  

   Neptunea 
  fusiformis, 
  Broderip 
  : 
  Kobelt, 
  Icon. 
  Europ. 
  Meeresconch., 
  i, 
  

   p. 
  86. 
  

  

  "Porcupine" 
  Expedition, 
  1869, 
  Stations 
  4, 
  6, 
  9, 
  36, 
  45«, 
  78, 
  89; 
  

   1870, 
  Stations 
  8, 
  9, 
  11, 
  13, 
  16. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Prom 
  jS'orthern 
  seas 
  to 
  the 
  Spanish 
  coasts, 
  generally 
  

   in 
  fairly 
  deep 
  water. 
  

  

  Jeffreys 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   dredged" 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  of 
  June, 
  1869, 
  at 
  Station 
  6 
  :— 
  " 
  Body 
  light 
  

   brownish-yellow 
  ; 
  pallial 
  tube 
  rather 
  short, 
  tinged 
  with 
  purple 
  

   blotches 
  ; 
  tentacles 
  conical 
  and 
  short 
  ; 
  eyes 
  very 
  small, 
  seated 
  on 
  

   stalks 
  about 
  half-way 
  up 
  the 
  tentacles 
  ; 
  foot 
  thick, 
  streaked 
  near 
  

   the 
  opercular 
  lobe 
  with 
  purplish-brown, 
  rounded 
  in 
  front 
  with 
  slight 
  

   auricles, 
  squarish 
  behind, 
  equally 
  broad 
  throughout. 
  Active 
  and 
  not 
  

   at 
  all 
  shy." 
  

  

  jS'eptunea. 
  (SiPHo) 
  GRACILIS 
  (Da 
  Costa). 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  gracile, 
  Da 
  Costa, 
  Brit. 
  Conch., 
  p. 
  124. 
  

   Neptunea 
  gracilis^ 
  Da 
  Costa 
  : 
  Kobelt, 
  Icon. 
  Europ. 
  Meeresconch., 
  i, 
  

   p. 
  72. 
  

  

  "Porcupine" 
  Expedition, 
  1869, 
  Stations 
  12, 
  35, 
  45r? 
  ; 
  1870, 
  

   Station 
  13 
  (dead 
  and 
  very 
  young). 
  

  

  