— 44 — 



Fusus babelis Requien*) Coquilles de la Corse (1848), p. 76, No. 549. 

 Coralliophila babelis Kobelt Conchylienbuch, p. 53, T. 15, Fig. 5. 

 Latiaxis babelis Weinkauff Catalog, p. 8, No. 68. 



Murex tectum sinense Deshayes**) Journal de Conchyliologie V. 1856, p. 78, T. 3, Fig. 1, 2. 

 Latiaxis tectum sinense Weinkauft' iu Journal de Conchyliologie X, p. 361, XII, p. 14. — Mittel- 

 meerconchylien II, p. 96. — Catalog, p. 5, No. 69. 



Murex laceratus Deshayes***) Journal de Conchyliologie V, 1856, p. 79, T. 3, Fig. 3, 4. 

 Latiaxis laceratus Weinkauff Mittelmeerconchyl. II, p. 96. — Catalog, p. 5, No. 70. 

 Murex Benoiii Tiberi Descriz. nuov. test. vivent. Medit. (1855), p. 15. — Aradas et Benoit Conch. 

 viv. Sicilia. p. 269. 



Latiaxis elegans Angasf) Proceedings Zoolog. Society London 1877, p. 74, T. 5, Fig. 1. 

 Latiaxis Benoiti Weinkauff Mittelmeerconchyl. II, p. 96. 

 Pseudomurex lamellosus var. Monterosato Enumer. e Sinonim, p. 42. 

 Pseudomurex bracteatus var. Monterosato Nuova Rivista, p. 40, No. 680. 

 Murex spinulosus Gr. O. Costa fide Monterosato. 



Gehäuse spindelförmig, etwas bauchig, mit gethürmtem spitzem Gewinde und kurzem, breitem, 

 zurückgebogenem Stiel, dessen offener trichterförmiger Nabel mit einem starken, schuppigen Wulst um- 

 geben ist. Es ,<ind 8 — 9 Umgänge vorhanden, welche bald mehr, bald weniger deutlich quer gefaltet 

 sind; die oberen sind gerundet, die vier letzten kantig und an der Kante mit einem zusammenhängenden 



*) Testa ovato-oblonga, fusiformi, utrinque aemninata, anfractibus carinatis, coronatis, spinosis; spinis latis, planis, 

 squamulosis, triangularibus, anfractibus supra coronam plano-coneavis, sublaevibus ; costis longitudinalibus 8 — 10; striis trans- 

 versis elevatis, squamulosis, approximatis ; cauda breviuscula, reeurva. — Alt. 35, lat. 20 mm. 



**) M. testa fusiformi, inflata, echinata, lutescente ; anfractibus 8 — 9, ultimo reliquum testae superante ; sutura pro- 

 funda sub spimilis jacente. Testa extus costata, sed obsolete nisi in anfractu ultimo ; transverse sulcata ; costis elegantissime 

 imbricatis ; minimis in parte superiori anfractus, ereetis et spiniferis pi ope suturam. Spinae majores praesertim in ultimo 

 anfractu ubi cingulum denticnlatum faciunt sitae: denticulis triangularibus, oblique costellatis, apice acuto. Supra cingulum 

 ultimum 7 — 8 costae, minimae, aequales ; subtus 7 majores, inter quas 6 minores reperiuntur. Sinu obliquo ; apertura semilu- 

 nata; columella reeta, breviter callosa, niargine dextro inciso, intus 8 — 10 plicato. — Long. 38, lat. 32, alt. 23 mm. 



***) Testa fusiformis, inflata, alba, anfractibus 7—8, ultimo reliquum testae superante, sutura profunda, apice acuto. 

 Testa extus obsolete costata, costis longitudinalibus nodosis et transversim profunde sulcata, cingulo dilatato ad basin, superne 

 lacerato et intus reflexo ornata. Hoc cingulum anfractus in duas partes dividit ; supernam striis transversalibus minimis 

 numerus].- aequalibusque praeditam; et infernam 8 majoribus minores includentes ; sinu brevi, columella reeta, margine dextro 

 semicirculari, intus sulcato, umbilico aperto, obliquo. — Long. 34, lat. 25, alt. apert. 18 mm. 



t) Shell rimate, ovately turreted, solid, wbite ; lengtb of spire and aperture equal ; wliorls 5 J /2 irregularly distantly 

 longitudinally ribbed, flattened and excavated above, with a wide projeeting keel curving upwarts and sealloped at the edge, 

 ruuning round the periphery of the whorls whieb are encircled by scabrous ridges, fine and close set above tbe keel, stouter, 

 wider apart and more squamate below , one ridge (intermediate between the keel of the body whorl and the base) beiug 

 larger and more elevated than tbe others; aperture semi-oval ; outer lip sulcate within; columella nearly straight; umbilical 

 region bordered by an elevated squamose ridge; canal very Short, lightly twisted and recurved. — Diam 11 lines, alt. 1 iueh 

 3 lines. — Hai», unknown. 



