4J2 WORMS-: TEST ACEA. 78. Murex. 



Martyn itni<verfi conchoU 2. fig* 66. . . 



Chemn conch. I o - J%W$<J . ttih ', l6f~ /<?3 &- /$~3J. 



Inhabits the Eaftcrn fhores of North America, 



Scorpio* Shell with 4 rows of foliations : fpire capitate: beak trun- 

 cate. 

 Rumpf. muf tab. 26. D, Gualt, tefi. tab. 37. M. 

 VaUnt. abh. t. 4,/. 36. 37, Jrg. conch, t. l6.,.D. 

 Seba muf 3. tab. 77 '.fig. I 3— ^ — 1 6. 

 Knprr. V.ergn. 2. tab. 1 l* fig. 4, 5. 

 Martir.i conch. 3. tab. 106. fig. 998 — 1003. 

 Inhabits Southern A(ia : extremely rare and valuable. 

 Shell white, brown or black : aperture orbicular : one of the 

 <u>horls turgid and larger than the reft. 



SaxAtilis, Shell with. 5 rows of foliations and contiguous fpire : beak 

 abbreviated. 

 Rumpfi muf tab. 26, fig. 2. Klein ofir. t. 6, fig. 109. 

 Seba muf 3. tab. 77, fig. q, 6. Murray test, t. l,fi 26. 

 Muf. Gottwald. tab. l%,fig. 255. a a. b b. 256. a. 257.b,c. 

 Regenfi conch. I. tab. 6,f. 6. tab. 9,/". 26. 

 Martini conch. 3. tab. 107, loS.f. 1004--1014. , 

 2. Walch Petrefi 2. tab. C. fig. 3, 4. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean and /i/fo, in great varieties. 



Diaphanus. Shell white, diaphanous, with 6 rows of foliations ; the fo- 

 liations tipt with black. 

 Inhabits- krgennjille conch, tab. 16. F. 



Cichoreum. Shell ochraceovs, tranfverfely ftriate, with numerous rows 

 of foliations. 



Inhabits Argenville conch, tab. 16, K. 



Foliations not very prominent or crifped. 



Verficolor. Shell varied with white and red, with flat acute foliations 

 pointed with black. 

 Inhabits Knorr Vergn. 5. tab. 4, fig, 1. 



*Erinaceus. Shell fubangular ; the whorls crowned with tubular and fub- 

 <7k ft} V J fpinous raifed fcales or points : beak fhort and covered* 

 f)0t^ll p^'^^Donovans Brit. Shells, tab. 35 * Pennant iv. /. 76,/. 95. 

 ♦ Da Coda Brit tonchol. tab. 8. fig. 7. 

 m> Gualt. tefi. tab. 49. H. 

 — Sebamuj. 3. tab. 49, f 78. 79, 

 m Martini conch , 3, /*£. 1 10. fig. 1026—1028. 

 Inhabits European fcaa : about 2 inches long. 



