WORMS- TESTACEA. 78. Murex. 451 



Shell white, with 9 or 10 whorls on the fpire; the tubercles 

 hollow within ; beak annulate. 



Harpa. Shell ventricofe, longitudinally ribbed, the ribs tranfverfely 

 ftriate : fpire a little prominent, the whorls diftant. 

 Inhabits -Martini conch. 4, tab* 1 42. fig. 1328 — 133°« 



$uba. Shell fufiform, tranfverfely ftriate, white with a brown tip 



to the fpire: whorls diftant and crowned at the bafe 

 with knots. ?•;*% ^cfr^T //V %J% % 



Martini conch. 4. tab. 143.7%. 1 333- rfr**>~*~~ &»+*;&** W 



Inhabits China: nearly 6 inches long. ^.^ *y*&r % /^^-x/^^\ &&+*-+■ it 

 Beak rather long : fpire with 8 whorls. JH? 1*1 : ?*1 &> <****#-- . * eg 



Syracufanuf Shell oblocg, < with ftriate plaited whorls covered with tu* 

 berculate ridges; aperture toothlefs: beak fhort. 

 Bonan recr. & Muj. kirch. 3, fig. 80. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean : extremely rare, 

 Whorh teftaceous with whij;e divifions : beak moderate, obliquely 

 flriate outwardly. 



Craticula- Shell oblong, with rounded plaited and tranfverfely reticu- 

 *w+ late whorls : aperture toothed : beak fhort. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean. Shell whitifh, flightly plaited longi- 

 tudinally, with elevated ferruginous angles : whorls with 

 elevated ftriae : aperture ftriate within, 



Scriptui* Shell nearly without beak, fufiform, fmooth, pale with 

 longitudinal brown ftriae: lip toothed. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean: larger than a grain of barley. 

 Shell oblong, with fubpiceous flexuous ftriae. 



Ternatanus Shell tranfverfely ftriate, with diftant undulately tubercu- 

 late whorls: aperture oblongs beak ftraight, longifh. 

 LiBet) tab Sgz. Valent. abb. tab. \,f. 2. 

 Sebamuf 3. tab 52. fig. 5. 

 Muf Gott^w. tab. 31. f 21 1. a— c. 212, a, b. 214. 

 K;orr i'ergn. 6-. tab 15, fig. 4. /. 26, fig. i % 

 Martini. conch. 4. tab. 140, fig. I 304, 1305. 

 Inhabits Ternate Ifiund: 4 inches long : yellow. 



Infundibu' Shell umbilicate, undulately knotty, with elevated brown 

 J um * ftrix:- perforation funnel-ihaped: pillar 2-piaited. 



Lister, tab. X)H,f 14. Seha muf. 3, t. $0 } f. 54, 

 Bonan recr. & Muf. Kirch, fig. 104, 



3 L 2 Chemn. 



