174 WORMS. TESTACEA. 56. Murex. 



Donovan v. tab. 180. Linn. It. Wgoth. t. 5 .f. 8. 



Shell 3 or 4 inches long, whitish, with hardly visible striae or 

 wrinkles : beak elongated, reflected. 



393. M. carinatus. Oblong, smooth, with the beak elon- 

 gated ; whorls 6, with 2 raised spiral lines. 



Donov. t. 109. Br. Zool. t. 77./. 96. 



Shell 4 inches long, dirty-white : whorls sloping down to each 

 other, and not rounded as in the last: the largest with 4 or <; 

 ridges : outer-lip dilated. 



394. M. subanliquus. Oblong, strongly striate trans- 

 versely, with the beak elongated : whorls 8, with 2 

 raised tubercled spiral lines. 



Donov. iv. tab. 1 19. M. antiquus. 



Shell about 4 inches long, of a more rugged and angular appear- 

 ance than the last, crossed by undulate striae and 1 or 2 elevated 

 undulate and fcmewhat tubercled ridges : outer-lip dilated. 



395. M. antiquus. Oblong, striate transversely, with the 

 beak elongated : whorls 7 or 8, cylindrical. 



Br. Zool. t. 78,/. 98. Donov. t. 31. M. defpectus. 



Shell nearly 6 inches long, dull white, thick, strong, red-faffrori 

 within : aperture augular on the fore-part: inner-lip smooth, with 

 an acute entire margin. 



396. M. comeus.. White, slender* with 8 transversely 

 striate rounded whorls : aperture oblong oval, end- 

 ing in a deep lengthened canal, tubercled at top. 



Br. Zool. t. 76./. 99. Donovan t. 38. Da Costa t. 6.f. 5. 



Shell about 3 inches long, fometimes covered with a brown skin, 

 tubercled under the canal : aperture toothless.. 



397. M. Erinaceus. Angular, very rugged with small 

 concave scales : aperture oval, ending- in a closed 

 tubular canal. 



Br. Zool. t. 76./. g$. Donov. t. 35. Da Costa t 8./. 7. 



Shell nearly 2 inches long, brownish, longitudinally ribbed and 

 tranfverfely striate, imbricate with arched fcales ; the inner- 

 margin toothed : whorls warty at the futures, carinate between the 

 warts : aperture oval, clofed, with a short beak. 



398. M. purpureus. Taper, rugged, ribbed rather oblique- 

 ly, and crossed by numerous sharp ridges : aperture 

 oval, ending in an open canal. 



Montague Brit. Shells p. 260. tab. g.f. 3. 



Shell above half an inch long, dark purple with fometimes a few 

 white Marks, purple within, with about 19 oblique ribs crossed 

 by numerous ridges which give it a tubercled appearance : aper- 

 ture oval : pillar obliquely striate : margin white, crenate. 



399. M. linearis. Taper, rugged, strongly ribbed, crossed 

 by fine spiral thread-like raised ridges : aperture 

 oval, ending in an open canal. 



Montague Brit Shells tab. g.f. 4. Donov. f. 179./. 3. 



Shell above a quarter of an inch long, light brown, purplish- 

 brown at the fummits of the fpiral lines, the apex generally purple: 

 ribs 9 or 10: aperture oval; margin crenate within; pillar-lip 

 fmooth. 



400. ' M. muricatus. Taper, rough, tubercled by the 

 strong ribs being crossed by raised striae : aperture 

 oval, ending in a very long straight canal. 



Montague Brit. Shells p. 262. tab. g.f. 2. 

 Shell hitf an inch long, white with a flesh-colour or greenish 



