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POPULAE CONCHOLOGY. 



From the Indian seas, the Antilles, and the 

 Isle of France, and one species from the Me- 

 diterranean. They are not numerous, but the 

 Fasciolaria distans is very beautiful. 



90. Fusus. — Shell fusiform or spindle- 

 shaped, the channel and 

 spire being both consi- J| 

 derably elongated; left JJIl 

 lip smooth ; operculum JpPf 

 horny. A n im a I imkn o w n . ^^P~!ri 

 — 37 species recent, and ^^h^ 

 36 fossil. 



The localities of this If 

 genus are the Indian, jf 

 Northern, and Atlantic 

 Oceans, the Red Sea, &c. Many of the species 

 are transversely striped, and are covered with 

 an epidermis ; on the removal of which they 

 present very beautiful colours. The Fusus 

 colosseus is often more than eleven inches long, 

 and other species are five or six. 

 i 91. Pyrula. — Shell pear or fig-shaped; spire 

 short, and sometimes flattened; mouth oval; 

 left lip smooth ; canal straight, sometimes nar- 

 row at the extremity, sometimes short and 



