Qenus LXIII. Rapum. 



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Genus LXII. MUREX— Rocher— Rock. 



6B3. Reticulatus— -Le Refeau, ou Le Cu de De— Netted, or 

 Thimble — Weft Indies — Voluta Reticulata Linn. M. P. 1 195. 



684. Cancellatus — Le Treillifse — Latticed — Mediterranean—* 

 Voluta Cancellata Linn. 



685. Urnula — L'Urne — Urn — Peru! — This curious fhell is 

 prefumed to be unique. 



686. Armatus — L'Arme — Armed — Martinique— Very rare. 

 Voluta Armata Soland. 



687. Vafa — Le Vafe — Vafe — Weft Indies — Rare. Voluta 

 Muricata Soland. 



688. Horridus— Le Diable— Devil— China, &c— Voluta Tur- 

 binellus Linn. 



689. Tribulus — La ChaufTe Trappe — Caltrops, or Long Spired 

 Pevil — China, &c. — Voluta Ceramica Lion. 



Genus LXIII. RAPUM — Na vet— Turn ep. 



690. Grave — Le Pefant — Heavy — Straits of Malacca — Voluta 

 Gravis Soland. One of them M. P. 2274. 



691. Produclum — a. Reverfe, L'Offrande avec la Bouche a 

 Gauche, Voluta Ponderofa Soland, var. (3. Apertura Jiniftra, M. P. 

 4023. This is the only fpecimen of this very uncommon variety 

 of this fpecies that we know of. Large reverfe fhells of this 

 genus, but particularly of this fpecies, are in very great efteem in 

 China, where they are deemed facred, and are in the cuftody of 

 the priefts only, who depofit them in their pagodas 3"and we are 

 informed, from good authority, that it is a cuftom mjhjjti. country 

 for the friends of a fick perfon who is 'niiiir'' IAmmm! * as a laft re~ „ 

 fource, to fend for a prieft, who adminifters a medicine to the 

 lick out of^one ofthefe fhells ; and they believe, that if the me- 

 dicine (o A gnrw mould fail of the defired effect, nothing elfe can 

 fave the patientjf pnft~rl \u*k . A price, to the amount of one hun- 

 dred guineas, has been given by the Chinefe for a fine one. They 

 are called in France, and in Germany, the Offering, or Sacred 

 Shells — Le Long — High Spired — Madagafcar — Voluta Ponderofa 

 Soland. -t 



692. Roftratum — a. A curious faring of 21 fpawn-cafes, or&ggtS 

 mm. of this fpecies, with young fhells in them ; this is the only 

 fpecimen of the ova of this fpecies that we recollect to have feen, 



or, at leaft, that we could afcertain to belong to it; a. 1. embryo 

 fhells, as taken from the egg ; b. young, with many fpots ; c. full 

 grown ; d. diftorted— Le Long Bee — Long Beaked — Tranquebar 

 — Voluta Pyrum Linn. & Soland. 



693. Angulatum — L'Angulaire — Angulated — Providence Illand 

 ^—Voluta Ajigulata Soland. 



