Genus LXIII. Rapu*!. 



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Genus LXTI. MUREX— Rocher— Rock. 



6^3, Reticulatiis— Le Refeau, ou Le Cu de De— Netted, or 

 Thimble — Weft Indies — Voluta Reticulata Linn. M. P. 11 95. 



684. Cancellatus — Le Treillifse — Latticed — Mediterranean— 

 Voluta Cancellata Linn. 



685. Urnula — L'Urne — Urn — Perul — This curious fliell is 

 ^refumed to be ttuique. 



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

 Vohita Armata Soland. 



687. Vafa — LeVafe — 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 

 Devil — China, &c. — Voluta Ceramica. Linn. 



Genus LXIIL RAPUM— Navet— Turnep. 



6go. Grave — Le Pefant — Heavy — Straits of Malacca — Voluta 

 Gravis Soland. One qf them M. P. 2274. ^ 7^ev«w« a^y^ ^/ulz^ <^ /Aa^ 



6gi. Produdum — Reverfe, L'Offrande avec la Bouche a ry e^i tnx^e^ 

 Gauche, Voluta Ponderofa Soland, var. jS. Apertura Jinijira^ M. P. Cc^^^^Uy. 

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

 of this fpecies that we know of.v^ Large reverfe ftiells of this ^ '7''^ ai-f^.^ 

 genus, but particularly of this fpecies, are in very great efteem in 3»^ccrv«r' 

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

 the priefts only, who depofit them in their pagodasj and we are 

 informed, from good authority, that it is^a cuft^m in^tj^^ountry 

 for the friends of a ftck perfon who is^^caT^iai-'gr^, as a laft re- 

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

 lick out o^qne. pf^hefe ftiells; and they believe, that if the me- 

 dicine fo*^B^l^Mld fail of the deli red efteft, nothing elfe can 

 fave the patientsfi'iamdeath . 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. ^ 



692. Roftratum — a. A curious faring of 21 fpawn-cafes, or^y> 

 ©•Bfc,^ of this fpecies, with young ftiells in them ; this is the only 

 ipecimen of the ova of this fpecies that W8 recoiled to have feen, 



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

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

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

 ■ — Voluta PyrumLinii. & Soland. 



693. Ang\ilatum — L'Angulaire — Angulated — Providence Ifland 

 ■^Voluta: Angulata Soland, a 



