Genus XLV. Vygmjea. 



488. Tuber— 3. native ftate ; 5. partly uncoated — La BolTc, ou 

 Le Turban — Knobbed, or Turban-— Weft Indies — ^Trochus Tuber 

 Linn. 



489. Calcar — L'Eperon— Spur— China— Tubo^ Galcar Linn. 



490. Muricatus — Le Scabreux — Muricated— China and South 

 Sea. ' - •■ 



491. Echinatus — a. native ftate; ^. uncoated — Le Raboteux— 

 Spiny — Weft Indies. • . 



492. Rugofus — a. large, and uncommonly fine, with many 

 rays, extremely fcarce; l>. common appearance, uncoated, with 

 its operculum; c. operculum of this fpecies — Le Brute — Rugged 

 — Mediterranean — Turbo Rugofus Linn. 



493. Sulcatus — Le Sillonne — Grooved — New Zealand. 



494. Aureus — a. young, and of a gold colour; young, gold 

 colour . mottled with white, and having its operculum ; c. greenifti 

 yellow and orange, finely rayed; d. uncoated; e. a very large and 

 fine one, being 3 inches wide, and having double rays, a6 in the 

 Outer whirl. It is partly uncoated ; the fpines, which are orange 

 coloured, and the face, being only left — Le Dore — Golden — Weft 

 Indies — Trochus Solaris Linn. 



495. Imperialis — a. yOung, 2^ inches, M. P. 3992; ^. full 

 grown, 4-|- inches, fine — ^L'lmperiale — Imperial — Pufky Bay, IM ew 

 Zealand — Very rare. 



Genus XLIV. ONUSTUS— Le Frippier— Garrier. 



496. Novaculus — LeTren chant deRafoir — Razor Edge — China 



■ — Extremely fcarce. The pale brown fpeci men (one of the two~ 

 •here-fhewn) has affixed to itfelf feven as&sa very curious minute 

 Nautili, all of one fpecies. 



497. Maximus — a. loaded with fhells; L loaded with madre- 

 pores and fhells; e. loaded with black and white ftones — Le Grand, 

 ou L'Occidentale; a. b. Le Conchiologifte; c. Le Mineralogifte 



Great, or Occidental — Weft Indies — Very rare. The faculty 

 that the animals of this genus have of affixing to their fhells ftones, 

 and other bodies which come in their way, is a very curious fpe- 

 culation. 



Genus XLV. PYGM^A—PiGME^E— Pygmy, 



498. Zebra; — La Zebre — Zebra— China — Rare. 



499. Ruftica — Le Ruftique — Ruftie— Guinea — Voluta Ruftica 



cpo. iiiLirMiitiiiiHuii ^^Les rigonneaux Couvans — ^nneis^^^m^— 



Weft Indies — Voluta Mercatoria Linn. 



501. Phafianus — Le Faifah^ — Pheafant — Weft Indies. 

 ■ §02. Laevigata —L'Uni — Smooth — Weft Indies — Buccinurn 

 ]^aevigamm ? Linn. ' 



503. Virgata — Le Raye — Striped — Madagafcar—Very rare. 



504, Tuberofa — Le BofTu— Bunched — Weft Indies. 



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