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triqueter. 2 $. M. long, fubulate, triangular-, ribs reticulated 5 
beak ftraight, doled ; fpire pyramidal, with 6 whirls. 
C. With thick , protuberant , rounded futures. 
lyratus. 26. M. protuberances croffed by fmooth belts ; 
aperture ovate. 
rana. 27. M. rough, with oppofite, impreffed protuber- 
ances, with one or two muricated belts. Alia. 
gyrinus. 28. M. protuberances oppofite, continued, and bar- 
red with tu'oerculated dots ; aperture orbicular. Me- 
diterranean, Atlantic, India. 
affinis. 29. M. turgid, with oppofite continued protuber- 
ances ; fpire pointed ; whirls furrounded with a crown 
of tubercles ; the outermoft glabrous . 
lampas. 30. M. protuberances nearly oppofite, gibbous, with 
longitudinal tuberculated protuberances 5 from 4 to 14 
inches long. Indian ocean. 
oleariurn. 31. M. protuberances ’alternate, and numerous tu- 
bercles ; back unarmed and ftriated behind; aperture 
toothlefs. Mediterranean and African feas. 
femorale. 32. M. protuberances decuffated, triangular, wrink- 
led and knotty on the fore-part ; aperture ovate, tooth- 
lefs ; from 3 to 7 inches long. Afia, Guinea, and A- 
merica. 
cutaceus. 33. M. with a fingle protuberance ; angular, and 
a little wrinkled with knots ; pillar perforated ; aper- 
ture toothed ; 3 inches long. Barbary, Guinea, South 
America. 
lotorium. 34. M. protuberances decuffated, angular, with 
longitudinal tuberculous knots ; beak flexuous ; aper- 
ture toothed. Mediterranean. 
pileare. 35. M. protuberances decuffated, and a little wrink- 
led with knots ; aperture toothed ; beak fubafcending. 
Mediterranean. 
bufonius. 36. M. fix oppofite, continued, vaulted protuber- 
ances, and knotty belts ; beak oblique. A rare (hell. 
pyrum. 37. M. varicofe, ovate, tranfverfely grooved and 
knotty ; beak long, flexuous, fubulate. Indian ocean. 
caudatus . 38. M. thin, tranfverfely ftriated ; beak fubulate; 
fpire a little prominent, tipt with brown ; whirls 
grooved ; firft gibbous. 
rubecula. 39. M. protuberances decuffated, obtufe, with knotty 
wrinkles ; belly equal ; aperture toothed. Africa, 
India, South America. Rare. 
fcrobicula - 40. M. protuberances hollowed, fmooth, nearly op- 
ta. polite ; aperture toothed. Mediterranean. 
reticularis. 41. M. protuberances nearly oppofite, reticulated 
with tuberculated fpots ; pillar almolf toothlefs ; beak 
afcending ; 6 inches long. Mediterranean, America. 
lamellofus. 42. M. protuberances membranaceous, continued 
through the fpire, and terminated with a fpine. Falk- 
land iflands. 
nodatus. 43. M. whirls knotty; aperture violet ; lip toothed; 
beak ftraight. New Holland. 
anus. 44. M. protuberances and lips membranaceous, di- 
lated ; gibbous and reticulated with tubercles ; aper- 
ture finuous ; beak ereft ; 3 inches long. Mediter- 
ranean and Afia. 
miliaris . 45. M. varicofe, with tuberculated belts ; aperture 
a little toothed ; beak elongated ; whirls ventricofe. 
fenegalen- 46. M. tranfverfely ftriated, with fpinous protuber- 
Jis. ances ; the fpines decreafing towards the head ; 2 \ 
inches long. Senegal. 
carinatus. * 47. M. ventricofe, with 5 or 6 whirls, forming an- 
gular ridges 5 aperture femicircular ; beak a little re- 
flected ; 4 inches long. Europe, Britain. 
D. More or lefs fpinous , and without manifejl beak. 
48. M. obovate, with fubulate fpines in rows; a -ricinus 0 
perture and lip toothed ; 14 inch long. Afiatic ocean. 
49. M. obovate with conic fpines; lip toothed ; nodus. 
pillar fmooth, coloured ; 3^- inches long. 
50. M. knots in numerous rows ; lip with pointed neritoideus 
angles ; pillar flattilh. India. 
51. M. coarfe, ventricofe, tranfverfely ftriated, v/rthfucus* 
4 rows of knots ; pillar impreffed 3 outmoft whirls flat- 
tilh. 
32. M. obovate and knotty on the fore part; aper -loco. 
ture fuborbicular, toothlefs ; 4 or 5 inches long. Chi- 
nefe Ihores. Yields a purple fluid. 
53. M. fubovate, with acute fpines in 4 rows; aper -hyfrtx. 
ture toothlefs, repand. 
34. M. ovate, with obfolete fpines, which ar ntnancinella 
blackilh : aperture toothlefs ; pillar tranfverfely ftriat- 
ed. 
55. M. ovate, ftriated, with 3 or 3 rows of obtufe hippocafa- 
fpines or tubercles ; aperture tranfverfely ftriated. num . 
Guinea, India. 
36. M. Small prickly whelk. Tapering, lorigilu&i-fenticofus. 
nally ribbed, and tranfverfely cancellated ; aperture ftri- 
ated ; ribs prickly ; 2 inches long. Indian ocean. 
37. M. obovate, glaucous, with a fubfpinous whirl ; melongera „ 
fpire fomewhat prominent ; aperture fmooth ; 3^ inches 
long. India, America. 
38. M. thick, ventricofe, tranfverfely grooved and conful. 
knotted ; aperture repand, ovate; lip finuous, inward- 
ly plaited and denticulated. India. 
39. M. brown, fubovate, flightly beaked with lima. 
crowded, nodulous, paler belts. George’s bay. 
E. With a long , freight, fubulate , clofed beak, and un- 
armed with fpines. 
60.. M. without beak, flightly plaited, ovate, point- cariofus. 
ed ; lip carious. Found in the aqueduCt at Seville. 
61. M. tapering with acute fpotted belts, and ftraight babylonius . 
tail; lip cleft ; 4 inches long. Indian and American 
iflands. 
62. M. tapering, with immaculate knotty belts; lip javanus. 
with a feparate fcoop. India. 
63 ., M. ventricofe, pointed with a cancellated, re-fnenfs. 
fleCled beak ; aperture oval ; whirls with tranfverfe,* 
granulated ftriae ; bafe crowned with fpines. Senegal. 
64. M. fpire with, elevated rings ; interftices fill -framineus, 
ed with Ihort, ftraw-like projections ; whirls crowned 
with tubercles at the bafe ; 3 inches long. Southern 
ocean. 
63. M. ovate, longitudinally ftriated ; lip undulated ; auf rails. 
whirls channelled ; firft turgid, and 4-plaited ; the 
next 3. plaited ; 2~ inches long. South fea. 
66. M. fpire pointed, and tranfverfely ftriated; 4 uncinatus, 
firft whirls with a callus, armed with hooks in the mid- 
dle, 3 and 6 ribbed, the reft glabrous. 
67. M. tapering; whirls crowned with tubercles, turn's. 
and furrounded with a granulate belt ; the firft finely 
ftriated tranfverfely. 
68. M. beak a little refle&ed, and obliquely ftriated ; cofatus. 
3 firft whirls of the fpire ribbed ; other 4 cancellated ; 
firft 
