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.FUSUS Lima. 
TAB. CCCCXXIII. —Jig. 4. 
Spec. Char. Ovato-fusiform, pointed, carina- 
ted ; upper edges of the whorls elevated 
and pressed upon the spire ; carinae many, 
acute, the central ones decussated by small 
sharp costae ; lines of growth acute. 
Upon the upper parts of the whorls, the carinae are 
mere striae decussated by the lines of growth • in the 
middle they are sharp, and so much elevated that they 
almost form spines where they are intersected by the 
small acute ribs ; upon the lower parts of the shell, they 
are prominent, sharp and entire : in other respects this 
agrees with the last species. 
We have met with but one specimen of this neat shell, 
it came from Barton. 
Fusus rugosus of Lamarck is intermediate in form 
between this and Fusus rugosus of Min. Conch, tab. 
274, but quite distinct from either ; Lamarck has 
erroneously quoted Brander’s Murex porrectus, and we 
have been accordingly misled ; of course Brander’s 
name must be restored. Lamarck’s F„ rugosus does not 
occur in England. 
