The Hifiory ^/ANIMALS. 145 
Murex cojlatus clavicula tuherculofct. 
\The cofiated Mur ex ^ with the clavicle tuberculofL 
This is a large and a very fmgular fpecies: it is four inches or more in length, and 
more than two in diameter at the head; from thence the body gradually grows fmaller 
to the extremity, where it is fplit a little way, by the continuation of the mouth : the 
clavicle is long, and has about eight volutions, of which, the lower ones have each a 
feries of tubercles, which on the firft and fecond make a kind of corona : the whole 
farface of the body fhell is elevated at fmall diftances into longitudinal ribs, and is of a 
yellowifh-brown, very beautifully variegated with lines of a darker colour* difpofed 
fo, as to give it much the appearance of the veins of wood 5 whence the French have 
called it Le Bois vene. 
It is a rare fhell; we have it from the fhores of South America, 
Murex ohfcure cojlatus , zonis Jlriatis . %i)t ttWbttl 
The obfcurely cofiated Murex , with firiated zones . <JJ 9 ufiC-(i)CilL 
This is about two inches long, and is near an inch and three quarters in diameter s 
the body of the fhell is fhort, and is elevated at confiderable diftances into feveral broad 
and low ribs: the clavicle is long, elegant, and formed of fix or eight volutions. The 
ground colour of the fhell is a whitifh-brown, and is elegantly furrounded with three 
or four zones, each formed of four or five {lender and even, black lines, with fpots of 
blackifla and reddifh between them, refembling very much the lines in which mufie 
is written, with the marks of crotchets, &c. A French writer has gone fo far, as 
to prick do wn a tune, which he pretends to have found on a fhell in one of the cabinets 
in that kingdom; and there is thus much in his favour, that, though it make a very 
pretty figure on the fhell, it is but bad mufic. 
We have this fpecies from the Eaft Indies, 
Murex cofia fimplici majufcula dorfali . 
The Murex , with a fingle , large y dorfal rib. 
This is one of the fmaller Murices: it does not exceed an inch and a half in length, 
and is about an inch in diameter : the body of the fhell is inflated, and approaches to 
an oval form : the opening of the mouth is long and wide, and the lip is bordered with 
a thick edge: the clavicle is fhort, and has about five volutions; the one bellied or 
rounded : along the middle of the back, there runs a longitudinal rib, which is large 
and thick, rounded at the fummit, and very like the thick edge of the lip : the reft of 
the furface is fmooth, and the colour is a fine horn colour, variegated with brown. 
We have this from feveral parts of the Eaft Indies, but it is not common in OUf 
cabinets. 
Murex tuberculofus labio protenfo bidentato. 
The tuberculous Mur ex, with a protended^ bident at ed lip e \\ 
This is a fmall fpecies; it rarely exceeds an inch and a half in length, and, meafuring 
from the moft protended part of the lip, it is at leaft as much in diameter: the clavi¬ 
cle is long, and compofed of five volutions; the lower one fo continuous with the 
body of the fhell, that it is not eafy to determine where it ends: the colour is a dufky 
brown, with a few paler variegations; the infide of the mouth is whitifh, or reddifh ; 
the whole furface of the body of the fhell is furrounded with round tubercles, fmall, 
and difpofed in feries; there are about four or five of thefe feries, and the tubercles 
are paler than the reft of the fhell: the mouth is very wide, and the lip protended 
a great way, and armed with two points; the one at the extremity, the other toward 
the middle. 
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