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14. Murex foliatus; (hell with a triple row of folia¬ 
tions; aperture one-toothed. It is found on the eaftern 
Chores of North America. 
15. Murex fcorpio: (hell with four rows of foliations; 
fpire capitate; beak truncate. Inhabits the iouthern dif- 
tribls of Alia; is extremely rare and valuable. The fhell 
is white, brown, or black; aperture orbicular ; one of the 
whorl's turgid, and larger than the reft. 
16. Murex faxatilis: fhell with five rows of foliations 
and contiguous fpire ; beak abbreviated. Found in the 
Mediterranean, and fome of the coafts of Alia. 
17. Murex diaphanus : Ihell white, diaphanous, with 
fix rows of foliations tipt with black. 
18. Murex cichoreum : (hells ochraceous, tranfverfely 
ftriate, with numerous rows of foliations neither very pro¬ 
minent nor cripfed. 
19. Murex verlicolor: fhell varied with white and red, 
with flat acute foliations pointed with black. 
20. Murex erinaceus : (hell fub-angular; the whorls 
crowned with tubular and fub-fpinous railed fcales or 
points; beak fhort and covered. It inhabits the Eu¬ 
ropean feas, and is about two inches long. The (hell is 
extremely rugged, furrounded with tubular ribs, each 
rib ending with its mouth on the angle; aperture oval, 
fpire pointed with lix whorls; lip broad and crenate. 
21. Murex ftriatus : fhell with feven rows of foliations; 
white, with elevated tranfverfe brown ftria:. Inhabits 
India. 
22. Murex tripterus: fhell elongated, triangular, with 
membranaceous foliations at the angles. Found in Cam¬ 
pania. The fhell is fnowy, tranfverfely wrinkled; the 
wrinkles crofted with longitudinal ftrias; aperture oblong 
ovate, granulate; the fpire has feven whorls, granulate 
between the futures. 
23. Murex facellum: fhell umbilicate, with muricate 
ribs; the whorls fiattifn above, with acute margins; lip 
crenate; beak ftraight, afcending. It inhabits Nicobar. 
24. Murex motacilla: fhell triangular, knotty, tranf¬ 
verfely'grooved, with a triple row of tubercles; beak 
long, fubulate, ftraight; mouth white. .Found in India. 
25. Murex triqueter: Ihell long, fubulate, triangular, 
with reticulated ribs, and a ftraight ciofed beak. The 
(hell is white, fpotted with red; the aperture is elliptic; 
the lip crenate; fpire pyramidal, with fix whorls. 
III. With three protuberant rounded futures; chiefly of 
the Eaftern or Pacific J’eas; J'ome of the fpccies arc mere 
fojfils. 
26. Murex lyratus : fhell with protuberances crofted by 
fmooth belts ; aperture ovate. It is found in George’s Bay. 
27. Murex rana: fhell rough, with oppofite impreffed 
protuberances, and a muricate belt or two; aperture 
commonly toothlefs and ovate. Found on the Afiatic 
(h ores. 
28. Murex gyrinus : fhell with oppofite continued pro¬ 
tuberances, and barred with tuberculate dots; aperture 
orbicular. Found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic ; 
alfo on the fhores of America and India. 
29. Murex affinis : (hell turgid, with oppofite continued 
protuberances; fpire pointed; the whorls furrounded 
with a crown of tubercles, the outmoft glabrous. 
30. Murex lampas: (hell with nearly-oppofite protube¬ 
rances, gibbous; the protuberaiijces longitudinally tuber- 
qulate. It inhabits India, and is from four to fourteen 
inches long. The (hell is of a red or chefnut colour, and 
rough with minute tubercles; aperture oval, toothed on 
each fide, whitifti fleih-colour, with an oval orange-co¬ 
loured border within. 
31. Murex olearium.- (hell with alternate protuberances 
and numerous tubercles; back unarmed behind, and 
ftriate; the aperture is toothlefs, It inhabits the Medi¬ 
terranean and African feas. 
32. Murex femorale; (hell with decuflate protuberances, 
triangular, wrinkled, and knotty on the fore-part; aper¬ 
ture ovate, toothlefs, Inhabits Afia, Guinea, and Anw- 
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rica; it is from five to even inches long. The flieil is 
brown, with tranfverfe ribs which are white towards the 
aperture, with intermediate grooves tranfverfely ftriate; 
beak turned inwards. 
33. Murex cutaceus : flieil with a (ingle protuberance, 
angular, and a little wrinkled with knots; aperture 
toothed; pillar,perforated. It inhabits Barbary, Guinea, 
and South America; is three inches long"; fhell brownilh, 
with a tinge qf bloom or white, with perpendicular un¬ 
dulate lines. 
34. Murex lotorium: flieil with decuflate protube¬ 
rances, angular, with longitudinal tuberculous knots'; 
beak flexuous ; aperture toothed. It inhabits the Medi¬ 
terranean. 
35. Murex pileare: flieil with decuflate protuberances, 
and a little wrinkled with knots; aperture toothed; beak 
fub-afeending. Found in the Mediterranean. 
36. Murex bufonius: flieil with fix oppofite continued 
vaulted protuberances and knotty belts; beak oblique. 
37. Murex pyrum : Jhell varicofe, ovate, tranfverfely 
grooved, and knotty, with a long flexuous fubulate beak. 
It inhabits the Indian Ocean, in numerous varieties. 
The fhell is white, fometimes varied with brown, or chef- 
nut, or yeliovvifti-brown ; angular, longitudinally ftriate, 
and tranfverfely grooved; aperture oval, toothed; pillar 
fometimes toothed, fometimes not. 
38. Murex caudatus: flieil thin, tranfverfely ftriate, 
brown varied with white; beak fubulate; fpire a little 
prominent, and tipt with brown; the whorls grooved, 
the firft gibbous. 
39. Murex rubecula: flieil with decuflate protube¬ 
rances, obtufe with knotty wrinkles ; belly equal ; aper¬ 
ture toothed. Inhabits Africa, India, and South Ame¬ 
rica ; it is very rare. 
40. Murex fcrobiculator: (hell with nearly-oppofite 
hollowed protuberances; fmooth; aperture toothed. It 
inhabits the Mediterranean. 
41. Murex reticularis: flieil with nearly-oppofite pro¬ 
tuberances, reticulate, with tuberculate fpots ; pillar al- 
moft toothlefs, beak afcending. Inhabits the Mediterra¬ 
nean and America; (lx inches long. Shell tranfverfely 
ribbed, and longitudinally ftriate, with party-coloured 
knots in the angles of the fection; aperture with a red 
border; lip toothed. 
42. Murex lameliofus: flieil with membranaceous pro¬ 
tuberances continued through the fpire, and terminated 
with a fpine. It inhabits the Falkland Iflands. 
43. Murex nodatus: whorls knotty; beak ftraight3 
aperture violet 5 lip toothed. It inhabits New Holland. 
44. Murex anus: (hell with a dilated membranaceous 
protuberance and lips, gibbous and reticulate, with tu¬ 
bercles; aperture finuous; the beak is ereft. Inhabits 
the Mediterranean and Afia; is three inches long; and 
the (hell is generally brown, with white bands and fub- 
triangular aperture. 
45. Murex miliaris: flieil varicofe, with tuberculate 
belts; aperture a little toothed; beak elongated; whorls 
ventricofe; the flieil is of a cinereous greenilh colour; 
the tubercles fometimes black, rarely rufous. 
46. Murex Senegaienlis: (hell tranfverfely ftriate, with 
fpinous protuberances, the (pines decreafing towards the 
head. This fpecies inhabits Senegal; is about two inches 
and a half long; the (hell with nine tubercles, alternately 
lefs; each of them armed with eight fpines; the fpire 
with eight wliorls. 
47. Murex carinatus : (hell veutricofe, with five or fix 
whorls forming angular ridges; aperture femi-circular; 
b?ak a little reflected. It inhabits Europe. 
IV. More or lefs fpinous, and without manifeft beak. 
48. Murex ricinus : (hell obovate, with rows of fubulate 
fpines; aperture and lip toothed. Inhabits the Afiatic 
Ocean; about one inch and a half long. Mouth violet- 
colour. 
49. Murex nodus; fhell obovate, with conic fpines; lip 
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