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vated lines. It inhabits the European Teas, and is about 
five inches long. The fhell is coarfe white, with a glofl'y 
orange-yellow aperture; the animal is fometimes eaten, 
but is more frequently ufed as a bait for cod and ray-fifh. 
84. Murex fornicatus: beak dilated; fhell ovate ob¬ 
long; the whorls ventricofe, longitudinally ftriate, and a 
little angular. It inhabits the Greenland feas. The fhell 
is more than three inches long, fub-diaphanous,fmoothifh, 
and yellow; within white, glabrous. 
85. Murex incraffatus : fhell oblong, tranfverfely wrin¬ 
kled and longitudinally ftriate; lip denticulate within, 
and thickened without. 
86. Murex truncatus : fhell oblong, longitudinally 
ribbed; beak a little reflected, emarginate, truncate. This 
is the M. coftatus of Pennant. It inhabits the European 
coafts: is very minute, with fix whorls. 
87. Murex acuminatus: fhell narrow, oblong, ribbed, 
with a pointed fpire. Inhabits England. 
88 . Murex argus : fhell gibbous, with tranfverfe tuber- 
culate ribs; brown, with darker bands, within white ; 
aperture ovate. It is found in India, and in the Friendly 
and Society iflands. 
89. Murex maculofus: fhell cancellate, yellow, with 
alternate white bands and chefnut patches; fpire with 
eleven round whorls. 
90. Murex magellanicus: fhell ventricofe, umbilicate, 
tranfverfely ftriate, cinereous, within violet; whorls of 
the fpire with parallel ribs, the firft very large. 
91. Murex cancellatus : fhell ovate, folid, opaque, cine¬ 
reous ; whorls of the fpire cancellate, and feparated by a 
groove. 
91. Murex fcolopaceus: fhell brown ; whorls furrounded 
with grooves, and with tubercles above; tip of the tuber¬ 
cles and aperture white. There is a variety which is more 
elongated, and of a dirty yellow, with an obfolete band 
on the whorls; the tubercles more globular. 
93. Murex litteratus : fhell ventricofe, tapering, fpotted 
with black; pillar with a tingle plait; beak fhort; fhell 
fnowy, with a wide aperture; fpire with eight prickly 
whorls. 
94. Murex trigonus: fhell fub-triangular, cancellate; 
fpire with feven inflated contiguous whorls, the firft with 
a large diftinft tubercle. It is found in Senegal. The 
fhell is two inches long. 
95. Murex femilunaris : fhell longitudinally ribbed, and 
very finely ftriate tranfverfely; fpire with flattifh diftant 
whorls, with rows of tubercles; aperture femilunar. This 
is found in Senegal; about an inch long. 
96. Murex coftatus fhell with annular ftriae, and in¬ 
flated round whorls, each of them with nine rounded pa¬ 
rallel fpinous ribs. Inhabits Senegal; two inches and a 
half long. 
97. Murex fulcatus: fhell rounded, with annular grooves; 
aperture oval; firft whorl of the fpire turgid. Found in 
Senegal; one-inch and three-quarters long, with nine con¬ 
tiguous whorls, which are fometimes inflated, fometimes 
flattifh. 
98. Murex fufiformis: fhell elongated, with numerous 
rows of very minute crowded tubercles. This alfo inha¬ 
bits Senegal; the fhell is fix lines long, with about eight 
whorls; the firft with from twelve to fifteen rows of tu¬ 
bercles, the fecond with five. 
99. Murex tritonis: fhell ventricofe, oblong, fmooth, 
with rounded whorls to the aperture, and fhort beak. 
Inhabits India and the South Seas. There is a variety 
found in the Mediterranean 5 the fhell is full fixteen inches 
long, white, and appearing as if covered with brown, 
yellow, and black, fcales; the pillar is white, with tranf¬ 
verfe black ftriae; whorls of the fpire feparated by a no¬ 
dulous future, the firft marked with ftriate grooves. This 
fpecies is ufed by the natives of New Zealand as a mufical 
fhell; and by the Africans, and many nations of the Eaft, 
as a military horn. 
100. Murex tulipa: fhell ventricofe, oblong, fmooth; 
whorls rounded, with a double future ; pillar with two 
plaits; beak dilated, ftriate. It inhabits South America; 
the fhell generally fpotted and clouded, within tranfverfely 
ftriate ; whorls fometimes with only a Angle future.' 
101. Murexclathratus : fhell oblong, beaked and grooved, 
with longitudinal fub-membranaceous plaits. This fpe¬ 
cies is found in Iceland; it refembles very much the Turbo 
clathratus; but it has a fhort beak, and numerous ereft 
comprelfed plaits. 
102. Murex naflo: fhell folid, black, or pale brown, 
with a white fub-diaphanous band; whorls knotty; pil¬ 
lar a little plaited. This is thought to be a fpecies be¬ 
tween the Voluta and Murex. 
103. Murex plicatus: whorls of the fpire plaited and 
knotty. It is found, though rarely, in India. 
104. Murex fcala: fhell umbilicate, with diftant wedged, 
ribbed, and tranfverfely-ftriate, whorls ; aperture heart- 
fhaped. The fhell is reddifh-white, fometimes yellow, 
with pale brown bands. 
105. Murex fifcelium: fhell angular, longitudinally 
plaited and tranfverfely ftriate; lip toothed; mouth vio¬ 
let ; beak ftraight, fhort. Inhabits China. 
106. Murex corona: fhell faftigate, with brown and 
yellowifh bands ; whorls above flattifh, with waved imbri¬ 
cate fcales; beak ftraight, entire. Inhabits Mexico. 
107. Murex dolarium : beak dilated, fhell ovate, with 
a few elevated obtufe belts on the whorls. Inhabits the 
ocean ; fize of a walnut. 
108. Murex corneus: fhell oblong, flender, white, the 
margins of the whorls complicated, the tip tubercular; 
aperture toothlefs; beak a little afcending. It inhabits 
the Britifh and North feas; three inches long. The fhell 
is white, covered with a brown ikin, tranfverfely ftriate; 
fpire with eight round whorls. 
109. Murex lignarius: fhell oblong, coarfe, with ob- 
tufely knotty whorls; aperture toothlefs; beak fhort, 
ftraightifh. Found in divers parts of the ocean; about 
three or four inches long. 
110. Murex trapezium : fhell oblong, obtufely angular, 
with (lightly knotty whorls ; aperture toothed ; beak fhort 
and ftraight. It inhabits the Indian ocean; it is fre¬ 
quently feen above fix inches long. 
in. Murex vefpertilio: fhell folid, ventricofe, fmooth, 
with an oblong oval aperture; beak and fpire ftriate; the 
outer whorls caniculate. It is found in the Indian ocean, 
and is full four inches long. The fhell on the outfide is 
of a chefnut-colour, but within it is of a flefh-colour. 
1 [2. Murex fcolymus.: fhell thin, diaphanous, ventri¬ 
cofe, and tranfverfely ftriate; the middle of the back 
fmooth ; fpire with obtufe undulate knots ; pillar three- 
plaited ; the fhell is white, with nine or ten whorls on 
the fpire; the tubercles are hollow within, and the beak 
is annulate. 
_i 13. Murex harpa: fhell ventricofe, longitudinally 
ribbed, the ribs tranfverfely ftriate ; fpire a little promi¬ 
nent, the whorls diftant. 
114. Murex tuba: fhell fufiform, tranfverfely ftriate, 
white, with a brown tip to the fpire; whorls diftant, and 
crowned at the bafe with knots. It is found in China, 
and is nearly fix inches long. 
115. Murex fyracufanus: fhell oblong, with ftriate 
plaited whorls, covered with tuberculate ridge's; aperture 
toothlefs; beak fhort. It inhabits the Mediterranean; 
but is extremely rare. 
116. Murex craticulatus: fhell whitifh, oblong, with 
rounded, plaited, and tranfverfely-reticulated, whorls; 
aperture toothed; beak fhort. It inhabits the Mediter¬ 
ranean. 
117. Murex fcriptus: fhell ftriated, nearly without beak, 
fufiform, fmooth, pale, with longitudinal browm ftriae; lip 
toothed. It inhabits the Mediterranean, and is not much 
larger than a grain of barley. 
118. Murex ternatus: fhell tranfverfely ftriate, with 
diftant, undulate, tuberculate, whorls; aperture oblong; 
beak ftraight, longifh. It inhabits Ternate ifland; is 
yellow, and about four inches long, 
119. Murex 
