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no. Murex Infundibulum: ftiell umbilicate,undulately 
knotty, with elevated brown ilrice 5 perforation funnel- 
fhaped; pillar two-plaited. This is-a very rare fhell, about 
four inches long, with nine whorls. 
120. Mu rex polygonus : fliell a little ventricofe, undu¬ 
late, with tubercles ; ftriate, grooved, and obtufely angled ; 
black, with an oval aperture and lliort beak. It inhabits 
the Indian ocean. 
121. Murex iflandicus: fhell tranfverfely ftriate, fnowy, 
covered with a brown Ik in ; fpire papillous at the tip, with 
round whorls, the firft very large and ventricofe. It is 
fotrnd in Iceland. The fliell is about live inches long, 
with from fix to nine whorls ; the aperture is oblong; the 
beak fhort, lip acute ; pillar fmooth. 
122. Murex iaevigatus : fliell fufiform ; fpire tranfverfely 
ftriate, with diftant flattifh whorls, the firfb round and 
fmooth ; the beak rather long. It has been found in the 
foflil ftate in Campania, and is three inches and a quar¬ 
ter long. 
123. Murex foflilis: fo called 611 account of its being 
found (in Campania) only in the foflil ftate ; fliell full- 
form, thin, cancellate, with a long beak. It is an inch 
and a quarter long. 
124. Murex candidus : fhell fnowy, tranfverfely ftriate; 
fpire wdtli diftant wdiorls, carinate in the middle, and 
crowned with tubercles ; aperture oval; lip grooved with¬ 
in, and denticulate at the margin. The fliell is between 
nine and ten inches long. 
125. Murex anfatus: lhell browm, tranfverfely ftriate ; 
fpire mucronate, the whorls diftant, convex, and knotty 
at the bafe ; beak long. 
126. Murex undatus: fliell white, folid, ventricofe, with 
waved angles, and very finely ftriate tranfverfely; fpire 
mucronate, the whorls knotty at the bafe; lip denticu¬ 
late. It inhabits India; is eight inches and a half long, 
and ponderous. 
127. Murex longiftimus : fliell thin, ftriate, with an ob- 
tufe knotty fpire and long ftraight beak. It inhabits In¬ 
dia; is nine inches long; fliell white, with ten whorls. 
128. Murex lancea: fhell narrowed; whorls of the fpire 
tranfverfely ribbed and longitudinaiiy crenate; aperture 
ovate, ribbed with white within, and toothed at the mar¬ 
gin; the pillar is two-plaited. It inhabits Amboyna. 
129. Murex anguftus: fliell narrowed; firft whorl of 
the fpire longitudinally plaited and tranfverfely ribbed, 
the others fmooth and round; beak tranfverfely ribbed. 
130. Murex verlicolor: fhell fubcylindrical with an ob- 
tufe fpire, the whorls round and ftriate, the low-er ones 
moftly glabrous. It inhabits India; fhell brown varie¬ 
gated, jwith nine whorls. 
131. Murex verrucofus: fhell umbilicate, and fur- 
rounded with belts, the middle ones more raifed ; whorls 
crowned with tubercles, wdiich are fpotted with brown ; 
beak infiefted. Inhabits the Red Sea. 
132. Murex ftriatulus : fliell thin, tranfverfely ftriate ; 
fpire.mucronate; the whorls round; beak long; aperture 
ovate ; lip crenulate. Shell about four inches long, co¬ 
vered with a brown fkin. 
133. Murex pardalus : fliell rounded, white, with violet 
fpots, longitudinally ribbed and tranfverfely ftriate; fpire 
obtufe; beak long. 
134. Murex gigas : whorls of the fpire turgid, gibbous, 
nodulous, and annulate ; beak reflected ; lip denticulate 
beneath. This fhell is twenty-one inches long. 
135. Murex lignofus: fhell whitifh ; fpire obtufe, the 
whorls flightly crowned with unequal tubercles ; beak 
tranfverfely ftriate. About one inch and a half in length. 
136. Murex gibbulus : fliell tapering, orange; fpire ob¬ 
tufe, the whorls diftant, with longitudinal ribs and flexu- 
ous tranfverfe ftriae ; beak fliort. 
137. Murex granularis: fhell tapering; fpire with con¬ 
tiguous whorls feparated by a flexuous line, the ftrft ven¬ 
tricofe. Found in the Adriatic. 
138. Murex vexillum; fliell orange, tapering, traijf- 
Et E X. 
verfely ribbed with brown ; whorls convex ; aperture 
oval; lip denticulate ; beak fliort. 
139. Murex vulpinus : fliell tawny, oblong, ventricofe; 
whorls eight, with a ftriate margin; aperture glabrous; 
beak fhort, and bent outwards. 
140. Murex afer: fliell ovate, tranfverfely ftriate; fpire 
with nine flattifh whorls, crowned with a row of tubercles. 
The fhell is one inch and a half long, fulvous or white va¬ 
ried with brown. 
141. Murex Campanicus : fliell ventricofe; fpire ob¬ 
tufe, cancellate, with carinate whorls, the ftrft ventricofe 
and fmooth ; beak long and fmooth. It is found fofnl 
in Campania; and is three inches long. 
142. Murex arenofuswhorls of the fpire with decuf- 
fa-te ribs; the ftrft very large, the three outmoft fmooth : 
beak acute ; aperture oval; lip toothed outwardly. It 
inhabits the fandy (bores of India; very fmall. 
143. Murex marcenfis : fliell narrow, brownifh, tranf¬ 
verfely ftriate ; fpire mucronate, with diftant, contrary, 
round, longitudinally-ribbed, whorls; beak prominent; 
aperture oval. 
144. Murex lineatus : fhell oblong, wliitifh, with tranf¬ 
verfe ftriae ; beak fliort, ftraight. Found on the fliores or 
New Zealand. 
145. Murex perron : fliell a little tapering ; the whorls 
carinate above, margined and flattened ; beak long, ftraight. 
It inhabits the Southern Ocean. 
146. Murex larva : fhell cylindrical; fpire with a cre¬ 
nate callous belt, the upper whorls with plaited knots; 
lower ones flattifh ; beak ftraight, fliort, emarginate. 
147. Murex neritoideus; fliell folid, thick, coarfe ; fpire 
exferted ; the whorls tranfverfely ftriate ; aperture femi- 
orbicular, and ftriate ; beak ftraight and fhort. 
148. Murex prifmaticus : fhell ovate angular, iridefeent, 
longitudinally grooved and plaited ; beak fhort; lip den¬ 
ticulate. It inhabits India and the South Seas. 
149. Murex columbarium : fliell with longitudinal 
plaited ribs, and tranfverfely-grooved, angular, fpinous, 
carinate, alternately varied with white and brown; whorls 
lefiening fuddenly; beak fliort, ftraight; mouth violet. 
It inhabits Pulo Condore-. 
150. Murex afperrimus: fliell ribbed, varied with brown, 
yellow, and white; whorls oblique, with a tuberculate 
margin, a brown band in the middle, and another white 
one; beak dilated, afeending. Shell nearly two inches 
long. 
3 51. Murex undulatus : fnell white, undulate with bay, 
with grooves marked with railed Arias; the whorls, at the 
margin, nodulous ; beak ftraight. Found in the Red Sea, 
and is about four inches long. 
VI. Tapering,/ululate, with a very Jhort leak. 
1 52. Murex vertagus : whorls of the fpire plaited above; 
beak afeending; pillar plaited within. It inhabits India, 
is about three inches long, with fifteen or more round 
whorls feparated by a groove ; the lower ones fmooth on 
one part; beak very fliort. 
153. Murex aluco: whorls of the fpire tuberculate, with 
a fpinous ftreak in the middle ; pillar with a Angle plait; 
beak afeending. It is found in the Southern and Atlantic 
Oceans, alfo in the Red Sea; and is about four inches lon°-- 
whorls generally whitifh, fprinkled with bluifli or brownifh 
dots, and tranfverfely ftriate; lip round ; aperture oval. 
154. Murex annularis : whorls furrounded with lon<ri- 
tudinally-ftriate belts, the firft whorl tranfverfely ftriate; 
beak afeending. 
155. Murex plicatulus : fhell ventricofe, with a trail ft 
verfely-ftriate fpire, the whorls with longitudinally-knotty 
plaits; aperture ova). The fhell is yellowifti, with white 
plaits; fpire with eight whorls; pillar with a finale 
wrinkle. 
1 56. Murex fordidus: fhell ventricofe, tranfverfely ftriate, 
and crowned with black knots; lip dilated. The fliell is 
generally bluiih, witlj a very trifling prominent beak. This 
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