388 Zoological Society. 



June 13, 1843. — Prof. Rymer Jones in the Chair. 



" Descriptions of new species of Shells about to be figured in the 

 * Conchologia Iconica/ " by Mr. Lovell Reeve, were read. 



CoNUS VIDUA. Con. testd turbinatd, alhd, fusco subtilissime reti- 

 culatd, reticulis ruptis, suhsparsis ; fasciis binis nigerrimo-fuscis, 

 maculis albis sparsis, irregulariter punctatis, cinctd ; spird concavo- 

 depressd, coronatd, apice subobtuso. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 8. f. 45 a and b. 

 Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines (on the reefs) ; Cuming. 

 This curiously mottled Cone presents a somewhat different style 

 of painting from the proximate species C. Nicobaricus and nocturnus. 



Conus furvus. Con. testd elongato-turbinatd, angustd, Icevi, spird 

 elatd; luteold, fasciis duabus, latis, furvo-fuscis, cingulatd; aper- 

 turd lineari. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 13. f. 69. 



Hab. Islands of Ticao and Masbate, Philippines (found in sandy 

 mud at low water) ; Cuming. 



I have to thank Mr. Adamson of Newcastle for sending me this 

 new and interesting Cone, a few specimens of which have been col- 

 lected by Mr. Cuming in the localities above noted. 



Pectunculus bicolor. Pect. testd suborbiculari, umbones versus 

 attenuatd, longitudinaliter sulcatd, sulcis numerosis, angustis ; al- 

 bidd, violaceo-nebulosd, maculis trigonis ferrugineo-rubidis irregu- 

 lariter pictd. 

 Conch. Icon., Pectunculus, pi. 5. f. 20. 

 Hab. Gulf of California. 



Mr. Gray appears to have mistaken this shell (Zoology of Beechey'-s 

 Voyage in the Blossom) for the Pectunculus incequalis. 



Pectunculus pallium. Pect. testd oblique ovatd, subquadratd, 

 radiatim costatd, costis Icevibus, prope marginem subobsoletis ; 

 luteold, maculis rubidis, quadratis, sparsis, vivide pictd. 

 Conch. Icon., Pectunculus, pi. 5. f. 21. 

 Hab. Zanzibar. 



This shell may be easily recognised by the dark ruddy spots which 

 are sparingly scattered here and there upon the warm uniform ground 

 which covers the surface. The cardinal portion of the shell is rather 

 solid. 



Pectunculus nodosus. Pect. testd suborbiculari, fulvo, furvo 

 castaneove variegatd ; radiatim costatd, costis nodosis ; intus albidd, 

 antice fuscescente. 

 Conch. Icon., Pectunculus, pi. 5. f. 21. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



The knobs on the ribs, by which this shell is chiefly characterized, 

 are much more strongly developed on the posterior side of the shell ; 

 on the anterior side they are almost obsolete. 



Pectunculus lineatus. Pect. testd orbiculari, convexd, subauricu- 

 laid ; decussatim striatd, striis longitudinalibus fortioribus ; albidd, 

 postice et mediane maculis <;astaneis irregulariter nebulosd, antice 



