210 Zoological Society. 



Several examples of this species have been collected by Mr. Cu- 

 ming, varying remarkably in their general appearance ; most of them 

 are obsoletely coronated, and all have the grooves more or less 

 strongly developed, with the apex remarkably sharp-pointed. Coni 

 sulcatus and orbitatus are the nearest allied species. 



Conus cuneolus. Con. testd abbreviato-turbinatd, superne obesd, 

 subinflatd; fused, maculis albidis paucis parvis, irregularibus, 

 subtrigonis, fasciatim aspersd, fascid albidd, fusco pallide stri- 

 gatd, interdum subobsoletd, infra medium ornatd ; spird convexo- 

 obtusd. 



Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 37. f. 205. 



Hub. ? 



This apparently variable species approximates in some degree to 

 the Conus mercator. 



Conus verriculum. Con. testd -cylindraceo-turbinatd, ventricosd, 

 subrotundatd, Icevi, basim versus striata ; albidd, maculis aurantiis 

 irregularibus bifasciatim cinctd, aurantio-fusco aliter latissime 

 reticulatd; maculis lineis undulatis nunc transversim, nunc longi- 

 tudinaliter strigatis ; spird concavo-acuminatd. 



Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 38. f. 208. 



Conus textile, var. /, Lamarck. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



Many persons will no doubt cavil at my attaching a new specific 

 name to this long-established variety of the Conus textile, but how 

 can Lamarck's Conus vicarius stand, unless this shell be elevated to 

 the same rank ? Its inflated growth and the wide open character 

 of the net- work are somewhat constant, and it may as well be noticed 

 that the Conus verriculum has long been erroneously set apart by 

 collectors for the Conus archiepiscopus, a very different shell, and one 

 of much greater rarity. Either the Conus verriculum must be adopted, 

 or the Conus vicarius must be rejected, and both considered as varie- 

 ties of the Conus textile. 



There can be no law for the adjudication of species, whilst a 

 species remains to be defined. If the Coni vicarius and verriculum 

 be discarded, hundreds of species may be banished in like manner 

 from the nomenclature, as the links in the grand chain of affinity 

 between the Aspergillum and the Argonaut become gradually re- 

 vealed to observation. 



Conus Martinianus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, fused, vel 

 luteolo-fuscd, ad basim, et per spine marginem, albidd ; Icevi, infra 

 medium sulcata, sulcis latiusculis, subdistantibus , striis prominen- 

 tibus, cancellatis ; spird convexd, spiraliter sulcatd, sulcis nume- 

 rosis, angustis, apice elato, acuto. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 40. f. 217. 



Conus teres Icevis, Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. p. 233. pi. 53. f. 

 584 ; Conus lacteus, var. ? Lamarck. 



Hab. Putao, province of Albay, island of Luzon, Philippines (found 

 under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



This species has been either injudiciously confounded by Lamarck 



