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with the Conus lacteus, or it has been altogether neglected. Mar- 

 tini has given a very accurate figure of it, but his irregular style of 

 nomenclature precludes the possibility of our following the title by 

 which he distinguished it. The Conus spectrum is described by that 

 author under the name of Conus teres, and this immediately follows 

 under that of Conus teres Icevis ; the former is however a shell of a 

 more inflated growth, and distinguished moreover by markings of 

 which the Conus Martinianus is entirely destitute. Most specimens 

 exhibit a longitudinal white streak here and there, running parallel 

 with the lines of growth. 



Conus incarnatus. Con. testa turbinatd, vix pyriformi, basim 

 versus subtilissime liratd, liris numerosis, confertis ; albd, fasciis 

 duabus latissimis, pallide incarnatis, cinctd ; spird convexiusculd, 

 spiraliter incisd, maculis incarnatis arcuatis pallide variegatd, 

 apice mucronato, elato. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 41. f. 221. 

 Hab. Malacca (found on mud-banks) ; Cuming. 

 Although the specimen above described is in the best state of pre- 

 servation, I should have judged it, from its simple style of colouring, 

 to be a shell of immature growth, were it not that Mr. Cuming col- 

 lected several specimens of them at Malacca on the mud-banks, all 

 exhibiting the same uniformity of external character. 



Conus b^eticus. Con. testd turbinatd, solidiusculd, Icevi, basim 

 versus granulosd ; albd, punctis maculisque grandibus, bceticis, vi- 

 vide pictd ; spird subobtuso-convexd, obsolete coronatd, spiraliter 

 sulcaid, sulcis striato-cancellatis. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 42. f. 226. ' 

 Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The Conicus baeticus exhibits no other colour but that of the dots 

 and blotches, which are of very dark chocolate-brown upon a white 

 ground. 

 Conus epistomium. Con. testd elongato -turbinatd, rectd, tenuiculd, 

 albd, maculis aurantio-fuscis, peculiariter fluentibus, bifasciatim 

 cinctd, maculis albo subobsolete transversim punctato-lineatis ; 

 spird depressiusculd, fuscescente maculatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 42. f. 227. 

 Hab. Mauritius. 



This shell is of a peculiarly straight form, and reminds one very 

 forcibly of the spigot or faucet -stop of a barrel ; the very faint white 

 dotted transverse lines are exceedingly regular, and of quite a differ- 

 ent character to those of the brocade species. 



Conus cocceus. Con. testd turbinatd, superne obesiusculd, subro- 

 tundatd, transversim subtilissime liratd, inter stitiis leviter pertusis ; 

 albd, liris maculis parvis irregularibus, pallide cocceis, eximie tee- 

 niatis ; spird obtuso-convexd. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 42. f. 228. 

 Hab. New Holland. 



Mr. Cuming possesses three specimens of this delicately marked 

 Cone, the entire surface of which is covered with faintly articulated 

 fillets of white and scarlet. 



