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NEW SPECIE8 OF CONE FROM THE SOLOMON 

 ISLANDS. 



By J. Brazier, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 



CoNUS Waterhouse.e, sp.nov. 



Shell somewhat solid, oblong, coronated; spire slightly raised, 

 apex obtuse; whorls 8, having white nodes, the interspaces with 

 dark brown spots, spirall}'- sulcated with 6 rather narrow and deep 

 grooves, having 2 closer together near the base showing faint little 

 punctures like a thimble; colour yellowish-brown with whitish 

 longitudinal flexuous streaks or blotches; columellar base very 

 dark brown mingled with white; lip straight, whitish, interior of 

 the aperture dark violet. 



Long. 30; diam. maj. 15; aperture, 25 mm. 



Hah. — Solomon Islands (Mrs. G. J. Waterhouse). 



This very prett}^ Cone came from the Solomon Islands, but the 

 exact island is not known. It has been in Mrs. Waterhouse's 

 collection for the last twelve months. The specimen is in a good 

 state of preservation; the spiral sulcations visible a little below 

 the crown are very fine, and those near the base are deeply 

 engraved, showing minute punctures or pits like those on a 

 thimble; the colour markings are also peculiar, being of a 

 yellowish-brown with whitish longitudinal flexuous streaks. 



The only specimen I have at present seen has been lent me for 

 description by Mrs. G. J. Waterhouse, after whom I have the 

 pleasure of naming the species. 



The type is now in the collection of Mrs. Agnes Kenyon, of 

 Richmond, Victoria. 



