CON I DAE 263 



% to % inch in length; very similar to stearnsi, but generally more 

 brightly hued with larger, reddish brown mottlings. The shell is fatter, with 

 more rounded sides, and has strong, spiral lines cut into the sides, usually 

 right up to the shoulder. A very common shallow, sand-loving species. C. 

 peali Green is the same species. 



Conns vernicosiis Hwass Warty Cone 



Plate 22Z 



Southeast Florida and the West Indies. 



% to I inch in length, A heavy, small cone with a rather high spire and 

 slightly rounded sides. It has small knobs on the shoulder of the last whorl 

 and about lo spiral rows of distinct warts on the sides. Color white to yel- 

 lowish with large, brown or yellow mottlings. Uncommon just offshore 

 along the Lower Keys. Common in the West Indies. 



A color form, vanhyningi Rehder, is a deep, rich peach with the interior 

 of the aperture also pink. 



Conus stimpsoni Dall Stimpson's Cone 



Plate 14) 

 Southeast Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. 



I ^ to 2 inches in length. A simple cone with a sharp, slightly concave, 

 rather high spire, and with flat sides. It is usually smooth, but may have 15 

 to 20 cut spiral lines on the sides. Color is an even wash of yellowish white, 

 but sometimes with 2 or 3 slightly darker, wide, yellowish spiral bands. 

 Periostracum gray and rather thick. We have figured the holotype (speci- 

 men which Dall used in describing the species). Uncommon in rather deep 

 water down to 30 fathoms. 



Conns villepini Fischer and Bernardi Villepin's Cone 



Plate mi 

 Tortugas to Yucatan. 



i^ inches in length. Spire rather well elevated, very slightly concave. 

 Each whorl in the spire is concave, with 3 to 4 spiral threads, and with fine, 

 arched growth lines. Sides of shell smooth and slightly convex. There are 

 about 9 indistinct spiral threads at the bottom end of the shell. Color of the 

 thin periostracum is light yellowish brown. Shell light grayish white with 

 a faint pinkish undertone. There are 3 or 4 long, irregular, axial streaks of 

 dark reddish brown on the sides of the last whorl. Interior of aperture 

 blushed with rosy-white. We have illustrated the holotype of mnphiurgiis 

 Dall in color which is a synonym. Rare in deep water. 



