META.— Plate I. 



tenuated towards the base, spire somewhat raised, 

 sharp, whorls angled at the upper part, sparsely 

 ridged at the base ; fulvous-orange, conspicuously 

 elegantly blotched and reticulated with white ; aper- 

 ture rather narrow, interior radiately ridged. 

 IM. ? 



An elegantly formed and very characteristic species, 

 painted not much unlike the Conus cedo-nuUi. 



Species 4. (Fig. o, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Meta conifokmis. Met. testa conoidea, spird 



elatd, superficialiter canaliculatd, anfractibus mpenie 

 subacute an^ulatis, deinde lesvibus, ad basin fortiter li- 

 ratis ; alba, purpureo-castaneo undique incondite reti- 

 culata ; aperturd mi,han(jmtd,faiice violascente, parum 

 liratd. 



The cone-shaped Meta. Shell conoid, spire rather 

 large, raised superficiaUy channelled, whorls rather 

 sharply angled at the upper part, then smooth, 

 strongly ridged at the base ; white, confusedly reticu- 

 lated throughout with purple-chestnut ; aperture ra- 

 ther nan-ow, interior pale-violet, but little ridged. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 122. pi. 37. f 77, 

 78 (misprinted C. cornifornm). 



Hab. ? 



This species may be distinguished without difficulty by 

 its more fusiformly conoid shape and confused pattern of 

 painted network. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Meta dubia. Met. testa ovaio-conicd, solidiusculd, spird 

 superjicialiter canaliculatd, an/ractibm superne ohluise 



angulatis, ad basin liratis ; rosaceo-aurantid, fascia 

 fuscescente, albo marmorata, superne et medio ehigu- 

 lata, apice rosacea ; aperturd siibangustd, fauce parum 

 liratd. 



The DOTiBTFni. Meta. Shell ovately conical, rather 

 solid, spire superficially channelled, whorls obtusely 

 angled at the upper part, ridged at the base ; roseate- 

 orange, encircled above and round the middle with a 

 white-marbled brownish band. 



Strombus dubius, Sowerby, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. pi. 7. 

 f. 80. 



Hab. ? 



Distinguished by a delicate yellowish-roseate hue and 



central marbled band. 



Species 6. (Fig. c, d, Mus. Cuming.) 



Meta Dupontu.. Met. testa abbreviato-cojiicd, superni 

 iumidiusculd, spird hrevi, anfractibus superne obtuse 

 angulatis, lavibiis, ad basin pauciliratis ; aurantid, 

 olivaceo tiwtd, maculis albis subamplis fasciatim reti- 

 culata, apice rosacea ; aperturd oblongd, fauce parum 

 liratd. 



Dupont's Meta. Shell shortly conical, rather swollen at 

 the upper part, spire short, whorls obtusely angled at 

 the upper part, smooth, sparsely ridged at the base ; 

 orange, tinged with olive, reticulated with bands of 

 rather large white spots, apes pink ; aperture oblong, 

 interior but little ridged. 



Convs Bupont'ue, Kiener, Icon. Coquilles vivantes. 



Ilab. Ichabo, South Africa. 



The painting of this species is very similar in character 



to that of M. cedo^ulU, but the form is well distinguished 



by its broader and more swollen aspect round the base of 



the spire. 



