— 94 — 



Conus fulmen Reeve. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843. Conch. icon. vol. 1. spec. 215. Sow. Thes. Conch. vol. 3. pag. 39. ftg. 351. 

 Plura specimina a clar. Rein. lecta sunt. 



Testa oblonga subventrosa striis incrementi subtilibus lineas transversas pariter subtiles 

 decussantibus instructa, frontem versus obsolete sulcata, in fundo cinereo-purpurascente vel albido 

 strigis undulati.s maculisve irregularibus nigro-fuscis variegata : spira convexa, subacuta, haud 

 carinata; epidermis. quae reliqua est, holoserica. 

 (Insulae Philippinae.) 



Conus pauperculus Sow. 



TaL. nostra 2, fig. 4. 5. 

 Sow. Conch. 111. iig. 78. Thes. Conch. vol. 3. pag. 13. fig. 217. Reeve Conch. icon. vol. 1. spec. 

 108. IJuniphii Mus. Tab. 32. fig. T. 



Testa tnrbinato-conica, soliJula, viridescenti-cinerea, balteo lato mediano pallide rubro 

 subalbicante nec non costulis subtilibus tranversis obsolete granosis rufo-lineatis et puuctatis cincta, 

 costulis basin versus paullo crassioribus ; spira modice elevata, obtuse angulata, obsolete nodosa, 

 strigis fuscis picta spiraliterque sulcata; apex obtusiusculus; epidermis passim conservata fusco 

 -cornea lamellosa. — Alt. 32, diam. max. 17 mill. 



Icon Reeveana specimen gracilius multo minus exhibet ceteroquin nostro respondens. 

 Specimen in Thesauro Conch. depictum magis convenit statura sua non vero colore. 



Integritatis ac pulchritudinis causa specimen nostrum denuo depinxiraus. 



Haec et species antecedens ad Chelyconos Mi5rchii pertinent. 



Conus textile Lin. 



Syst. Nat. ed. 10. pag. 717 ctc. Lischke Jap. M. Conch. vul. 1. pag. 31. 

 Specimen unum attulit clar. J. Rein. 



Genus Nubecula Kleiii. 



N u b e c n 1 a i n t e r m e d i a R e e v e (C o n u s). 

 Conch, icon. vol. 1. Conus spec. 12. Conus gcographus var. Lirod. Sow. Conch. 111. tig. 33. 



liisula Annaa Oceani pacifici. 



Unum .specimen Japonicum adest icone Reeveaiia paullo minus, pictura marmorata fusca 

 in fundo roseo insigne. Species Cono geographo Linnaci quidem aftinis, scd constanter diversa. 



Haec cochlea cum Cono geographo, obscuro, Humphreysii et tulipa Lamarckii sectionem, 

 vel potius genus bone terminatum format a Kleinio Nubecula, a Montfortio Rollus, a Swainsonio 

 Tuliparia dictum. 



