CONUS.— Plate I. 



Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pi. 141. f. 1313 and 1314. 

 Encyclopedie Metkodique, pi. 339. f. 7. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands, Moluccas, &c. 



Chemnitz seems to have been the first to notice this 

 variety under the facetious title of Maritusformosus. 



Variety y. (Fig. 2 b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Testa magis cylindruced, versus spiram attenuate!, luteo- 

 castaned, maculis trigonis, paucioribus ; indistincfe 

 sonata, lineis transversis nullis aut obsoletis. 

 Shell more cylindrical, attenuated towards the spire, 

 yellowish chestnut-colour, with the spots triangular 

 and fewer in number; indistinctly zoned; trans- 

 verse lines wanting or obsolete. 

 Bab. Island of Cuyo, Philippines. 



A new and very distinct variety collected by Mr. 

 Cuming at the above-mentioned island. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus vexillum. Con. testa subobeso-conicd in medio 

 albo-fasciatd, fascia fusco-maculatd, lineis luteolis 

 flexuosis longitudinaliter venulatd ; spird fusco-ma- 

 culatd, lavissimd, obtusd, apiceluteo; basi nigricante. 



The flag Cone. Shell rather stoutly conical, white- 

 banded in the middle ; band interrupted with dark 

 blotches, and veined longitudinally with undulated 

 yellowish lines ; spire brown-spotted, smooth and 

 obtuse, apex yellow ; base of the shell blackish. 



Martini, Conch., vol. ii. pi. 57. f. 629. 



Hab. Philippine and Society Islands, Moluccas, &c. 



The magnificent shell here figured was collected by 

 Mr. Cuming at the Island of Capul, one of the Philip- 

 pines. The central band is extremely variable in this 

 species ; it disappears, indeed, in the shell before me on 

 the obverse side to that exhibited in the plate. Lamarck 

 quotes as a variety of the above a shell figured by Chem- 

 nitz under the name of Conus mutabilis ; it is however 

 exceedingly difficult to say what species that figure is 

 intended to represent. 



Species 4. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus zonatus. Con. testa solidd, violaceo-casid, tes- 

 sellis albis altematis zonatd, filis croceis transversis 

 equidistantibus, parallelis, vivide pictd ; spird obtuse 

 convexd, fortissime coronatd ; apice truncato. 



The zoneh Cone. Shell solid, violaceous sky-colour 

 approaching to dull green, zoned with alternate 



white square spots ; zones vividly marked out with 

 transverse yellowish lines, equidistant, and parallel 

 to each other ; spire obtusely convex, and very 

 strongly coronated ; apex truncated. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 613. 

 Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pi. 139. f. 1286 to 1288. 

 Hab. Asiatic Ocean ; Hwass. 



Chemnitz, who appears to have been the first to figure 

 and describe this shell, called it Munis lapidius, from the 

 imagined resemblance of its marking to the tracings of 

 a stone wall. The specimen here represented was re- 

 ceived in a collection of shells from Calcutta, without 

 mention of its locality. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conds victor. Con. testa subcylindraceo-conicd, flood, 



maculis albis inspersd,fasciis daabus moniliformibus, 

 brunneo-castaneis, latis, concinniter ornatd ; spird 

 convexd, circulatim excavatd, apice subacute. 



The conqueror Cone. Shell rather cylindrically co- 

 nical, yellow, sprinkled with white spots and neatly 

 ornamented with two broad, dark chestnut-coloured 

 necklace bands ; spire convex, excavated round the 

 tops of the whorls ; apex rather pointed. 



Broderip, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 54. 



Hab. ? 



There is another similar specimen of this new and 

 striking shell in the collection of the Rev. A. Harford. 



Species 6. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus crocatus. Con. testa oblongo-conicd, crocatd ; ma- 

 culis albis, subtrigonis,paucis, irregulariter inspersd; 

 t?-ansversim et longitudinaliter striata, striis fere ob- 

 soletis ; spird convexo-acutd, anfractuum margine 

 superiori rotundatd. 



The saffron-coloured Cone. Shell of an oblone:- 

 conical form, saffron-coloured, irregularly sprinkled 

 with a few while, somewhat triangular spots ; trans- 

 versely and longitudinally striated, stria: nearly ob- 

 solete ; spire convex and acute ; upper edge of the 

 whorls rounded. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 503. 



Hab. Matnog, Island of Luzon, Philippines. 



A splendid specimen of this shell, lately collected by 



Mr. Cuming, enables me to illustrate (I believe for the 



first time) a most interesting species described many 



years ago by Lamarck. 



