C N U S. 



Plate II. 



Species 7. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus augur. Con. testa pyramidato-conicd, albido-fla- 

 vesccnte, punctis brunneis numerosissimis seriatim 

 inspersd; maculis largis furvo-nigricanlibus vivide 

 bizonatd, zonis scepe nimium interruptis; spird ob- 

 tusd, leviter striata. 



The augur Cone. Shell pyramidally conical, faintly 

 yellowish, sprinkled with a considerable number of 

 small brown specks disposed in transverse rows ; 

 strikingly banded in two places with large dusky 

 blackish spots or patches, bands often much inter- 

 rupted ; spire obtuse, lightly striated. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 685. 



Martini, Conch., vol. ii. pi. 58. f. 041. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



This is an excellently defined species ; I am not aware 

 of any other that could be at all confounded with it. 

 The shell here represented is a very characteristic ex- 

 ample, the bands being more clearly defined than in the 

 generality of specimens. 



Species 8. 



Conus thalassiarchus. Con. testa cylindraceo-conicd 

 in medio plerumque leviter attenuatd, lineis varie 

 pictd, spird plus minusve depressd. 



The new Admiral Cone. Shell cylindrically conical, 

 generally a little attenuated in the middle, variously 

 painted with lines, spire more or less depressed. 



Gray, MSS. British Museum. 



Variety o. (Fig. 8 d, Mus. Cuming.) 



Testa albidd, lineis furvo-nigricantilms, acutissim'e et tri- 

 angulariter undulatis, pro/use pictd ; lineis stepe in 

 medio quasi fascia interruptis. 



Shell whitish, profusely painted with dusky blackish 

 lines, very sharply triangularly undulated, and 

 mostly interrupted in the middle so as to leave a 

 transverse band. 



Hab. Puteao, Island of Luzon, Philippines. 



The specimen here figured is the largest of a number 

 collected by Mr. Cuming at the island of Luzon, and far 

 exceeds the average size of them. On the obverse side 

 to that which I have represented the lines become inter- 

 rupted in the middle of the shell, so as to leave an open 



space like a band, a character much more clearly deve- 

 loped in the smaller specimens ; the lines too vary in 

 those in assuming a more triangular style of pattern, 

 and in being fewer and more scattered. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 8 b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Testa lineis, paululum undulatis, longitudinaliter porrectis ; 

 aut fascia ant nulla. 



Shell with the lines finely waved in a longitudinal direc- 

 tion, sometimes leaving a white band, sometimes 

 not, as in variety a. 



Hab. Puteao, Island of Luzon, Philippines. 



This very pretty variety, in which the lines do not 

 assume the triangular pattern characteristic of variety 

 a, was collected by Mr. Cuming with the former; very 

 few specimens were found, however, at all approaching 

 in size and extreme regularity of pattern to the one 

 figured. 



Variety y. (Fig. 8 a, Mus. Cuming.) 



Testa in medio vivide fasciatd, fascia irregulariter punc- 

 tata, lineis pancioribus, subsparsis, supra triangula- 

 riter infra porrecte depictis, interstiliis croceo-tinctis. 



Shell strongly banded in the middle, band irregularly 

 dotted ; lines fewer in number and somewhat scat- 

 tered, disposed to assume the triangular form above 

 the band, the straightly waved form below it; and 

 the interstices, more particularly near the band, 

 are stained with saffron-yellow. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines. 



This variety exhibits a pleasing yellow tint, of which 

 there is no indication in the two previous ones ; in pat- 

 tern it partakes of the character of both. 



Variety c. (Fig. 8 c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Testa majore, bizonatd, zonis latis, croceis, transversim 

 regulariiis pun eta/ is ; lineis supra et infra pcrpaucis, 

 undulatis, oblique depict is. 



Shell larger, doubly zoned ; zones broad, saffron-co- 

 loured, spotted across with more regularity, lines 

 running down the spaces above and below the 

 zones obliquely waved and comparatively few. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines. 



This variety, of which Mr. Cuming only collected one 

 or two specimens, presents so striking a contrast with 



