CONUS. 



Plate IV. 



Species 15. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus pontificalis. Con. testd ovato-turbinatd , coro- 

 natd, (illiti, epidermide olivaceo-luted in medio tantum 

 latissimefasciatd; spin/ maximd, obesd, elevatd, apice 



svbobtuso. 



The pontifical Cone. Shell ovately turbinated, coro- 

 nated, white, very broadly banded, in the middle 

 only, with bright olive-yellow epidermis ; spire very 

 large, stout, and elevated, apex rather obtuse. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 459. 



Delessert, Recueil de Coquilles, pi. 40. f. 15, a, b. 



Hub. Tasmania, Lamarck. 



The broad transverse band of yellow epidermis is a 

 very striking character in this shell, and the coronated 

 row of white tubercles standing out in clear relief above 

 presents a neat and most delicate contrast. 



Species 16. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Solandri. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, sub- 

 coronatd, transverse striata ; stri is frequent ibus, aut 

 inferne, aut ubique granulosis ; pallide. aurantid, in- 

 terdum aurantio-coccined, interdum spadiceo-laccd, 

 fascia albd in medio, castaneo maculatd et punctatd ; 

 spird mediocri, nidi, leviter striatd. 



Solander's Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, more 

 or less inclined to be coronated, transversely stri- 

 ated ; strise frequent, granulated over either the 

 lower or entire portion of the shell ; colour of the 

 shell yellow, yellowish scarlet or rich brown lake, 

 banded round the middle with white, spotted with 

 patches and dots of chestnut ; spire of ordinary 

 dimensions, rude, slightly striated. 



Broderip and Sowerby, Zool. Journ., vol. v. p. 50. 



Gray, Zoology of Beechey's Voyage, pi. 33. f. 3. 



Delessert, Hecueil de Coquilles, pi. 40. f. 11, a and b. 



Hah. Island of Luzon, Philippines. 



Several varieties of this pretty shell, which was known 

 to the learned doctor after whom it is named, were col- 

 lected by Mr. Cuming at the south end of the above 

 island in the Straits of Bernardino ; they vary from pale 

 orange to deep rich crimson lake colour. 



Species 1". (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Orbignyi. Con. testd tenui, subfusiformi,gracillim 

 turbinatd, versus basin valde attenuatd, transversim 

 costatd, costis ttevibus, planissimis ; alba, maculis spa- 

 din is sparsis plus minusve irregulariter pictd ; spird 



elevato-acutd, minutissinie monitiferim corona/a. 



D'Orbigny's Cone. Shell thin, somewhat fusiform, 

 slenderly turbinated, very much attenuated towards 

 the base ; transversely ribbed, ribs smootli and pe- 

 culiarly fiat ; white, more or less irregularly painted 

 with scattered reddish brown spots ; spire elevated, 

 acute, and finely coronated, in a beaded manner. 



Ardouix, Mag. de Zool. Moll., 1838, pi. 20. 



Conus planicostatus, Sowerby, Conch. Illus., 1840. 



Hub. China r Dussumier. 



The peculiar contour of this shell is as characteristic 

 a feature as the flatness of the ribs by which it is encir- 

 cled. I only know of few specimens. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Suratensis. Con. testd subobeso-conicd, propi 

 basin attenuatd, quasi foUiformi ; all ulis ui- 



(/rieantibus, subquadratis, linearibus, ceeruleo-nebu- 

 losis, seriatim cinctd, aliis infra alios descendentibus ; 

 Imsi fiavidd, interdum immaculatd; spird com 

 culd, solidd,fusco undatim maculatd. 



The Surat Cone. Shell rather stoutly conical, atte- 

 nuated near the base, balloon-shaped as it were ; 

 whitish, surrounded with rows of square linear 

 blackish spots, clouded in places with blue ; spots 

 mostly descending in regular order one under the 

 other ; base yellow, sometimes clear and unspotted ; 

 spire rather convex, solid and spotted with waved 

 outspreading spots. 



Hwass, Enc. Moth, vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 0'69. 



Conus betulinus lineatus, Chemnitz, Conch., vol. xi. 

 pi. 181. I'. 1752 and 1753. 



Hab. Province of Misamis, Island of Mindanao, Philip- 

 pines. (Found in mud in the clefts of rocks at low 

 water.) 



We are here indebted to Mr. Cuming for having 

 [i cted very remarkable specimens of a species which we 

 might have otherwise accounted to be but a casual va- 

 riety of the Conns betulinus. 



Jan. 1843. 



