C N U S. 



Plate V. 



Species 23. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Saul.) 



onus solidus. Con. testd conico-cylindraced, transver- 

 sim striata, maculis longitudinalibus nigricantibus et 

 aureis reticulatim supertextd ; spirdplaniusculd, sub- 

 striatd, acuminatd. 



'he solid Cone. Shell conically cylindrical, trans- 

 versely striated, reticulately covered over with hlack 

 and orange longitudinal blotches and net-work ; 

 spire rather smooth, a little striated, and acumi- 

 nated. 



owerbt (not of Chemnitz), Conch. Illus., f. 76. 



Textile striatum ? Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pi. 141. 

 f. 1311. 



fab. Society and Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



No one can fail to detect the very marked specific 

 eculiarities of this shell, the dark blotching in some 

 pecimens of which occupies more than half the entire 

 urface of the shell. The Conns solidus of Chemnitz 

 vol. x. pi. 141. f. 1310.) appears to be the dark variety 

 f Conus cedo-nu/li. 



Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 



/Onus informis. Con. testa tenuiculd, oblongo-turbinatd, 

 stepe informi ; alba, strigis irregularibusfulvo-casta- 

 neis longitudinaliter pictd ; spird convexo-acutd. 



rHE mis-shapen Cone. Shell somewhat thin, oblong, 

 turbinated, often mis-shapen ; white, painted lon- 

 gitudinally with irregular light chestnut- colour 

 streaks. 



Iwass, Enc. Meth. vers, part 2. p. 699. 



LlAMarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 493. 



Hab. American Ocean ; Bruguiere. 



Lamarck seems to have perpetuated an error which 

 Driginated with Bruguiere, in referring this shell to 

 Chemnitz's figures e,f, g, h, pi. 141. The Conns in- 

 formis is a light turbinated shell, not much unlike (as 

 Bruguiere himself noticed) a young Stro7>ibus ; whilst 

 the figures e and/, above alluded to, are intended to re- 

 present a shell of that short, solid growth of which the 

 preceding species (Conus solidus) may be quoted as an 

 example. 



Species 25. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus pertusus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, rosed, 



longitudinaliter inearnato-tinetd, albifloccatd, maculis 

 albis subdistantibus, mediane et superne nebulosd : 

 striis pertusis undique cinctd ; spird convexd, apice 

 subobtuso. 



The pricked Cone. Shell oblong, turreted, rose-co- 

 loured, stained longitudinally here and there with 

 flesh-colour, flaked with white, and clouded round 

 the middle and upper portion of the shell with 

 rather distant white blotches ; everywhere sur- 

 rounded with stria 1 , very faintly pricked with small 

 holes ; spire convex, apex rather obtuse. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 686. pi. 336. 

 f. 2. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 487. 



Hab. Island of Annaa, Pacific Ocean (on the reefs) ; 

 Cuming. 



This beautifully rose-tinted shell very much resembles 

 the Conus amabilis; it may, however, be fairly distin- 

 guished by its more graceful form, and by its surface 

 being more or less faintly flaked with white. 



Species 26. (Mus. Saul.) 



Conus leoninus. Con. testd turbintitd, albd, maculis 

 figurisque fuscis, numerosis, contiguis, interdum lon- 

 gitudinaliter confluentibus, distincte fasciatd; spird 

 planiusculd, mucronatd. 



The lion Cone. Shell turbinated, white, distinctly 

 banded with numerous brown spots and figures, 

 sometimes flowing together in a longitudinal di- 

 rection ; spire flattish, sharp-pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. M6th. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 683. pi. 334. 

 f. 5 and 6. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 486. 



Conus proteus, var., Schubert and Wagner, Conch. 

 Cab. Supp., p. 60. 



Hab. Coasts of Mexico and the West India Islands. 



In some varieties of this shell the spots are so clouded 

 together as to assume the character of blotches ; in the 

 specimen here figured they are unusually clear and 

 distinct. 



Species 27. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus granulatus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd. 

 tniiisversim sulcata, leviter granulosa, coccined. 



June 1843. 



