CON U S. 



Plate VI. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Neptunus. Con. testd elongato-coniccl, spird 

 acuminatd, striatd, apice acuta ; pallide carneold, 

 lineis maculisque rubidis ubique nebulosd et venosd ; 

 versus basin leviter sulcatd, sulcis subdistuntibus ; 

 columella et apertures fauce subrosaced. 



TnE Neptune Cone. Shell elongately conical, spire 

 acuminated, apex sharp ; pale flesh-colour, every- 

 where veined and clouded with dull reddish spots 

 and flexuous lines ; faintly grooved towards the 

 base, grooves rather distant ; columella and within 

 the aperture faintly tinged with rose. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hub. Jacna, Island of Bohol, Philippines (found on the 

 reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 



This new and interesting Cone is at present unique in 

 the collection of Mr. Cuming, being the only one of the 

 kind found by that gentleman during his long and 

 searching sojourn amongst the Philippine Islands. 



Species 31. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming. Vignette, 

 vide Title-page, Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus gloeia-maris. Con. testd elongatd, cylindraceo- 

 turbinatd, albd, lineis subtilissimis trigonis rubidis 

 usquequaque reticulata, fasciis tribus aurantiis inter- 

 ruptis cinctd ; anfractibus superne rotundatis ; spird 

 acuminatd, apice vis acuta. 



The glory-of-the-sea Cone. Shell long, cylindri- 

 cally turbinated, white, over entire surface reticu- 

 lated with the finest possible triangular dull reddish 

 lines, and encircled with three interrupted, orange, 

 blotched bands ; whorls rounded at the upper part ; 

 spire acuminated, apex scarcely sharp. 



Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x.p.73. pi. 143. f. 1324 and 1325. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 526. 



Hab. Jacna, Island of Bohol, Philippines (found on the 

 reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 



Having already represented a full-size specimen of 

 this highly esteemed shell on the title-page, I have se- 

 lected a smaller but more richly-marked example col- 

 lected by Mr. Cuming at the above island, for the sake 

 of noting its exact place of habitation. I intended 

 to have also figured a very young specimen collected 

 by Mr. Cuming at the same time, scarcely exceeding 



an inch and a half in length, but the reticulations are 

 so extremely fine as to defy the skill of the lithographer. 



Species 32. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus magnificus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 obesd, anfractibus superne rotundatis, spird l<svi, sub- 

 acuminatd, apice valdi obtuso ; rosaced, lineis ovato- 

 trigonis, lacco out purpureo-rubris, usquequaque re- 

 ticulatd, maculis perpaucis grandissimis bifasciatim 

 cinctd. 

 The magnificent Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, 

 stout, whorls rounded at the upper part ; spire 

 smooth, somewhat acuminated, apex very obtuse ; 

 faint rose-colour, reticulated over with ovately-tri- 

 angular dark lake or purple reddish lines, and 

 doubly banded with one or two very large spots or 

 blotches of the same colour. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 

 Hab. Matnog, Island of Luzon, Philippines; Cuming. 



No one can fail to distinguish this rosaceous stout- 

 shouldered Cone from the well-known Conus auratus. 

 to which it is most nearly allied. 



Species 33. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus Janus. Con. testd ob/o7igo-turbinatd, versus ba- 

 sin sulcatd; spird subcanaliculatd, striatd, exserto- 

 acutd ; albd, castaneo longitudinaliter undatd. 

 The Janus Cone. Shell oblong, turbinated, grooved 

 towards the base; spire slightly canaliculated, 

 striated, sharply exserted ; white, longitudinally 

 waved with chestnut. 

 Hwass, Enc. M6th. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 690. pi. 336. 

 f. 5 and 6. 



Hab. ? 



Martini appears to have included this shell with va- 

 rieties of the Conus generalis (Conch., vol. ii. pi. 58.) 

 without noting any specific difference in it. 



Species 34. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus mustelinus. Con. testd turbinatd, ad basin 

 striatd, viridescente-luteii, medium et superne albo- 

 fasciatd, fasciis ambabus serie duplici macularum 

 nigricantium vividl ornatis ; spird plano-obtusd, 

 nigro-guttatd. 



March 1843. 



