CONUS.— Plate VI. 



The ermine Cone. Shell turbinated, striated at the 

 base, greenish yellow, white-banded round the 

 middle and upper part, bands ornamented with a 

 double row of vivid black spots ; spire flatly obtuse, 

 black-spotted. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 654. pi. 327. 

 f. 6. 



Schubert and Wagner, Conch. Cab. Suppl., p. 41. 

 pi. 221. f. 3059 and 3060. 



Hub. Islands of Bohol, Ticao, &c, Philippines. (Found 

 in loose sand and coral on the reefs at low water.) 



This shell often attains a larger size than that of the 

 specimen selected for illustration, but the spots in that 

 state are much less clearly developed. 



Species 35. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Conus archon. Con. testd conicd, spird concavo-exsertd, 

 apice acutissim'e acuminato ; albd, maculis grandibus 



flavo-castaneis longitudinaliter nebulosd, puncticulit 



albis subdlstantibus t&niatis. 

 The magistrate Cone. Shell conical ; spire concave 



exserted, apex very sharply acuminated ; white 



longitudinally clouded with large yellow chestnul 



spots, filleted with a number of rather distant whit* 



small spots. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 54. 

 Sowerbt, Conch. Mus., f. 38. 

 Hab. Central America ; Bay of Montija, Cuming ; Gul 



of Nicoya, Hinds. (Found in sandy mud in frorr 



twelve to eighteen fathoms water.) 



The painting of this interesting Cone reminds ont 

 somewhat of the C. cedo-nidli. Five specimens onlj 

 were found by Mr. Cuming, and the shell here repre- 

 sented is one of three brought home by Capt. Belcher in 

 the " Sulphur." 



