CONUS. 



Plate VII. 



Species 36. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus princefs. Con. testa turbiiiutii, coronatd, rosed 

 vel croced,fusco longitudinaliter lineatd uut strigatd. 



The prince Cone. Shell turbinated, coronated, rose- 

 colour or yellow, longitudinally lined or streaked 

 with brown. 



Variety a. (Fig. 36 a.) 



Testa rosacea, strigis nigro-purpureis subdistantibus, in- 



terdum ramosis, vivide virgata. 

 Shell rose-colour, vividly striped with rather distant, 



sometimes branched, blackish purple streaks. 

 Linn-eus, Syst. Nat., p. 1167. 



Conus regius, Chemnitz, Bruguiere, Lamarck. 

 Hub. Bay of Panama ; Cuming. 



Variety (i. (Fig. 36 b.) 

 Testa crocea vel flava, li/ieis castuneis frequentibus, inter- 



dum irregularibus, longitudinaliter inscripta. 

 Shell yellow, longitudinally inscribed with frequent, 



sometimes irregular, chestnut lines. 

 Broderip (var. a and /3), Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 55. 

 Sowerby, Conch. Illus., 30 a and b. 

 Hub. St. Elena, Central America, and Panama ; Cuming. 



Variety y. (Fig. 36 c.) 



Testa aurantio-crocea, lineis ruris uut obsoletis. 

 Shell orange-yellow, lines few or obsolete. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 56. 

 Sowerby, Conch. Illus., f. 30. 



Hab. Monte Christi, West Columbia; Cuming. (All 

 found in soft and sandy mud in the crevices of rocks.) 

 The Conus princeps has often a very peculiar tufted epi- 

 dermis ; and it sometimes attains a much larger size than 

 that of either of the specimens here figured. Linnaeus's 

 description of this shell is so brief and inadequate, that 

 it was supposed by Chemnitz and Bruguiere to refer to 

 the little striped variety of the Conus Hebraus. In ac- 

 cordance with that impression the species was introduced 

 by those authors under the new title of Conus regius, sub- 

 sequently adopted by Lamarck. It has been ascertained 

 however by Mr. Cuming, on a late visit to Upsal, that 

 the very specimen described by the ancient Professor of 

 that city, still retained in the University Museum, is 

 precisely identical with that here represented at Fig. 

 36 a. 



Species 37. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus obesus. Con. testd obeso-turbinatd, obsolete coro- 

 natd, a/bd, roseo ft violaceo nubeculatd, pit ml is niveis, 

 maculisque et punctis nigerrimo-fuscis, profusi pict I ; 

 spird concavo-obtusd, mucronatd. 



The stout Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, obsoletely 

 coronated, white, clouded with faint rose and violet, 

 and profusely painted with snowy spots, and very 

 dark spots and blotches ; spire concave, obtuse, 

 pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 623. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 453. 



Conus Ceylonicus, Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pi. 142. 

 f. 1318. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



The blotches arising from the partial distribution of 

 the spots often assume the arrangement of two obsolete 

 bands, a character least distinctly exhibited in the small- 

 est specimens. 



Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus terebellum. Con. tcstd cylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 elongatd, albido-cinered aid rubella, striis e/evatis/as- 

 ciisque binis cinctd : spird convexd, obtusissimd. 



The borer Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, long, 

 pale ash or reddish brown colour, encircled with 

 two bands and a number of elevated stria; ; spire 

 convex, very obtuse. 



Martini, Conch., vol. ii. pi. 52. f. 577. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 3390. 



Conns terebra, Born, Bruguiere, Lamarck. 



Hub. Islands of Ticao. A Iasbate,&C., Philippines; Cuming. 



To avoid confusion, I have restored to this well-known 

 shell the original appellation given to it by Martini. 



Species 31). (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Com- terminus. Cdii. testd cylindraced, elongatd, lasvi, 

 albd, violaceo-tinctd, maculis grandibus perpaucis ir- 

 regularibus, luteo-fuscis, sparsim ornatd ,■ spirit ct n- 

 vexo-acutd, canaliculatd, anfractuum marginibus ele- 

 vatis. 



The border Cone. Shell cylindrical, Long, smooth- 

 white, stained with pale violet, ornamented with a 



March 1843. 



