CONUS.— Plate VII. 



few large, irregular, scattered, yellowish brown 

 blotches ; spire convex and acute ; edge of the 

 whorls elevated almost into a border. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 505. 



Hab. Ceylon, Mauritius, &c. 



The base of this shell is strongly striated, and some 

 specimens are ornamented with a number of small, 

 longitudinal, interrupted white flakes. 



Species 40. (Mus. Saul.) 



Conus s-ilendidulus. Con. testa turbinatd, solidiusculd, 

 luteo-brunneo alboque alternathn fasciatd, lineisfus- 

 cis, subflexuosis, plus minusve interruptis, vivide 



cinctd ; spird concaviusculd, acutd, anfractvum mar- 

 ginibus nigro-guttatis. 

 The splenhid Cone. Shell turbinated, rather solid, 

 alternately banded with yellowish brown (softening 

 into yellow) and white, and vividly encircled with 

 a number of more or less interrupted, rather flexu- 

 ous brown lines ; spire rather concave and acute ; 

 edge of the whorls stained with large black spots. 

 Sowerbt, Conch. Illus., f. 53. 



Hab. ? 



I have just received from J. Dennison, Esq. (unfor- 

 tunately too late for figuring) a beautiful variety of this 

 shell, in which the brown bands are irregularly blotched 

 upon a white ground, without any indication of yellow. 



