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Plate VIII. 



Species 41. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Nicobaricus. Con. testd turbinatd, albkante, 

 furvo-nigricante irregulariter reticulatd, bifasciatd ; 

 spird depresso-pland, coronatd, apice subelato ; an- 

 fractibus superne concavo-canaliculatis ; fauceluted. 

 The Nicobar Cone. Shell turbinated, whitish, irregu- 

 larly reticulated with dusky black, doubly banded ; 

 spire'flat, depressed, apex somewhat raised ; whorls 

 concavely canaliculated round the upper part ; in- 

 terior tinged with yellow. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 612. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. -444. 

 Hab. Island of Nicobar, &c. 



This shell approaches very closely to the C. araneosus; 

 but may be readily distinguished by the reticulations 

 being always larger and more blotchy ; the interior of the 

 latter too never exhibits that warm yellow colour which 

 is so conspicuous in this. Though the reticulated network 

 of the specimen represented at Fig. a is exceedingly fine, 

 it is of a totally different character to that of the Conus 

 araneosus. 



Species 42. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus nocturnus. Con. testd turbinatd, albkante, ni- 

 gerrimo-fusco bifasciatd ; fasciis latissimis, maculis 

 irregularibus albis suprd, infraque manentibus ; spird 

 subdepressd, apiee obtuso. 

 The nocturnal Cone. Shell turbinated, white, doubly 

 banded with dark fuscous black ; bands very broad, 

 with irregular white spots remaining above and be- 

 low them; spire somewhat depressed, apex obtuse. 

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

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 443. 

 Hab. Molluccas. 



The same opinion which I ventured to exercise in de- 

 scribing the Admiral Cone has guided me in my de- 

 scription of this and the proximate species. The ground 

 of the shell is white.as shown by the interior, spire, &c, 

 and the pattern is the dark superficial painting. 



ribus ; bifasciatd, fascia svperiore latiorc ; spird de- 

 presso-concavd, coronatd, apice subobtuso. 

 The Banda Cone. Shell turbinated, flesh-colour, tri- 

 angularly reticulated with very dark brown, reticu- 

 lations regular ; doubly banded, the higher band 

 always the broader ; spire depressly concave, coro- 

 nated, apex rather obtuse. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth., vol. i. part 2. p. Gil. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 443. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands, &c. 



In the Coni araneosus and Nicobaricus the lower band 

 is the broader, but in this species it is vice versii. The 

 reticulations of the shell under consideration are, compa- 

 ratively speaking, very regularly and distinctly por- 

 trayed ; it may be recognised moreover by its warm fleshy 

 ground colour. 



Species 43. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Bandanus. Con. testd turbinatd, earned, niger- 

 rimo-fusco triangulariter reticulatd, retkulis regula- 



Species 44. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus araneosus. Con. testd turbinatd, pallide carncold, 

 rubido-fusco conferCim et subtilissime reticulatd, fas- 

 ciis duabus vel tribus cingulatd, infimd latissimdj 

 spird concavo-depressd, coronatd, apice obtuso. 

 The cobweb Cone. Shell turbinated, pale flesh-colour, 

 very finely and closely reticulated with reddish 

 brown hair lines, and encircled with two or three 

 bands, the lowest of which is the broadest ; spire 

 concavely depressed, coronated, apex obtuse. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth., vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 612. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vii. p. 444. 

 Hab. Ceylon, Philippine Islands, &c. 



This shell which often attains a much larger size than 

 that of the specimen here represented, may very fairly 

 be distinguished from the ('. Nicobaricus to which it is 

 most nearly allied; the reticulations are very much finer, 

 and the spire is not so flat, the shell is moreover of much 

 stouter growth and never exhibits any colour in the in- 

 terior. 



Species 4.~>. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus vidua. Con. testd turbinatd. albd.fusco subtilis- 

 sinu reticulatd, retinitis ruptis subsparsis ; fasciis 

 binis nigerrimo-fuscis, maculis albis spar sis, irregu- 

 lariter punctatis, cinctd; spird concavo-depressd, ■ 

 ronatd, apice subobtuso. 

 The WIDOW Com:. Shell turbinated, white, very finely 



April 1843. 



