C N U S. 



Plate X. 



Species 47. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Barbadensis. Con. testa abbreviato-conicd, 

 obesd, coronatd, spird subdepressd, basi granulatd ; 

 albd, castaneo-rufescente bifasciatim variegatd, litwis 

 fuscis brevibus, interrupt is, ubique pictd. 



The Barbadoes Cone. Shell shortly conical, stout, 

 coronated, spire slightly depressed, base granulated ; 

 white, variegated with light reddish chestnut in the 

 form of two hands, and everywhere painted with 

 short, interrupted brown lines. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 632. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. v. p. 457. 



Sowerby, Conch. Illus., f. 105. 



Hab. West Indies ; Bruguiere. 



The dark transverse lines are long and well-defined 

 upon the coloured portion of this shell ; but on the white 

 ground they are very much broken, and might perhaps 

 with propriety be called linear dots. 



Species 48. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus ceneralis. Con. testa etongato-conicd, spird 

 acute angutatd, apice valde acuminata ; albd, citrino 

 aut fusco fascial ii ct variegatd, basi nigra. 



The general Cone. Shell elongately conical, spire 

 ehaqjly angular, apes very strongly acuminated, 

 white, banded and variegated with brown or citron- 

 colour, base black. 



Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., p. 1166. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. v. p. 464. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



Variety o. (Fig. 4S a.) 



Testa all/a, citrino fasciata, strigis longitudinalibus nigris, 



undatis, plus minusve ornata. 

 Shell white, banded with citron-colour, nd more or 



less ornamented with black longitudinal waved 



streaks. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 48 b.) 



Testa alba, fusco irregulariter variegala et fasciata. 

 Shell white, irregularly variegated and banded with dark 

 brown. 



I include all the varieties of this species under the 

 two foregoing heads, in order to avoid the confusion 



that must arise from the too close definition of characters 

 so variable. It approximates very closely to the C. Mal- 

 divus, but may be for the most part distinguished by 

 its elongated form and more elevated spire. 



Species 49. (Mus. Dennison.) 



Conus Malaccanus. Con. testa turbinatd, lavi, basi 

 sulcatd, spird convexiusculd, canaliculatd, apice acu- 

 tissime mucronato ; albd, aurantio-helvd bifasciatd, 

 fascid inferiore, latiore, super sub/ usque fusco varie- 

 gatd, lineisque paucis, fusco alboque articulatis, con- 

 cat enatis, cinctd. 



The Malacca Cone. Shell turbinated, smooth, base 

 sulcated, spire gently convex, canaliculated, apex 

 very sharply pointed; white, doubly banded with 

 pale orange red, the lower band being the broader, 

 and curiously variegated above and below with 

 dark brown, encircled also with short lines of brown 

 and white articulated and linked together. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 645. pi. 325. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. v. p. 465. 



Conus canaliculatus, Chemnitz, Conch., vol. ii. 

 pi. 181. f. 1748 and 1749. 



Hab. Straits of Malacca ? 



I am much indebted to my kind friend J. Dennison, 

 Esq. for the loan of the magnificent shell here represented. 

 The singular style of painting which distinguishes this 



species is most characteristically portrayed, and the 

 size of the specimen greatly exceeds any that I have hi- 

 therto seen. 



Species 50. (Fig. a, Mus. Belcher; Fi;r. //, Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



Conus Omaicus. Con. testa albicante, maculis aurantio- 

 fuscis, subqitadratis, irregularibus, numerosissimis, 

 lineariler dispositis, cingulatd ; macularum lineis 

 stepe infasciis duabus vel tribe* densissime approxi- 

 matis ; spird subcanaliculatd, apice mucronato. 



The St. O.ma Conk. Shell whitish, encircled or stud- 

 ded with a number of irregular square orange- 

 brown spots, arranged in regular transverse lines 

 the lines of spots often very thickly approximated 

 together in two or three places so as to form bands ; 

 spire slightly canaliculated ; apex sharp-pointed. 



April L843. 



