CONUS.— Plate X. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 714. pi. 339. 



f. 3. 



Volute d'Oma ou de St. Thoma, Argenville. 



Thalassiarchus Insula St. Oma, Martini. 



Conus St. ThomcB, Chemnitz. 

 Hab. Amboyna. 



Two magnificent specimens of the Conus omaicus, in 

 the finest possible state of preservation, enable me to 

 furnish a more complete illustration of this species than 

 has hitherto been published. In the specimen repre- 

 sented at Fig. a the brown spots are small, exceedingly 

 numerous, and disposed in bands, whilst in that repre- 

 sented at Fig. b they are broader and more detached. 

 The dark orange brown is the only colour in the shell. 



Species 51. (Mus. Saul.) 



Conus nebulosus. Con. testd obeso-conicd, subventri- 

 cosd, basi sulcatd ; spird concavo-elatd, coronatd, 

 apice subobtuso ; olivaceo-cinered, transversim fusco- 

 lineatd, maculis albis et purpureis varie nebulosd. 



The clouded Cone. Shell stoutly conical, rather ven- 

 tricose, base sulcated ; spire concavely raised, co- 

 ronated, apex rather obtuse ; olive-ash-coloured, 

 marked across with dark brown lines, and variously 

 clouded with white spots shaded with purple. 



Solander, Bruguiere, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. ii. part 1. 

 p. 607 ; Enc. Meth., pi. 317. f. 1. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. v. p. 449. 



Hab. West Indies. 



Being unable to appreciate the varieties of the Conus 

 nebulosus noted by Bruguiere and Lamarck, I content 

 myself with this single illustration. 



