CON US. 



Plate XII. 



Species 58. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus varius. Con. testa oblongo-turbinatd, granulatd, 

 granulis grandibus, subdistantibus; spird solidd, elatd, 

 coronatd ; albd, maculis castaneis grandibus varie- 

 gatd, interstitiis castaneo punctatis. 



The freckled Cone. Shell oblong, turbinated, granu- 

 lated, granules large and rather distant ; spire solid, 

 raised, coronated ; white, variegated with large 

 chestnut spots, interstices spotted with chestnut. 



Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 2. p. 1170. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 454 ; Enc. Meth., 

 pi. 321. f. 3. 

 Papyrus marmorata, Chemnitz. 



Hab. Philippine Islands, &c. 



The chestnut spots which ornament this shell, appear 

 to increase gradually in size and intensity of colour, as it 

 advances in growth ; and towards the base of the shell 

 they so closely approximate as to assume the nature o' 

 a band. The granules are large and of very peculiar 

 character. ^_^_ 



Species 59. (Fig. a, Mus. Belcher, fig. b and c, Mus. 

 Stainforth.) 



Conus Gubernator. Con. testa elongato-turbinatd, su- 

 perne ventricosd, solidd, medio subattenuatd, basin 

 versus sulcatd ; spird concavo-elatd, canaliculatd >' 

 albd, maculis fuscis aut purpureis longitudinaUter 

 undatis, varieyatd, eodem colore pallidiore nebulosd. 



The Governor Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, 

 solid, and ventricose round the upper part, slightly 

 attenuated in the middle, grooved towards the base ; 

 spire concavely raised, canaliculated ; white, varie- 

 gated with longitudinally waved purple or pinkish 

 brown blotches, and clouded with a faint wash of 

 the same colour. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 727. pi. 340. 

 f. 4 to 6. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



The form of this species is peculiar and constant, but 

 the painting is variable in the extreme, some specimens 

 being ornamented with large deep-coloured blotches, 

 whilst others exhibit no ornamental character beyond a 

 few scattered longitudinal lines or slips. The variety 

 represented at Fig. 59 a, from the collection made by 

 Sir Edward Belcher in H.M.S. Sulphur, differs materially 



from any that I remember to have seen, and is remark- 

 able for its very delicate distribution of light and shade. 



Species 60. (Mus. Dennison.) 



Conus imperialis. Con. testa oblongo-turbinatd, basin 

 versus subangustatd ; spird depressd, tuberculis majus- 

 culis coronatd ; albd, luteo-castaneo bifasciatd, punc- 

 tis lineisque solidis interrupts purpureo-nigricantibus 

 cinctd, cteruleo hie illic tinctd. 



The imperial Cone. Shell oblong turbinated, rather 

 narrowed towards the base ; spire depressed, coro- 

 nated with rather large tubercles ; white, encircled 

 with two yellow chestnut bands, and a number of 

 purple black dots and solid interrupted lines of the 

 same colour ; stained also here and there with blue. 



L.INN.EUS, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin) p. 3374. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 445. 



Hab. Philippine Islands, &c (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 

 The painting of this beautiful shell is certainly of the 



most elaborate character that can well be conceived. 



Species 61. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus monile. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, basin ver- 

 sus angustatd ; spird depressd, subcanaliculatd, apice 

 mucronato ; albidd, rubella plus minusve tinctd, ma- 

 culis lineisque rubido-fuscis seriatim cinctd. 



The necklace Cone. Shell oblong turbinated, nar- 

 rowed towards the base ; spire depressed, slightly 

 canaliculated, apex pointed ; whitish, more or less 

 stained with a wash of bistre red, and encircled with 

 rows of reddish-brown spots and lines. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 646. 



Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pi. 140. f. 1301 to 1303. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



In some specimens the spots are slightly extended in 

 a longitudinal direction. 



Species 62. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Aurora. Con. testd siibcylindrnceo-ttirbinatd. 

 tniiii, ventricosd, lavi ; spird convexd, rosacea, punc- 

 tis cinereo-albis.fuscescentepallidl umbratis, sparsim 



May 1843. 



