CONUS. 



Plate XIII. 



Species 63. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Conus patrk'ius. Con. testd pyriformi, tumidd, earned, 

 epidermide luted i/idutd, spird concavo-elatd, minute. 

 tubercu/ato-coronatd, apice valde acuminata; anfractu 

 ultimo transverse striata, striis leviter nndu/a/is, >'«- 

 perne plicato, inferne valde attenuato ; labro tenui, 

 acuta. 



The patrician Cone. Shell pyriform, swollen, flesh- 

 coloured, covered with a smooth, yellow, semi-trans- 

 parent epidermis ; spire concavely raised, minutely 

 coronated with tubercles, apex very sharply acumi- 

 nated; last whorl transversely striated, striae slightly 

 waved, plaited round the upper part, very much 

 attenuated towards the lower ; lip thin and acute. 



Hinds, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843. 



Hub. Gulf of Nicoya, Central America (dredged from 

 sandy mud at the depth of seven fathoms) ; Hinds. 



The chief peculiarity of this elegant little shell appears 

 in the angle of the whorls being finely plaited. As one 

 whorl lodges in its turn upon the other, the lower por- 

 tion of the plaits becomes, of course, concealed, and the 

 spire thus assumes the appearance of being most mi- 

 nutely coronated. 



Species 64. (Mus. Belcher.) 

 Conus ccelebs. Con. testd subpyriformi, spird Itevi, ro- 

 tundatd, apice mucronato ; albd, ad apicem basinque 

 violaced, epidermide corned, olivaced, crassd, indutd ; 

 transverse lineatd, lineis elevatis, eqiridistantibus. 

 The bachelor Cone. Shell somewhat pyriform, spire 

 smooth, rounded, apex pointed ; white, violet at the 

 base and apex, covered with a thick, horny, olive- 

 coloured epidermis ; transversely lineated, lines ele- 

 vated equidistant. 

 Hinds, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1S43. 

 Hab. Ambow, Feejee Islands (found on the coral reefs) ; 

 Hinds. 

 The colour and sculpture of this shell are precisely the 

 same as that of the Conus terebellum, from which it ap- 

 pears to differ in size, in the short rounded character of 

 the spire, and in the nature of the epidermis. These 

 however are no more than the common indications of 

 early growth, and I now strongly suspect that the Conus 

 Calebs of Mr. Hinds, a shell which, from the deceptive 

 character of its epidermis, I certainly was at one time as 



much struck with as himself, may prove to be merely a 

 young specimen of the Conus terebellum, the epidermis 

 being of the same thick and horny nature as in that 

 species. 



Species 65. (Mus. Hinds.) 



Conus Marchionatus. Con. testd abbreviato-turbinn hi . 



Itevi, basin versus sulcata, albd, fusco late reticulata ; 



spirit depressd, leviter canaliculatd, spiraliter striatd ; 



apice mucronato. 

 The Marchioness Cone. Shell shortly turbinated. 



smooth, grooved towards the base, white, widely 



reticulated with brown ; spire depressed, slightly 



canaliculated, spirally striated ; apex sharp-pointed. 

 Hinds, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843. 

 Hab. Port Anna Maria, Nuhuhiva, Marquesas (dredged 



from a sandy floor at the depth of from seven to ten 



fathoms) ; Hinds. 



This shell somewhat resembles a small Conus marmo- 

 ratus ; it differs however in not being coronated, the 

 spire is more depressed, and the reticulated painting of 

 the shell is more open. 



Species 66. (Mus. Rucker.) 



Conus nimbosus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, spird 

 depressd, apice mucronato ; transversim sulcata, sut- 

 eis numerosis, angustis ; pallida rosed, rubido-fusco 

 obsolete bifasciatd, punctis lineolisque rufo-purpureis 

 aut fuscis ubique cinctd ; fauce rosed. 



The rainy Cone. Shell cylindrical!}' turbinated, spin 

 depressed, apex pointed; transversely grooved, 

 grooves numerous and narrow ; pale rose-colour, 

 faintly banded in two places with reddish brown, 

 and everywhere encircled with brown or reddish 

 purple dots and small lines ; interior pink. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 732. 



Lamarck. Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 512; Enc. Meth., 

 pi. 341. f. 5. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



I know of no species that can be at all confounded 



with this ; the painting is of very peculiar character. 



Species 67. (Mus. Taylor.) 

 Conus betulinus. Con. testd obesu-turbinatd, solidd. 



May 1843. 



