CONUS.— Plate XV. 



Species 79. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming ; Fig. b, Mus. Stain- 

 forth.) 



Conus catus. Con. testa obeso-conicd, solidiusculd, base7n 

 versus sulcatd, liris intervenientibus nodulosis; albidd, 

 olivaceo- vel rubido-fusco variegatd ; spird rotundato- 

 convexd, spiraliter striatd, striis subprofund'e incisis ; 

 apice rosaceo, acuto. 



The cat Cone. Shell stoutly conical, rather solid, 

 grooved towards the base, intervening ridges no- 

 dulous ; white, variegated with olive- or reddish- 

 brown ; spire rotundately convex, spirally striated, 

 striae rather deeply cut ; apex sharp, rose-colour. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 707. 



Variety ji. 



Testa angustior, punctis lunatis caruleis et fuscis ornata, 

 liris basalibus vix nodulosis. 



Shell narrower, ornamented with numerous lunar-shaped 

 blue and brown specks, basal ridges scarcely nodu- 

 lous. 



Hab. Island of Taheite (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 

 West Indies, Senegal, Mauritius; Lamarck. 



This shell varies exceedingly, being stouter or nar- 

 rower, and more or less noduled and specked. 



I follow my predecessors in calling it the cat Cone, 

 but do not give that word as the translation of catus ; 

 (qu. cautus a caveo.) 



Species 80. (Fig. a & c, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



Conus spectrum. Con. testd cylindraceo-ttirbinatd, tenui, 

 inflatd, inf erne sulcatd, sulcis pertusis , subdistantibus ; 

 albd, maculis strigisve aurantiis vel rufo-fuscis, longi- 

 tudinaliter flexuosis, vari'e pictd ; spird subdepressd, 

 apice mucronato, elato ; aperturd dehiscente. 



The spectre Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, 

 thin, inflated, lower part grooved, grooves rather 

 distant, faintly pricked ; white, variously painted 

 with orange or reddish-brown longitudinally waved 

 spots or streaks ; spire rather depressed, apex 

 raised, pointed ; aperture gaping. 



Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3395. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 509. 



Hab. Mauritius, Molluccas, &c. 



A light, open, characteristic species, but which can- 

 not nevertheless be separated without difficulty in many 

 instances from varieties of the C. stramineus. 



Species 81. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus genuanus. Con. testd turbinatd, fulvo, roseo et 

 caruleo pallide tinctd, taniis distinctis intequalibus 

 fusco alboque articulatis cinctd, taniis alternis siepis- 

 sime majoribus ; spird plano-obtusd , apice mucronato. 



The gartered Cone. Shell turbinated, stained with a 

 faint intermixture of colours, chiefly yellowish- 

 brown, pink, and blue, encircled with a number of 

 distinct unequal fillets of articulated white and dark 

 chocolate-brown, the alternate fillets being generally 

 the larger; spire flatly obtuse ; apex pointed. 



LinnjEus, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3381. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 475. 



Hab. Molluccas, Senegal ; Lamarck. Sierra Leone 

 (found in clefts of rocks) ; Belcher. 



The shell here figured is selected on account of the 

 bright development of its colours. It often exceeds this 

 in size, but I am unacquainted with any large specimen 

 that is not more or less worn or polished. The species 

 is too well known to require any remark, further than 

 that the fillets vary considerably in different individuals, 

 both in width and regularity. 



