CONUS — Plate XVIII. 



distinguish it, and feel much indebted to him for allow- 

 ing me to describe and figure it. 



Species 99. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus sulcatus. Con. testd turbinatd, transversim sul- 

 catd, sulcis plus minusve distantibus, liris intermediis 

 nunc plants, nunc rotundatis ; albidd, fuscescente varie 

 tinctd et strigatd ; spird depresso-convexd, indistincte 

 coronatd, canaliculatd, spiraliter striatd, interstitiis 

 leviter pertusis ; apice mucronato, acuto. 



The grooved Cone. Shell turbinated, transversely 

 grooved, grooves more or less distant, intermediate 

 rido-es sometimes flat, sometimes rounded ; whitish, 

 variously stained and streaked with pale brown ; 

 spire depressly convex, indistinctly coronated, ca- 

 naliculated, spirally striated, interstices between the 

 striae faintly pricked ; apex sharp-pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 618. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 451. 



Variety /3. 

 Testa liris scabris out granulosis. 

 Shell with the ridges rough or granulous. 



Conns costatus, Chemnitz. 



Conus asper, Lamarck. 

 The title of sulcatus, proposed for this shell by M. 

 Hwass, was published by Bruguiere in the Encyclopedie 

 Methodique about three years before the appearance of 

 Chemnitz's description of it in the last volume of the 

 • Cor-chylien Cabinet,' under that of costatus. 



Species 101. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Deshayes.) 

 Conus hieroglyphicus. Con. testd cylindraceo-ovatd, 

 cinereo-violaced, macularum fasciis duabus ornatd, 

 maculis niveis, peculiariter sinuosis ; granulosd, gru- 

 nulis pallidis ; spird convexo-acutd, variegatd ; host 

 striatd. 

 The hieroglyphical Cone. Shell cylindrically ovate, 

 ashy-violet colour, ornamented with two bands of 

 white peculiarly sinuated spots; granulous, granules 

 pale ; spire convexly acute, variegated; base striated. 

 Duclos, Mag. de Zool., 1833, pi. 23. 



Hab. ? 



I feel exceedingly obliged to M. Deshayes for the loan 

 of this interesting Cone, because it enables me to expos* 

 one of the most flagrant examples of dishonesty that 

 ever disgraced the annals of conchological science. The 

 shell now before me was borrowed of M. Deshayes by 

 M. Duclos under the pretext of comparing it with a spe- 

 cimen of much larger dimensions in his own cabinet. 

 There was no such specimen, however, in existence ; the 

 drawing given by M. Duclos as of one in his collection 

 is indisputably a magnified representation of this, so that 

 he adopted this discreditable manoeuvre merely to gain 

 the credit of having introduced a new species of Cone. 

 I should not have ventured to publish or to speak so po- 

 sitively of this notorious imposition ; but there are cer- 

 tain particular marks in the figure and in the shell by 

 which it may be detected. I am thus obliged to believe 

 as true (and in duty bound to expose), what I have hi- 

 therto ridiculed as incredible. 



Species 100. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus mitratus. Con. testd cylindraceo-elongatd, trans- 

 versim striatd, exiliter granulosd ; exusto-luted, ma- 

 culis grandibus fuscis trifasciatd; spird obtuso-py- 

 ramidali, fusco tessellatd, apice elato, acuto. 

 The mitred Cone. Shell cylindrically elongated, 

 transversely striated, very finely granulated ; burnt- 

 yellow colour, encircled with three bands of large 

 brown spots ; spire obtusely pyramidal, tessellated 

 with brown, apex elevated and sharp. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 738. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 514. 

 Hub. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs) ; 

 Cuming. 

 This shell is peculiar in having its entire surface co- 

 vered with very fine granules. 



Species 102. (Mus. Stainforth.) 

 Conus cardinalis. Con. testd turbinatd, svbobsolet'e 

 granulosd; coccined, in medio albifasciatd, fascid 

 fusco sparsim maculatd ; spird convexo-obtusd, albd, 

 eximii coronatd. 

 The cardinal Cone. Shell turbinated, rather obso- 

 letely granulous ; pinkish scarlet, encircled round 

 the middle with a white band sparingly spotted 

 with brown ; spire convexly obtuse, white, deli- 

 cately coronated. 

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

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 458. 



Hab. ? 



A remarkably pretty Cone, on account of the extreme 

 delicacy of its colour. 



