C N U S. 



Plate XIX. 



Species 103. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus mus. Con. testa ovato-turbinatd, transversim 

 striata, striis elevatis ; cinered, albo-fasciatd, macu- 

 lis fulvis longitudinaliter dispositis, ornatd ; spird 

 obtuso-convexd, variegatd. 



The mouse Cone. Shell ovately turbinated, trans- 

 versely striated, stria? raised ; ash-colour tinted 

 with blue or olive, banded round the middle, or ra- 

 ther below the middle, with white, and ornamented 

 with yellowish-brown spots arranged one under the 

 other in longitudinal streaks ; spire obtusely con- 

 vex, variegated. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 630. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 457. 



Hub. West Indies. 



The yellowish-brown colour of this shell, which is 

 deposited in blots round the top of the whorl, looks as if 

 it had run over, touching the raised lines down the shell 

 in streaks, and shading the interstices. The interior of 

 the shell is generally stained with dark chocolate-brown. 



Species 104. (Fig. a, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Dennison.) 



Conus Hebk.eus. Con. testa obeso-turbinatd, solidd, ba- 

 sim versus leviter liratd ; albidd nut albido-rosed, ma- 

 culis grandibus nigris rhomboideis, fasciatim digestis, 

 vivide pictd ; spird obtuso-convexd, subindistincte co- 

 ronatd, maculis tessellatd. 



The Hebrew Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, solid, 

 slightly ridged towards the base ; white or rose- 

 tinted, vividly painted with large rhomboidal black 

 spots, arranged across the shell in bands ; spire ob- 

 tusely convex, somewhat indistinctly coronated, 

 tessellated with spots. 



Linn^us, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3384. 



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



Variety ft. (Fig. 104 a ) 



Testa maculis nigris longitudinaliter confluentibus. 



Shell with the black spots flowing longitudinally into 



each other. 



Conus vermicu/atus, Lamarck. 

 Hub. Ceylon, i\c. 



Bruguiere was undoubtedly right in describing the 



shell which Lamarck subsequently distinguished with 

 the new specific title of vermiculatus, as a variety of the 

 C. Hebrteus ; the spots vary exceedingly, flowing some- 

 times into each other transversely as well as longitudi- 

 nally. The shell in all other respects remains the same, 

 though it exhibits a very notable variety of marking. Is 

 is sometimes granulated. 



Species 105. (Mus. Diamond.) 



Conus purpurascens. Con. testa subobeso-conicd, inter- 

 dum leviter granulosd ; violaced, purpureo variegatd 

 et nebulosd, monilibus purpureis et albis frequentibus 

 cingulatd ; aperturd subampld, labri Umbo inter no 

 purpureo tincto ,• spird convexd, subcanaliculdtd, spi- 

 raliter striata. 



The purple Cone. Shell rather stoutly conical, some- 

 times slightly gninulous ; violet-colour, clouded and 

 variegated with dark purple, and encircled with a 

 number of fine necklaces of purple and white ; aper- 

 ture rather large, inner edge of the lip stained with 

 purple ; spire convex, slightly canaliculated, spirally 

 striated. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1833. 



Sowerbt, Conch. Illus., f. 13. 



Hab. Panama (found in the clefts of rocks) ; Cuming. 

 St. Bias, Mexico ; Hinds. 



There is a peculiarity in this shell beyond the colour 

 and character of the painting, in the broad canaliculated 

 ledge which is formed by each whorl at its junction with 

 the spire, giving an unusual width to the upper portion 

 of the aperture. 



Species 106. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus eburneus. Con. testa subobeso-turbinatd, solidd . 

 albd, zonis tribus ptillid'c aunintio-fuscis, maculisque 

 nigris subquadratis seriatim cinctd ; spird depresso- 

 pland, svlcis exilibus duabus spiraliter incisd. 



The ivory Cone. Shell rather stoutly turbinated, solid ; 

 white, encircled with three pale orange-brown 

 bands, and a number of squarish black spots eel in 

 parallel rows ; spire depressly flat, spirally eiiLTavLi! 

 with two light grooves. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 640. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 46:;. 



July 1843. 



