C N U S. 



Plate XX. 



Species 108. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus pauperculus. Con. testd turbinatd, tenuicitld ; 

 pallide olivaced, balteo pallide incarnato, subcentrali, 

 punctisque rubidis subquadratis, lineariter digestis, 

 cinctd; spird subelatd, rubido-fusco arcuatim strigatd. 



The mean-looking Cone. Shell turbinated, rather 

 thin, pale olive-colour, encircled with a nearly cen- 

 tral belt of pale flesh-colour and a number of square 

 reddish-brown dots ranged in transverse lines ; 

 spire a little raised, ornamented with arched streaks 

 of reddish-brown. 



Sowerby, Conch. Illus., f. 78. 



Hah. ? 



This is a very distinct species ; I know of no other 

 with which a comparison can be drawn with any advan- 

 tage. 



Species 109. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus sponsalis. Con. testd obeso-turbinatd, solidd, 

 Itevi, basim versus granulosd ; albidd aut pallide lu- 

 teold, maculis roseis oblongis, longitudinaliter con- 

 fluentibus, bifasciatd ; spird subelatd, coronatd, apice 

 acuto ; basi et apertures fauce violaceo-nigricante. 



The bridal Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, solid, 

 smooth, granulated towards the base ; white or pale 

 yellow, encircled with two bands of oblong rose- 

 coloured spots flowing longitudinally ; spire rather 

 raised, coronated, apex sharp ; base and interior of 

 the shell stained with very dark violet. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. xi. pi. 182. f. 1766 and 

 1767. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 459. 



Hab. Lord Hood's and other Islands, Pacific Ocean 

 (found in pools on coral reefs) ; Cuming. 



No one can fail to recognise this stout, pretty little 

 shell. 



Species 110. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus nux. Con. testd obeso-turbinatd, Itevi, basim 

 versus granuloso-striatd, granulis subobsotetis ; albd, 

 maculis citrinis undatis bifasciatd; spird depresso- 

 convcxd, apice subobtuso, basi et apertura fauce vio- 

 laceo-nigricante. 



The nut Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, smooth, gra- 

 nulously striated towards the base, granules some- 

 what obsolete ; white, encircled with two bands of 

 dark waved citron-coloured blotches ; spire de- 

 pressly convex, apex rather obtuse ; base and in- 

 terior of the shell stained with violet. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 

 Sowerby, Conch. Illus., f. 31. 

 Hab. Gallapagos Islands. 



" In some individuals," says Broderip, " the brown (or 

 dark citron-colour) predominates to the exclusion of the 

 white, save a few scattered spots or flakes." 



Species 111. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Timorensis. Con. testd subcylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 lavi, basim versus striata; albd, incarnato-roseo 

 nebulosd, lineis roseis transversis, plus minusve inter- 

 spersd, zona albd intermedia , obsoletd, stepissinie for- 

 mante ; spird leviter canaliculatd , apice acuto ; aper- 

 turd subumpld. 



The Timor Cone. Shell rather cylindrically turbinated, 

 smooth, striated towards the base ; white, clouded 

 with faint fleshy rose-colour more or less inter- 

 spersed with interrupted transverse lines of a darker 

 rose-colour, generally forming an obsolete inter- 

 mediate white zone ; spire slightly canaliculated. 

 apex sharp ; aperture rather large. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 731. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 511. 



Conus vespertinus, Humphreys (Sow. Tank. Cat.). 



Hab. Island of Timor, Moluccas, &c. 



The interrupted transverse lines which adorn this 

 delicately painted shell are sometimes very feebly por- 

 trayed. 



Species 112. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus muriculatus. Con. testd turbinatd, muriculato- 

 granxdatd, granulis prominentihus , subdistantibus, se- 

 riatim digestis; albd, fasciis latis luteo-fuscis duabus 

 cinctd, fasciis lineis flosis ornatis ; spird depresso- 

 convexd, coronatd, rubido-fusco macululd ; basi et 

 aperture fauce violaced. 



The prickly Cone. Shell turbinated, prickly granu- 

 lated, granules prominent and rather distant, set 

 in rows ; white, encircled with two broad yellowish- 

 brown bands, bands ornamented with fine thread- 

 like lines; spire depressly convex, coronated, spotted 

 with reddish-brown ; base and within the aperture 

 violet. 



Sowerby, Conch. Illus., f. 1. 



Hab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found on coral 

 reefs) ; Cuming. 



This shell appears to be somewhat partially granulated; 

 the granules are however strong, and very characteris- 

 tically developed. 



August 1843. 



