CONUS.— Plate XXIII. 



presso-convexd, fusco alboque arcuatim tessellatd ; 

 aperture fauce albd. 



The lineated Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, encir- 

 cled towards the base with fine granular ridges ; 

 white, stained with orange-brown and numerous 

 transverse thread-like lines in such a manner as to 

 leave three bands of very irregular white spots ; 

 spire depressly convex, arcuately tessellated with 

 brown and white ; interior of the aperture white. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. x. pi. 138. f. 1285. 



Lamaeck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 466. 



Hab. Ceylon (found in rocky places) ; Dr. Siebald. 



This species may be recognised by the fine thread- 

 like lines which traverse the darker parts of the shell ; 

 it passes very nearly in other respects into the C. vul- 

 pinus, the painting is so variable. There is a small spe- 

 cimen of the Conus lineatus in the collection of the Rev. 

 Mr. Stainforth with the rows of granules extending half- 

 way up the shell, and they are much more strongly de- 

 veloped than in the specimen here figured. 



It is a remarkable fact, that all granulated varieties of 

 any species of Cone are of diminutive proportion, and 

 the more diminutive the more highly granulated. 



Species 132. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus vitulinus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd , basim 

 versus granuloso-liratd ; albd,fascid latd aurantio- 

 fuscd cingulatd, fusco supra et infra album undatim 

 intersecante ; spird depresso-convexd, leviter canali- 



culatd, fusco alboque arcuatim tessellatd; aperture? 

 fauce albd ; basi intus extusque nig errimo -fused. 



The calf-striped Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, gra- 

 nulously ridged towards the base ; white, encircled 

 with abroad dark orange-brown band, with a num- 

 ber of waved streaks of the same colour proceeding 

 from it, intersecting the white above and below ; 

 spire depressly convex, slightly canaliculated, ar- 

 cuately tessellated with brown and white ; interior 

 of the aperture white ; base of the shell very dark 

 brown both within and without. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vol. i. part 2. p. 648. pi. 326. f. 3. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 467. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



This species may be distinguished from the preceding 

 by the regularly waved brown streaks which intersect 

 the white spaces, and by the absence of the fine thread- 

 like transverse lines. 



Species 53. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus pulchellus (variety /3). Testa largior, tumidior, 

 bifasciata, punctis indistinctis ; spird pallid'e purpu- 

 rea, non canaliculatd. 



Shell larger, more swollen, doubly banded, rows of dots 

 indistinct ; spire pale purple, not canaliculated. 

 Conus ductus, Swainson. 



For a detailed account of this beautiful shell, (Conus 

 pulchellus, Variety /3,) refer to PI. XI. Sp. 53. 



