C ONUS. 



Plate XXIV. 



Species 133. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. c, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus punctatus. Con. testd turbinate, helvaced, zona 

 (dbd, angustd, in medio fasciatd, striis transversis 

 numerosis, elevatis, fusco-punctatis, cinctd ; spird 

 obtusd, spiraliter striata, obsolete coronatd, fusco 

 oblique strigatd ; apice interdum subelato. 



The dotted Cone. Shell turbinated, pale reddish 

 brown, banded round the middle with a narrow 

 white zone, and everywhere encircled with raised 

 brown-dotted stria? ; spire obtuse, spirally striated, 

 obsoletely coronated, obliquely streaked with brown; 

 apex sometimes a little elevated. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. x. p. 36. pi. 139. f. 1294. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 455. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 133 a and 133 c.) 



Testa lineis brevibus transversis, nigerrimo-fuscis , plus 



minusve nebulosis, longitudinaliter strigata. 

 Shell longitudinally streaked with short transverse 

 blackish-brown lines, more or less clouded over. 

 Conus pellis-hycence, Chemnitz,[Conch. Cab., vol. xi. 



p. 49. pi. 181. f. 1750 and 1751. 

 Conus hyarna, Hwass, Enc. M6th. vers, vol. i. part 2. 

 p. 656. pi. 327. f. 5 and 7 ; Lamarck, Anim. sans 

 vert., vol. vii. p. 472. 

 Hab. West Coast of Africa, Coast of Guinea ; Dr. Sie- 

 bald. 



There can be no doubt of the complete specific affinity 

 between the two shells described by Chemnitz, Bruguiere, 

 Lamarck and others, under the respective titles of punc- 

 tatus and hyena. The specimens here selected for re- 

 presentation, though extreme varieties, agree precisely 

 in many important particulars : in the peculiar parallel of 

 the aperture for example, the grooving round the base, 

 the spiral stria; of the spire, the slight irregularity of the 

 suture occasioned bythe spire being obsoletelycoronated, 

 and the pale central band ; whilst on the other hand in 

 the features in which they differ, such as the greater or 

 less depression of the spire, and the longitudinal streaks 

 of colouring matter, they are completely assimilated by 

 intermediate varieties. 



Species 134. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus aulicus. Con. testd cylindraceo-elongatd, fused 

 out castaneo-fuscd, transverse lineatd, maculis grandi- 

 bus triangularibus, inaqualibus, albis, vivide ornatd ,■ 

 spird elevato-exsertd. 



The court Cone. Shell cylindrically elongated, brown 

 or chestnut-brown, crossed with numerous lines, 

 and vividly ornamented with large, unequal, white, 

 triangular spots ; spire elevately exserted. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., vol. ii. p. 1171. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 515. 



Hab. Ceylon, Mauritius, &c 



The large triangular white spots, so characteristic of 

 the Conus aulicus, are somewhat larger and more di- 

 stinct in the magnificent specimen here represented than 

 usual. The most important specific feature of the shell 

 is also unusually clear, namely, the absence of any 

 articulated white spaces or punctures on the transverse 

 lines. 



Species 135. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus fumigatus. Con. testd turbinatd, lavi, luteo- 

 castaned, lineisfuscis perpaucis, zondque albidd, vividd , 

 subcentrali, cingulatd ; zond fusco hie et illic longitu- 

 dinaliter strigatd ; spird obtuso-convexd, leviter ca- 

 naliculatd, a/bd, fusco inquinatd. 



The smoked Cone. Shell turbinated, smooth, yellow- 

 ish chestnut, encircled with a few brown lines, and 

 a vivid white, nearly central zone, longitudinallv 

 streaked here and there with brown ; spire obtusely 

 convex, slightly canaliculated, white, bedaubed with 

 brown. 



Hwass, Enc. M6th. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 704. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 496. 



Hab. Seas of America ; Lamarck. 



This shell does not appear to have been known hi- 

 therto in good condition, the fine transverse lines, and 

 the scattered painting of the white zone never having 

 been noticed. 



Species 136. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus lignarius. Con. testd ollongo-turbinatd, basim 

 versus subtiliter sulcata; luteo-fascd, fusco indistincte 



bifasciata, ftlis tenuissimis i, ■■'unc cingu- 



September 1S43. 



