CON U S. 



Plate XXV. 



Species 138. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus pr.efectus. Con. testd elongato-turbinatd, angustd, 

 Itevi, basim versus sulcatd, sulcis peculiariter pertusis ; 

 fulvd, albido pallide fasciatd ; spird convexo-acutd, 

 spiraliter striatd, fulvo variegatd; apice elato, acuto. 



The overseer Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, nar- 

 row, smooth, grooved towards the base, grooves 

 peculiarly prickled ; brownish yellow, encircled with 

 a nearly central faint whitish band ; spire convexly 

 raised, spirally striated, variegated with brownish 

 yellow ; apex raised and acute. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 754. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 513. 

 Conus teres lavis, Martini. 

 Conus ochroleucus, Gmelin. 



Hab. Swan River ; Lieut. Collie. 



This species may be distinguished by its elongated 

 form, its pale nankeen colour, and the peculiarly pricked 

 grooves round the base. 



Species 139. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus anemone. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, trans- 

 versim striatd, basim versus sulcatd, albido-cinered, 

 vel cinnamomed, vel rosed, fusco aut castaneo pecu- 

 liariter sparsd ; spird elatd, spiraliter striatd ; apice 

 rosea. 



The anemone Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, trans- 

 versely striated, grooved towards the base, pale ash, 

 cinnamon, or rose-colour, peculiarly sprinkled with 

 brown or chestnut ; spire elevated, spirally striated ; 

 apex rose-tinted. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 479. 



Variety ft. (Fig. 139 a.) 



Testa brevior, inftatior, albido-carulea, fusco frequentiore ; 



spira depressior. 

 Shell shorter, more inflated, pale blue, with the sprinkled 



brown more frequent ; spire more depressed. 



Conus maculosus, Sowerby, Conch. Ulus., f. 3. 

 Hab. Van Diemen's Land, Port Lincoln, Port Essington, 



&c, Australia. 



The Conus anemone, which has been received in great 

 abundance from Australia, presents so wide a variation 

 of growth, that it seems almost absurd to think that a 



proper specific relation can be established between the 

 extreme forms here represented ; the one short light and 

 inflated, the other elongated and comparatively solid. 

 Such however is the fact : the specimens, of which a nu- 

 merous series is before me, exhibit the minutest grada- 

 tion from one extreme to the other, accompanied with 

 the consequent elevation or depression of the spire ; the 

 striated surface, the spirally- striated spire, the light 

 grooving round the base, and the peculiar sprinkled cha- 

 racter of the painting are, within significant modification, 

 the same in all. Let no one judge of this seemingly 

 anomalous relation without a critical examination and 

 comparison of numerous specimens. 



Species 140. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus gradatus. Con. testa elongato-turbinatd, lavius- 

 culd, albidd, rubido -fusco longitudinaliter inquinatd ■ 

 spird turrito-exsertd ; apice valde elato. 



The turreted Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, ra- 

 ther smooth, whitish, longitudinally bedaubed with 

 reddish brown ; spire exserted in the form of a 

 turret ; apex very elevated. 



Gray, MSS., British Museum. 



Hab. Salango, South America (found on the sands) ; 

 Cuming. 



I have seen several specimens of this remarkable shell, 

 each exhibiting the same peculiarly turreted spire, and 

 the same exact style of painting. It approximates in its 

 general outline to the Conus generalis, and is certainly 

 very closely allied to it ; I cannot however agree with my 

 excellent friend the Rev. Mr. Stainforth, in considering 

 it to be a monstrosity of that species. 



Species 141. (Fig. a, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



Conus auratus. Con. testd cylindraceo-elongatd, au- 

 rantio-castaned, transversim lineatd, maculis a/bis 

 cordatis, seriebus longitudinalibus, irregularibus, re- 

 motis, ornatd ; lineis transversis subobsolete ulbipunc- 

 tatis ; spird valdt exsertd, apice subobtuso. 



The gilded Cone. Shell cylindrically elongated, 

 orange-chestnut, transversely lineated, and orna- 

 mented with distant, irregular, longitudinal rows of 

 white heart-shaped spots ; transverse lines some- 



September 1843. 



