CON US. 



Plate XXVII. 



Species 149. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Algoensis. Con. testd subcylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 tenuiculd, leevi ; castaneo-fuscd, fascia unicd, fas- 

 ciisve duabus a/bis, pecu/iariter interruptis, ornatd ; 

 spird brevi, convexd, fuseo alboque articulatd. 



The Algoa Cone. Shell somewhat cylindrically tur- 

 binated, rather thin, smooth ; light chestnut-brown, 

 ornamented with one or two peculiarly interrupted 

 white bands ; spire short, convex, articulated with 

 white and brown. 



Sowekdy, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1834; Conch. Illus., f. 66. 



Hab. Algoa Bay, southern coast of Africa (found on the 

 sands) ; Capt. Percival. 



This species may be recognised by the peculiar man- 

 ner in which the brown painting is festooned, as it were, 

 round the base of the spire. 



Species 150. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus nanus. Con. testd subobeso-turbinatd , solidd, 

 albd, pallidissime livido-zonatd, bast livido-purpu- 

 rascente, epidermide luteo-olivaced indutd ; spird con- 

 vexd, coarctatd, subtiliter coronatd ; apertura fauce 

 basim versus livido-purpurascente. 



The dwarf Cone. Shell rather stoutly turbinated, solid, 

 white, very faintly lividly zoned, livid purple at the 

 base, covered with a yellowish olive epidermis ; 

 spire convex, contracted, finely coronated ; aperture 

 livid purple towards the base. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 



Hab. Lord Hood's Island, Pacific Ocean (found on the 

 reefs) ; Cuming. 



The specimen selected for illustration is represented 

 partially covered with epidermis. 



Species 151. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus albimaculatus. Con. testd turbinatd, granulatd, 

 granulis prominent ibus, subdistantibus ; aurantid, 

 macularum albumin grandium seriebus duabus vivid'e 

 ornatd ; spird convexd, obsolete coronatd, apice mu- 

 cronato, elato. 



The white-spotted Cone. Shell turbinated, granu- 

 lated, granules prominent and rather distant ; 



bright orange, vividly ornamented with two rows of 

 large white spots ; spire convex, obsoletely coro- 

 nated, apex raised and pointed. 



Sowerbt, Conch. Illus., f. 2. 



Hab. ? 



The white spots which characterize this species are so 

 large, that five, at a moderate distance from each other, 

 extend entirely round the shell. 



Species 152. (Mus. Delessert.) 



Conus Lorenzianus. Con. testd subpyramidali-turbi- 

 natd, basim versus striata, lineisque punctatis notatd ,■ 

 albidd out pallid r flood, flammis rufescentibus longi- 

 tudinaliter pictd ; spird acuminato-exsertd. 



The Lorenzian Cone. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 turbinated, striated, and marked with faintly dotted 

 lines towards the base, whitish or pale yellow, lon- 

 gitudinally painted with reddish flames ; spire acu- 

 minately exserted. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. p. 51. pi. 181. f. 1754 

 and 1755. 

 Conns flammeus, Lamarck. 



Hab. Seas of Africa ; Lamarck. 



Chemnitz appears to have named this shell after a 

 collection (or the owner of it) which furnished him with 

 much valuable matter for illustration. 



Species 153. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus concinnus. Con. testd cylindraceo-pyriformi, 

 pofitd, basim versus sulcatd, albd, luteo-castuneo quasi 

 geographici- pictd ; spird rotundatd, suturis subtilis- 

 sime crenulatis, apice mucronato, elato, rosaceo. 



The comely Cone. Shell cylindrically pear-shaped, 

 polished, grooved towards the base, white, geogra- 

 phically painted, as it were, with yellowish chest- 

 nut ; spire rounded, sutures very finely crenulated, 

 apex raised, pointed, rose-tinted. 



Buoderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 



Hab. Bay of California (found on the sands) ; Mr. Babb. 

 R.N. 



An exceedingly pretty species, especially remarkable 

 on account of the sutures of the spire being very mi- 

 nutely crenulated. 



October 1843. 



