CONUS.— Plate XXVIII. 



This species may be easily recognised from the rest 

 of the brocade series of Cones by the fine character of 

 the net-work ; it is generally of a short cylindrical form, 

 and much more inflated than its allied species. The 

 specimen here figured is rather a large one, considerably 

 above the average size. 



[For a smaller and more characteristic example of 

 this species see Conus PL XXXII.] 



Species 163. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus tessellattjs. Con. testa, turbinatd, albd, maculis 

 coccineis quadrangulis, in zonis duabus confertioribus , 

 seriatim cinctd : basi sulcatd, violaced ; spird de- 

 presso-pland, apice mucronato. 



The tessellated Cone. Shell turbinated, white, en- 

 circled with rows of quadrangular scarlet spots, 

 crowded together more particularly into two zones ; 

 base grooved, stained with violet ; spire depressly 

 flat, apex pointed. 



Born, Ind. Mus. Caesar., p. 131. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 464. 



Hab. Ceylon, Mauritius, &c. 



Although the spots which adorn this well-known 

 species are commonly characterized as being of a qua- 

 drangular form, they are sometimes so much extended 

 transversely as almost to exhibit the appearance of a 

 series of broad interrupted lines. 



I have a beautiful example before me of this variety, 

 from the collection of J. Dennison, Esq. 



