CONUS. 



Plate XXIX. 



Species 164. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus inscriptus. Con. testd turbinatd, solidiusculd, 

 lievi, basim versus sulcata, sulcis latis, striatis ; ca- 

 rvleo-a/bidd, maculis grandibus fuscescentibus , Uteris 

 Sinensibus simillimis, trifusclatim inscriptd, inter- 

 stitiis mucularum minorum serie unicd cingulatis ; 

 spird mediocri, spiraliter striatd, fuscescente varie- 

 gatd, apice acuto ; aperturts fauce violaceo-carneo- 

 latd. 



The inscribed Cone. Shell turbinated, rather solid, 

 smooth, grooved towards the base, grooves broad, 

 striated ; bluish white, inscribed with three bands 

 of large pale brown spots, very like Chinese cha- 

 racters, interstices between the bands encircled 

 with a single row of smaller spots ; spire middling, 

 spirally striated, variegated with pale brown, apex 

 sharp ; interior of the aperture violet flesh-colour. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Conus leo scandens ? Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. x. 

 pi. 140. f. 1300. 



Hub. ? 



This appears to me to be a well-characterized species, 

 and clearly distinct from that variety of the Conus Pro- 

 teus to which it so closely approximates in the style 

 of painting. I much question whether the figure de- 

 scribed by Chemnitz under the title of " Leo scandens," 

 from an imagined resemblance of the hieroglyphical 

 spots to the common heraldic device of the climbing 

 lion, is not a representation of this shell, and that La- 

 marck, Pfeiffer, and others have somewhat erred in 

 quoting it as the well-known similarly marked variety 

 of C. Proteus. 



There is another specimen of the Conus inscriptus in 

 Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



Species 165. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus canonicus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, so- 

 lidiusculd ; albd, nitjricante-fusco reticulatd, reticulo 

 im'gulari, identidem conferto, caruleo tinctd ; spird 

 acuminatd, apice acutissimo ; a pert urcc fauce carneo- 

 lato-roseo pallide tinctd. 



The canonical Cone. Shell cylindrical!}' turbinated, 

 rather solid; white, reticulated with blackish brown, 

 net- work irregular, here and there close, and stained 



with blue ; spire acuminated, apex very sharp ; in- 

 terior of the aperture stained with pale fleshy rose. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 749. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 522. 



Hab. Seas of India. 



This shell is of a solid narrow cylindrical growth, in 

 which the brocade pattern is but very slightly interrupted 

 by the patches of longitudinal lines which form so cha- 

 racteristic a feature in the Conus textile. 



Species 166. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Siamensis. Con. testd oblong o-turbinatd, supertie 

 obesd; albidd, ferrugineo-fulvo fasciatd, taniis an- 

 gustis numerosis, fusco et albo articulatis cingulatd ,■ 

 spird subexsertd, ferrngineo-fusco variegatd, apic 

 mucronato, acuto. 



The Siam Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, stout round 

 the upper part ; white, banded with rusty yellowish 

 brown, and encircled with a number of narrow fillets 

 of articulated brown and white ; spire somewhat 

 exserted, variegated with rusty brown, apex pointed 

 and sharp. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 662. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 477. 



Hab. Asiatic Seas. 



The Conus Siamensis may be chiefly distinguished from 

 its next allied species, the Coni papilionaceus and Prome- 

 theus, by the number of narrow articulated fillets which 

 encircle its entire surface. 



Species 167. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Dennison ; Fi". c, 

 Mus. Burt.) 



Conus characteristicus. Con. testa obeso-turbinatd, 

 solidd, albd, flammis longitudinalibus rubido-fuscis, 

 flexuosis, subvenosis aut ramosis, trifasciatim cinctd ; 

 spird plano-depressd, sulcis exilibus duobus spiraliter 

 incisd, apice obtuso. 



The characteristic Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, 

 solid, white, encircled with three bands of flexuous, 

 somewhat veined or branched longitudinal flames ; 

 spire flatly depressed, spirally engraved with two 

 fine grooves, apex obtuse. 



November 1843. 



