CONUS.— Plate XXX. 



Species 172. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Prometheus. Con. lestd oblongo-turbinatd, al- 

 bidd, maculis lineisque ferrugineo-aurantiis zonatd ; 

 spird convexd, subcanaliculatd, ferrugineo-aurantio 

 tessellatd et variegata ; apice mucronato. 



The Promethean Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, 

 whitish, zoned with rusty orange spots and lines ; 

 spire convex, slightly canaliculated, tessellated and 

 variegated with rusty orange ; apex pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 667. 

 Hab. Sechelle Islands, north of Madagascar (found on 

 coral reefs) ; Capt. Caldwell. 



The Conus Prometheus is the largest species of the 

 genus, and the specimen here represented from the col- 

 lection of the Rev. F. J. Stainforth the most gigantic 

 example I remember to have seen. 



