CONUS. 



Plate XXXI. 



Species 173. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus acuminatus. Con. testa turbinutd, solidiusculd, 

 albd, rubra- aut nigricante-fusco reticulatd, reticulo 

 plerumque bifastiatim confuso ; spird leviter canali- 

 culatd, fusco tessellatd et variegatd, plus minusve 

 acuminata, apice mucronato. 



The acuminated Cone. Shell turbinated, rather solid, 

 white, reticulated with red or blackish brown, net- 

 work generally confused or mingled so as to ex- 

 hibit two indistinct bands ; spire slightly canalicu- 

 lated, tessellated and variegated with brown, more 

 or less acuminated, apex pointed; interior of the 

 aperture stained with flesh-colour. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth.vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 688. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 488. 



Hab. Red Sea (found in clefts of rocks) ; Riippell. 



Bruguiere particularizes three varieties of this well- 

 known species, commonly distinguished as the " Vice- 

 Admiral:" the first is characterized as having a white 

 band, the second as being without any band, and the 

 third as having two brown bands ; and Lamarck de- 

 scribes the shell as having a white band either with or 

 without a dotted line running through it. The distri- 

 bution of the painted net-work is however so variable, 

 that it is sufficient for me to notice that the shell exhibits 

 these differences. The specimen here figured represents 

 a line-dotted band as well as a strongly acuminated 

 spire. 



Species 174. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming; Fig. c, Mus. 

 Stainforth.) 



Conus distans. Con. testd subelongato-turbinatd, in 

 medio leviter attenuatd ; rubido-ftavescente, cinereo 

 interdum pallide zonatd, lineis impressis, distantibus, 

 subobsoletis, cingulatd; basi nigricantc-violaceo tinctd; 

 spird convexoexsertd, tuberibus albidis obtusis, in- 

 terstitiisfuscis, coronatd, apice peculiariter depresso- 

 truncato. 



The distantly-lineated Cone. Shell somewhat 

 elongately turbinated, slightly attenuated in the 

 middle; reddish yellow, sometimes zoned with pale 

 ash-colour, encircled with distant, somewhat obso- 

 lete impressed lines ; base stained with blackish 

 violet ; spire convexly exserted, coronated with ob- 



tuse white knobs, the interstices between which 

 are reddish or yellowish brown ; apex very pecu- 

 liarly flatly truncated. 



Hwass, Enc. M6th. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 634. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 459. 

 Conus Mennonitarum coronalus, Chemnitz. 



Hab. New Zealand ; Bruguiere. Island of Taheite, Pa- 

 cific Ocean (found on coral reefs) ; Cuming. 



Variety ji. (Fig. a and b.) 



Testa minor, ud basim subrugoso-sulcata, maculis albidis 



sparsis in medio et inferne cincta. 

 Shell smaller, grooved in a somewhat wrinkled manner 



at the base, encircled round the middle and lower 



part with scattered whitish spots. 

 Hab. Matnog, island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



No one can fail to distinguish this characteristic 

 species, which differs so entirely from the rest of the 

 genus, by its peculiarly coronated spire and flat truncated 

 apex, the latter character being especially deserving of 

 notice, as it is the same in all stages of growth. The 

 variety /3, which I have taken some pains to illustrate, 

 was collected by Mr. Cuming. 



Species 175. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus carinatus. Con. testd elongato-lurbinatd, sub- 

 cylindraced, superne carinatd ; fused, transversim 

 lineatd, lineis minutissime articulatis ; spird sub- 

 depressd, spiraliter striata, fusco variegatd. 



The keeled Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, some- 

 what cylindrical, keeled, as it were, round the upper 

 part ; brown, transversely lineated, lines minutely 

 articulated ; spire rather depressed, spirally striated, 

 variegated with brown. 



Swainson, Zool. Illus., 1st series, pi. 112. 



Hab. Mauritius. 



I have ventured to perpetuate the Conus carinatus of 

 Swainson, though I strongly suspect it to be an extreme 

 variety of that exceedingly variable species, the Conus 

 magus. 



Species 176. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Dennison.) 



Conus panniculus. Con. testd subcylindraceo-turbi- 

 natd, tenuicuid, inflatd, purpureo-carneolatd, rubru- 



November 1843. 



