C N U S. 



Plate XXXII. 



Species 177. (Fig. a, b and c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Variety a. Fig. c. 



Conus omaria. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, alba, 

 interdum rosaced, aurantio-fusco subtilissime reticu- 

 latd, maculis irregularibus, albipunctatis, sapissime 

 interspersd ; spird concavo-exsertd, apice obtuso, 

 rnseo. 



The pearled Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, 

 white, sometimes rose-tinted, very finely reticulated 

 with orange-brown, most frequently interspersed 

 with irregular white-dotted blotches ; spire con- 

 cavely exserted, apex obtuse, rose-coloured. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 743. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 518. 



Variety )3. Fig. a and b. 



Testa plerumque major, obesior, in medio subattenuata ; 



reticuld valde latiore. 

 Shell generally larger, stouter, slightly attenuated in 



the middle ; net- work much wider. 



Conus pennaceus. 

 Hub. Ceylon, &c. 



I do not see how Lamarck's Conus pennaceus can be 

 separated as a distinct species from the Conus omaria, 

 nor do I take his Conus rubiginosus to be anything more 

 than a variety of the same. The reticulated painting of 

 this shell is more than usually variable in its character, 

 exhibiting the appearance of fine lace in some specimens, 

 in others of coarse net-work, and the spots are no less 

 inconstant, both as to size and arrangement. 



Conus literatus, var., Bruguiere. 

 Hab. Islands of Annaa, Taheite, &c, Pacific Ocean 

 (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



The Conus millepunctatus differs from the Conus lite- 

 ratus in the absence of the pale orange-brown bands, 

 and in the spots being smaller, much more numerous, 

 and occasionally clouded with greyish blue, as in the 

 very characteristic specimen here represented. 



Species 178. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus millepunctatus. Con. testd turbinatd, albidd, 

 maculis nigris confertis, parvis, numerosis, interdum 

 ctEsio-nebulosis, seriatim cingulatd ; spin! plus mi- 

 nusve depressd, spiru/iter canalicu/atd et striata, ma- 

 culis nigerrimis grandibus vivid? pictd. 



The thousand-spotted Cone. Shell turbinated, 

 whitish, encircled with a number of small close-set 

 black spots, sometimes clouded with greyish blue ; 

 spire more or less depressed, spirally canaliculated 

 and striated, vividly painted with large black spots. 



Lamarck, Anim. sms vert., vol. vii. p. 461. 



Species 179. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus striatus. Con. testd subcylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 svperne coarctatd, per totam superficiem striata, 

 striis profundis, prominentibus ; albidd, roseo pallide 

 tinctd, nigro plus minusve variegatd, strigatd, et ma- 

 culatd : spird subobtuso-convexd, profundi canalicu- 

 latd, apice rosaceo. 



The striated Cone. Shell somewhat cylindrically 

 turbinated, contracted at the top, striated over the 

 entire surface, stria? deep and prominent ; whitish, 

 stained with pale rose, more or less variegated, 

 streaked, and spotted with black ; spire rather ob- 

 tusely convex, deeply canaliculated, apex tinged 

 with rose. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 179 b ) 

 ! Testa fulvo-fusca variegata. 

 Shell variegated with yellowish brown. 

 Linnjstjs, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3393. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 506. 

 Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



This species is remarkably well characterized by the 

 striae, which are equally developed over its entire sur- 

 face. Lamarck describes them as being interrupted 

 over the white spaces, but it is only that they are less 

 conspicuous from the absence of colour. 



Species 162 b. (Mus. Stainfurth.) 



(Second notice.) 



Conus abbas. An additional figure, in consequence of 

 the shell represented at PI. XXVIII. Fig. 162. not 

 being sufficiently characteristic of the fine net- work 

 by which it is specifically distinguished. 



November 1843. 



