C N U S. 



Plate XXXIII. 



Species 180. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus classiarius. Con. testa subabbreviato-turbinatd, 

 olivaceo-castaned, fascia albidd centrali lineisque 

 fuscis, intemtptis, mimerosis, cinctd; spird subde- 

 pressd, albidd, olivaceo-fusco macidatd ; apertures 

 fauce fusco tinctd. 



The naval Cone. Shell rather shortly turbinated, 

 olive-chestnut, encircled with a central white band, 

 and a number of interrupted brown lines ; spire ra- 

 ther depressed, whitish, spotted with olive-brown ; 

 interior of the aperture stained with brown. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 705. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 470. 



Hob. Bay of Montija, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



The C. classiarius does not exhibit any very striking 

 peculiarities ; it approximates rather closely to certain 

 dwarf varieties of the Conus fumigatus, but may be di- 

 stinguished from that species by the continuous inter- 

 rupted or dotted lines which encircle the entire surface. 



Species 181. (Mus. Delessert.) 



Conus Caledonicus. Con. testa oblongo-turbinatd, au- 

 rantid, filis-tenuissimis, rtibidis, paralle/is, contiguis, 

 cinctd, filis inferioribus subtilissime granulosis ; spird 

 subacuminatd, obsolete coronatd, apice acuta. 



The New Caledonia Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, 

 orange, encircled with a number of very fine, con- 

 tiguous, parallel, reddish thread-like lines, the lower 

 of which are very finely granulated ; spire some- 

 what acuminated, obsoletely coronated, apex sharp. 



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



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



Hab. Coast of New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean. 



This interesting species is quite unknown in this 

 country, and I am therefore much indebted to M. De- 

 lessert for allowing me to examine and obtain a drawing 

 of the valuable specimen in his cabinet; it is in excellent 

 preservation, and may probably be the same shell that 

 Bruguiere relates to have been brought from New Ca- 

 ledonia by Capt. Cook, as having passed first into the 

 celebrated collection of the Duchess of Portland, and 

 from thence into that of M. Hwass of Copenhagen. 



Species 182. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus viridulus. Con. testd turbinatd, caru/eo-albidd, 

 flammis olivaceo -viridibus , longitudinalibus, undatis, 

 variegatd ', flammis transversim lineatis, lineis interdum 

 albo articulatis; spird pland, valde coronatd, apice 

 obtuso ; apertures fauce basim versus cceruleo-nigri- 

 cante tinctd. 



The greenish Cone. Shell turbinated, bluish white, 

 variegated with longitudinal waved olive-green 

 flames, flames transversely lined, lines sometimes 

 articulated with white ; spire flat, strongly coro- 

 nated, apex obtuse ; interior of the aperture stained 

 towards the base with blue-black. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 446. 

 Conus fuscatus, var., Bruguiere. 



Hab. Seas of India. 



I feel very much inclined to think with Bruguiere, that 

 the Coni viridulus and fuscatus are merely varieties of 

 one and the same species. The character by which the 

 former is separated by Lamarck, namely, the presence 

 or absence of articulated white spots in the transverse 

 lines, is very inconstant, and I venture to perpetuate the 

 use of it more on account of its short peculiarity of 

 form, and light sprinkled distribution of painting. 



Species 183. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus literatus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd , alba, zo- 

 nis tribus pallide aurantio-luteis, maculisque nigris, 

 interdum longiludinaliler confluentibus, seriatim cinc- 

 td ; spird pland, exsertiusculd, leviter canaliculatd. 



The letter-marked Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, 

 white, encircled with three faint yellow-orange 

 zones, and a number of rows of black spots, some- 

 times flowing longitudinally ; spire flat, a little ex- 

 serted, and slightly canaliculated. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3375. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 462. 



Hab. Ceylon, &c 



No one can fail to recognise this well-known species, 

 the chief peculiarities of which are the vivid hieroglyphi- 

 cal spots, and the three orange zones which encircle the 

 upper, lower and middle portions of the shell. 



November 1843. 



