CONUS.— Plate XXXIII. 



Species 184. (Mus. Cuming.)' 



Conus fuscatus. Con. testd subelongato-turbinatd, in 

 medio leviter attenuatd; cceruleo-albidd, macidis gran- 

 dibus olivaceo-viridibus longitudinaliter inquinatd, 

 macidis interdum lineatis, interstitiis caruleo-albidis 

 pallide articulatis ; spird plana, valde coronatd, apice 

 obtuso ; apertura fauce basim versus nigricante. 



The darkened Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, 

 slightly attenuated in the middle ; bluish white, 

 longitudinally bedaubed with large patches of olive- 

 green, sometimes transversely lineated, the bluish 

 white spaces being generally faintly articulated ; 

 spire fiat, strongly coronated, apex obtuse ; interior 

 of the aperture blue-black at the base. 



Born, Ind. Mus., p. 126. 



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



Hab. Seas of India. 



This species approaches very closely to the Conns im- 

 perialism though it differs constantly in size, colour, and 

 general style of painting. The large bold blotches of 

 dark olive-green are very characteristic. 



Species 185. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Maldivus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, basim 

 versus submucronatd ; albidd, fusciis duabus latis- 

 simis, fusco-rubiginosis, varie interruptis, cinctd, in- 

 terstitiis fusco seriatim punctatis ; spird convexd, 

 apice mucronato, elato ; basi nigricante tinctd. 



The Maldive Cone. Shell oblong- turbinated, some- 

 what pointed towards the base ; whitish, encircled 

 with two very broad, variously interrupted reddish 

 brown bands, the interstices between which are 

 painted with rows of irregular brown dots ; spire 



convex, apex raised and pointed ; base stained 



with black. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 644. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 465. 

 Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



This species has not been retained without diffidence ; 

 it possesses so many characters in common with the 

 Conus generalis, that it is often extremely difficult to 

 distinguish. 



Species 186. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus roseus. Con. testd abbreviato-turbinatd, superne 

 obesd, transversim sulcata, rosed, punctis rubidis, 

 perpaucis, subtilissimis, sparsis, indistincte pictd, in 

 medio albifasciatd ; spird convexd, tuberculis rudibus 

 obtusis valde coronatd, interstitiis rubido-fuscis ; 

 basi livido-fuscd. 



The rose Cone. Shell shortly turbinated, stout at the 

 upper part, transversely grooved, rose-coloured, in- 

 distinctly painted with a few very fine scattered 

 reddish brown dots, white-banded in the middle ; 

 spire convex, strongly coronated with rude blunt 

 tubercles, the interstices between which are reddish 

 brown ; base livid brown. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 458; Enc. Meth., 

 pi. 322. fig. 7. 

 Conus Hindus, var., Sowerby. 



Hab. West Indies ; Lamarck. 



This excellent species approaches certain varieties of 

 the Conus lividus ; it is rarely found in good condition, 

 but may be easily recognised by its rose-tinted hue, and 

 by the specks of reddish brown in the interstices be- 

 tween the tubercles of the spire. 



