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Plate XXXV. 



Species 190. (Fig. a, b and c, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. 

 d and e, Mus. Cuming ) 



Variety a. (Fig. b and </. ) 



(jms magus. Con. testa cylindraceo-turbinatd, sub- 

 elongatd, n/bd, maculis grandibus sparsis livido-oli- 

 vaceis aurantio-tinctis subfasciatim ornald, lineis 

 olivaceo-fuscis,vel interruptis, vel punctatis . sen a/bi- 

 articulatis, cinctd; spird convexd, apice elato. rosacen. 



The magician Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, j 

 rather elongated, white, ornamented with large 

 scattered, livid olive, orange-stained spots, and en- 

 circled with interrupted, dotted, or white-articu- 

 lated olive-brown lines; spire convex, apex raised, 

 tinged with rose. 



LinNjEus, Syst. Nat., p. 1171. 



Conns magus, i Brugui6re> Lamarck . 

 Conns raphanus, J 



Hab. Philippine Islands (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



Variety /3. (Fig. c.) 



Testa superne tumidiuscula, maculis grandibus nigricante- 

 fuscescentibus longiludinaliter undatim confluent ibtis ; 

 punctis perpaucis, sparsis. 



Shell somewhat swollen at the upper part, with the 

 large blotches, blackish brown, flowing longitudi- 

 nally in a zigzag manner ; dots few and scattered. 



Hab. Mauritius (found on the reefs) ; Captain Caldwell. 



Variety y. (Fig. a.) 



Testa cteruleo-albida, casio per totam superflciem longilu- 

 dinaliter undatim nebulosa ; lineis transversis con- 

 fertis, albiarticulatis. 



Shell bluish white, longitudinally clouded in a waved 

 manner with grey ; transverse lines close-set, arti- 

 culated with white. 



Hab. New Holland ; II. M.S. Beagle. 



Variety S. (Fig. e.) 



Trsta maculis subobsoletis. 

 Shell with the blotches almost obsolete. 

 Hab. Island of Annaa or Chain island, Pacific Ocean 

 (found on the reefs) ; Cuming, 



Variety e. 



Testa maculis grandibus aurantiis. absque lineis trans- 

 versis. 



Shell with the large spots orange-coloured, without any 

 transverse lines. 



Hab. Mouth of the Gambia, West Africa (found in clefts 

 of rocks) ; Lieut. Shaw. 



The Conus magus, as its name somewhat indirectly 

 signifies, is certainly the most variable species of the 

 genus ; it varies not only in colour and marking, but in 

 form, and yet the seemingly anomalous varieties here 

 figured are not without an ample portion of good specific 

 identity and connection. 



After carefully examining the numerous specimens of 

 Conus magus with which our collections abound, I have 

 thought it advisable to arrange them under five heads. 

 These heads or varieties appear to be more or less 

 strictly confined to as many different localities far di- 

 stant from each other ; and I think that when we are 

 in possession of the correct habitats of such a widely 

 distributed species as the Conus magus, a better plan of 

 arrangement cannot well be adopted. 



The Philippine variety (var. a) is by far the most nu- 

 merous, and should be regarded as the type of the 

 species. 



The Mauritius variety (var. /3) is comparatively 

 scarce, very characteristic in its marking, and, most of 

 all, peculiar in its form. 



The New Holland variety (var. y) is uniformly smaller 

 than the rest, the painting is not distributed in any de- 

 gree approaching to the style of bands, and it is the only 

 one of which I have seen a granulated example. 



The Pacific variety (var. 3) approaches nearly to the 

 first-mentioned, and is more remarkable for its extreme 

 delicacy, and deficiency of colour. 



The African variety (var. e) exhibits no other colour 

 but a sombre orange-yellow, and scarcely a trace of the 

 articulated transverse lines. 



Species 191. (Fig. a, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Dennison.) 



Conus achatinus. Con. testa ovato-turbinatd, solidius- 

 culd ; albidd, cteruleo-tinctd, maculis luteo-olivaceis 

 subob/iquis grandibus ornatd, lineis nigricantibus 



November 1843. 



