C NUS. 



Plate XXXVI. 



Species 193. (Fig. 190/.) 

 For description and more elaborate illustration of this 

 species, which I believe to be the Conns Adansoni of La- 

 marck, though possibly an extreme variety of the Conus 

 magus, see PI. XLIII. Species 193. 



Species 192. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Metcalfii. Con. testd elongato-ovatd, per totam 

 superficiem granulosd, gramrfis subtilibus, seriatim 

 digestis ; ulbidd, aurantio-fusco irregulariter inqui- 

 natd, baited albidd angustd in medio cingulatd ; spird 

 subexsertd, aurantio-fusco maculatd, apice acuminata . 



Metcalfe's Cone. Shell elongately oval, granulated 

 over its entire surface, granules very fine, ranged 

 with great regularity ; whitish, irregularly bedaubed 

 with pale orange-brown, encircled with a narrow 

 white belt round the middle ; spire somewhat ex- 

 serted, spotted with orange-brown, apex acumi- 

 nated. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hub. ? 



I have much pleasure in naming this interesting 

 species, at the desire of the Rev. Mr. Stainforth, in ho- 

 nour of William Metcalfe, Esq., a gentleman whose 

 zeal for collecting and identifying the more minute and 

 less attractive species of shells is highly serviceable to 

 science. 



Species 191. Fig. 193. 

 The shell here represented is one which I recognise as 

 having seen in all the leading collections of Paris labelled 

 " Conus Adansoni, Lamarck"; it does not accord so 

 well, however, in my opinion, with ' le chotin of Adan- 

 son as the shell represented opposite to it at Fig. 

 190/, for description of which I refer to Plate XLIII. 

 Species 193. Both are undoubtedly connected with 

 that extensive series of varieties already enumerated 

 under the title of Conus magus ; I propose however to 

 consider this a variety of that species, and distinguish 

 the Conus Adansoni from it, as did Lamarck, by the pro- 

 fusion of dotted transverse lines ; and by its rounded 

 stout-shouldered spire. In this shell the spire is rather 

 depressed, and the dotted lines are almost obsolete. 



Species 194. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus clavus. Con. testa elongato-cylindraced, truns- 

 versim striatd, striis exilibus, elevatiusculis ; albd, 

 cinnamomeo-fusco subtilissime reticulata, reticuld 

 versus medium bifasciatim confertd ; spird convexd, 

 cinnamomeo-fusco tinctd. 



The nail Cone. Shell elongately cylindrical, trans- 

 versely striated, stria? slender and rather elevated ; 

 white, very finely reticulated with light cinnamon- 

 brown net- work, closed towards the middle in the 

 form of two bands ; spire convex, stained with cin- 

 namon-brown. 



Linn-eus, Syst. Nat. (Gmel. edit.), p. 3390. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 547. 

 Conus teres, seu Rete aureum, Martini. 

 Conus auricomus, Hwass. 



Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming. 



The Conus clavus is fully distinguished from any other 

 species by its long cylindrical form, and very delicate 

 cinnamon-coloured net- work. 



Species 195. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus venulatus. Con. testd subabbreviato-turbinutd, 

 land, luteo-fuscescente, aid fused, aut nigerrimo-fuscti. 

 transversim lineatd, lineis infasciis duabus vel tribus 

 sape coalescentibus, macu/is niveis snbtrigonis, irregu- 

 lariter acervatis, purtim vel omninb aspersd ; spird 

 subdepressd, fusco maculatd et variegatd. 



The veined Cone. Shell rather shortly turbinated, 

 smooth, yellowish brown, or brown, or very dark 

 blackish brown, transversely lineated, lines often 

 uniting so as to form two or three bands, and par- 

 tially or entirely sprinkled with somewhat triangu- 

 lar snow-white spots irregularly heaped together in 

 places ; spire rather depressed, spotted and varie- 

 gated with brown. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 695. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 491. 



Varieties. 



Conus 7uvosus, Lamarck. 

 Conus nivifcr, Broderip. 



Hab. Cape de Verd Islands, Philippine Islands, &c. 



This species, though varying exceedingly in intensity 

 of colour, is nevertheless highly characterized by its ir- 



Decembcr 1843. 



