CONUS.— Plate XXXVI. 



regular sprinkling of snow-white flakes. The interior 

 of the aperture is sometimes faintly stained with pink. 



Species 196. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus aureus. Con. testa elongato-cylindraced, trans- 

 versim subtilissime sulcata; alba, strigis fulvo-cinna- 

 momeis latissimis, fusco virgatis, longitudindliter in- 

 quinatd, interstitiis fusco exiliter reticulatis ; spird 

 convexo-exsertd. 



The golden Cone. Shell elongately cylindrical, trans- 

 versely very finely grooved ; white, longitudinally 

 bedaubed with very broad streaks of cinnamon-yel- 

 low striped with brown, the interstices between the 

 broad streaks being finely reticulated with brown ; 

 spire convexly exserted. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 742. 

 Conns auricomus, Lamarck. 



Hab. Island of Amboyna, Philippines ; Cuming. 



I find, upon looking to the origin of this beautiful 

 species, commonly known to collectors as the Conus 

 auricomus, that it was first described by M. Hwass under 

 the title of Conus aureus ; it is therefore expedient that 

 that name should be restored to it. The familiar appel- 

 lation of auricomus must now be expunged from the no- 

 menclature, for the Conus auricomus, Hwass, is the Conus 

 claims, Linnaeus, and the Conus auricomus, Lamarck, is the 

 Conus aureus, Hwass. 



Species 197. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Stainforth.) 



Conus Senator. Con. testa turbinatd, Imvi, basim ver- 

 sus granulosa ; rubido-flavescente, interdum pdllide 

 ferrugined, baited albidd angustd, centrali, f Usque 

 fuscis numerosis sapissime cingulatd ; spird convexo- 

 obtusd, fusco vivide maculatd. 

 The Senator Cone. Shell turbinated, smooth, granu- 

 lated towards the base ; reddish yellow, sometimes 

 pale rusty brown, generally encircled with a nar- 

 row central white belt, and a number of brown 

 thread-like lines ; spire convexly obtuse, vividly 

 spotted with brown. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., p. 1168. 



Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. pi. 59. f. 659. 



Conus planorbis, Born. 



Conus poly zonias, Gmelin. 



Conus fcrrugineus, (var.) Bruguiere. 



Conus vulpinus, Bruguiere ; Lamarck. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 197 b.) 



Testa omnino granulata. 



Shell entirely granulated. 



Hab. Coast of Guinea ; Lamarck. 



The ground-colour of this shell varies so exceedingly 

 from reddish yellow to pale rusty brown, that I have not 

 thought it necessary to distinguish even as special va- 

 rieties the shells described by Bruguiere as distinct spe- 

 cies. Thus do the arbitrary limits of classification be- 

 come gradually broken up by the discovery of interme- 

 diate modifications. 



Species 198. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus miliaris. Con. testa abbreviato-turbinatd, obesd ; 

 basim versus granulata; earned, maculis niveis, oblique 

 undulatis, bifasciatim omatd, lineis subtilibus rufes- 

 cente-fuscis punctato-interruptis prof use cinctd ; spird 

 subdepressd, spiraliter striata, valde coronatd, tuber- 

 culis albidis, interstitiis rufescente-fuscis ; apice ro- 

 saceo. 



The millet Cone. Shell shortly turbinated, stout, 

 granulated towards the base ; flesh-colour, orna- 

 mented with two bands of obliquely waved snow- 

 white flakes, and encircled with a number of very 

 fine dot-interrupted reddish brown lines ; spire 

 somewhat depressed, spirally striated, strongly co- 

 ronated, tubercles whitish, interstices reddish brown ; 

 apex rose-tinted. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 629. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 456. 



Hab. China ; Lamarck. Island of Annaa, Pacific Ocean 

 (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



This is perhaps the nearest allied species to C. mini- 

 mus, but perfectly distinct. 



