CONUS. 



Plate XXXVII. 



Species 199. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Ionus Ceylanensis. Con. testd obeso-turbinatd, lavi, 

 basim versus granulosa, albidd, fascia olivaced lata, 

 ccesio-albiclo longitudinaliter fiammulatd, cinctd; spird 

 subdepressd, subtiliter corouatd, apice obtuso ; basi et 

 aperturte fauce violaced. 



'he Ceylon Cone. Shell stoutly turbinated, smooth, 

 finely granulated towards the base, whitish, encir- 

 cled with a broad olive band, longitudinally flamed 

 with bluish white ; spire rather depressed, coro- 

 nated, apex obtuse ; base and within the aperture 

 dark violet. 



Iwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 63G. 



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



lab. Ceylon, Philippine Islands (found on coral reefs, 

 under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



I am not aware of any species that can be confounded 

 nth the Conus Ceylanensis ; it is not common. 



Species 200. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Donus acutangulus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, sub- 

 fusiformi, transversim sulcata, sulcis punctato-pertu- 

 sis ; albidd, aurantio-fusco plus minusve variegatd et 

 maculatd ; spird elevato-exsertd, margine peracuCe 

 liratd, apice mucronato. 



;'he sharp-angled Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, 

 somewhat fusiform, transversely grooved, grooves 

 pricked with dots ; w r hitish, more or less variegated 

 and spotted with orange-brown ; spire elevated, ex- 

 serted, sharply ridged round the edge, apex pointed. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., vol. xi. pi. 182. f. 1772 and 

 1773. 



jAMarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 498. 



Vab. Misamis, Island of Mindanao, Philippines (found 

 at the depth of twenty-five fathoms) ; Cuming. 



This little fusiform shell may be recognised by the 

 >eculiar manner in which the grooves which cover its 

 :ntire surface are pricked. 



Species 201. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



2onus verrucosus. Con. testa subfusiformi-turbinatd, 

 seriatim granulald, granulis magnis, prominentibus : 

 albidd, fulvo vel rubido-fusco variegatd, granulis al- 



bidis ; spird elevato-exsertd, margine acutangulo, 

 granulato. 



The warty Cone. Shell somewhat fusiformly tur- 

 binated, granulated, granules large and prominent ; 

 whitish, variegated with yellow or reddish brown, 

 granules white ; spire elevated, exserted, sharp- 

 angled and granulated round the edge. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 708. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 498. 

 Conus granulatus, Martini. 



Hob. Coast of Senegal and Mozambique ; Lamarck. 



The granules of this Cone exhibit a degree of specific 

 importance which is not apparent in the ordinary gra- 

 nulated varieties of smooth Cones ; they are larger and 

 more fully developed. 



Species 202. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Deshayes, Paris.) 



Conus Victoria. Con. testd ovato-turbinatd, tenui, 

 subinflatd, transversim striata ; albidd, casio longi- 

 tudinaliter inquinatd, maculis grandibus, subsolitariis, 

 aurantiis, fusco undulato-virgatis, tri/asciatim or- 

 natd, interstiliis aurantio-fusco subtilissime reticu- 

 latis ; spird elevato-exsertd, apice acutissimo ; aper- 

 turd latiusculd, fauce pallide exsid. 



Queen Victoria's Cone. Shell ovately turbinated, 

 thin, rather inflated, transversely striated ; whitish, 

 longitudinally streaked or bedaubed with greyish 

 blue, and ornamented with three rows of large so- 

 litary orange spots striped in a waved manner with 

 brown, the interstices being very finely reticulated 

 with orange-brown ; spire elevated, exserted, apex 

 very sharp ; aperture rather wide, interior of the 

 aperture pale bluish grey. 



Variety ft. 



Testa maculis aurantiis majoribus, tri/asciatim coalescen- 

 tibus ; strigis fuscis longitudinulibus prominenti- 

 oribus. 



Shell with the orange spots larger, and united together 

 in bands ; the brown longitudinal streaks more pro- 

 minent. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1S43. 



Hub. Mouth of the Victoria River, New Holland , 

 H.M.S. Beagle. 



This highly interesting species must be seen to be 

 appreciated, it being quite impossible to do justice either 



December 1843. 



