CONUS.— Plate XXXVII. 



by drawing or description to its elaborate configuration. 

 It is perhaps next allied to the Conus canonicus, but is of 

 much lighter and more inflated growth ; the three rows of 

 brown-striped orange blotches are peculiar to it; the net- 

 work is finer, and of a much more delicate and tremulous 

 character, and the interior of the aperture, instead of being 

 pink, is of the same greyish blue colour which charac- 

 terizes the outer surface. 



I take the liberty of attaching Her Majesty's name to 

 this beautiful shell, from the circumstance of its having 

 been lately discovered in a locality dedicated in like 

 manner to the same fair patroness of the sciences. 



The two specimens here figured, recently in my pos- 

 session, were collected during the late surveying ex- 

 pedition of H.M.S. Beagle. Mr. Cuming and the Rev. 

 Mr. Stainforth each possess several examples. 



Species 203. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus scalptus. Con. testa turbinatd, solidiusculd, po- 

 lite!, basim versus sulcata ; albidd, fits rv.bidis nu- 

 merosis, rariter interruptis, cinctd; spird elevatd, 

 spiraliter striatd, rubro variegatd, apice acuta. 



The scratched Cone. Shell turbinated, rather solid, 

 polished, grooved towards the base ; whitish, en- 

 circled with a number of rarely interrupted reddish 

 thread-like lines ; spire elevated, spirally striated, 

 variegated with red, apex sharp. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



This is a new and very distinct species ; the transverse 

 lines exhibit the appearance of scratches and are very 

 characteristic. M. Chenu of Paris proposed describing 

 this shell under the title of C. radiatus, but that name 

 has been applied to another species by Gmelin, though 

 not acknowledged. 



Species 204. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus mucronatus. Con. testa acuminato-turbinatd, 

 basim versus attenuatd, transversim sulcata, sulcis 

 striis longitudinalibus cancellatis ; albidd, fusco pal- 

 lide tinctd et variegatd ; spird elato-exsertd, fusco 

 pallide maculatd, apice mucronato, acuto. 



The pointed Cone. Shell acuminately turbinated, at- 

 tenuated towards the base, transversely grooved, 

 grooves cancellated with longitudinal stria? ; whitish, 

 stained and variegated with pale brown ; spire 

 raised, exserted, spotted with pale brown, apex 

 sharp-pointed. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. Islands of Burias, Siquijor, Penay, &c, Philippines ; 

 Cuming. 



Several examples of this species have been collected 

 by Mr. Cuming, varying remarkably in their general 

 appearance ; most of them are obsoletely coronated, and 

 all have the grooves more or less strongly developed, 

 with the apex remarkably sharp-pointed. Coni sulcatus 

 and orbitatus are the nearest allied species. 



Species 205. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Metcalfe.) 



Conus cuneolus. Con. testa abbreviato-turbinatd, su- 

 perne obesd, subinflatd ; fused, maculis albidis paucis 

 parvis, irregularibus, subtrigonis, fasciatim aspersd, 

 fascia albidd, fusco pallide strigatd, interdum subob- 

 soletd, infra medium ornatd; spird convexo-obtusd. 



The little wedge Cone. Shell shortly turbinated, 

 stout at the upper part, rather inflated ; brown, 

 sprinkled in a band-like manner with a few small 

 irregular triangular white spots, and ornamented 

 with a white band just below the middle, palely 

 streaked with brown, which is sometimes nearly 

 obsolete ; spire convexly obtuse. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



This apparently variable species approximates in some 

 degree to the Conus mercator. 



Species 206. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Conus voluminalis. Con. testd turbinatd, superne 

 valde acutanguld, lavi, basim versus sulcata ; alba, 

 maculis fuscis perpaucis grandibus, hieroglyphicis, 

 biseriatim cinctd ; spird peculiarity concavo-depres- 

 sd, fusco tessellatd, striis duabus spiraliter incisd, 

 apice elato, acutissime mucronato. 



The roller Cone. Shell turbinated, very sharply 

 angled at the upper part, smooth, grooved towards 

 the base ; white, encircled with two rows of large 

 hieroglyphical brown spots ; spire peculiarly con- 

 cavely depressed, tessellated with brown , and spirally 

 engraved with two stria?, apex very sharply pointed. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. Straits of Malacca ; Hinds. 



This exceedingly delicate shell has a remarkably de- 

 pressed spire, although it is raised in the centre to a point 

 as sharp as a needle. 



