CONUS. 



Plate XXXIX. 



Species 212. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Porto-Ricanus. Con. testa subpyriformi, trans- 

 versimgramdatd, granulis compressis, subdistantibus; 

 albd, incarnato-fusco bifaseiatim flexuoso-maculatd ; 

 spird elato-convexd, apice obtuso. 



The Porto Rico Cone. Shell somewhat pyriform, 

 transversely granulated, granules compressed, ra- 

 ther distant ; white, encircled with two rows of 

 fleshy brown flexuous spots or blotches ; spire ele- 

 vately concave, apex obtuse. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 714. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 502. 



Hab. Island of Porto Rico, West Indies ; Bruguiere. 



I have no very good opinion of this species so nearly 

 allied to the Conus testudinarius ; it is certainly some- 

 what peculiarlv granulated, and is of a more pyriform 

 shape, but these differences are rather unimportant, 

 when compared with the fact that both are from the 

 same locality. 



Species 213. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Delessert, Paris.) 



Conus Delessertiaxus. Con. testa obeso-fusiformi, ad 

 basim suicatd, sulcis prominentibus ; albido-lutescente , 

 fasciis tribus rubido-aurantiis cinctd, maculis rubidis 

 rhomboidibus minutis per totum aspersd, maculis 

 super fascias majoribus, interdum longiiudinaliter 

 confluentibus ; spird valde elatd, subcanaliculatd, ma- 

 culis rubidis vivid'e aspersd, apice mucronato, acuto ; 

 labro tenuiculo, arcuato, juxta spirum emarginato. 



Delessert's Cone. Shell stoutly fusiform, grooved at 

 the base, grooves prominent ; pale yellow, encir- 

 cled with three reddish orange bands, sprinkled 

 over the entire surface with very small reddish 

 rhomboid spots, the spots over the bands larger, 

 and flowing together ; spire considerably raised, 

 slightly canaliculated, and vividly sprinkled with 

 reddish spots, apex sharp-pointed ; lip rather thin, 

 curved, and emarginated next the spire. 



Recluz, Mag. de Zool., 1843. 



Hab. ? 



This beautiful and very striking shell, which I remem- 

 ber to have seen two or three years since in the col- 

 lection of the late M. Tessier of Paris, is remarkable 

 both on account of its symmetry of form and its peculiar 



though simple style of colouring ; and I know of no 

 other species with which any comparison can well be 

 instituted. 



There is another specimen in the collection of the 

 Rev. Mr. Stainforth. 



Species 214. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus testudinarius. Con. testd turbinatd, supern'e 

 tumidiusculd, Itevi, basim versus striata ; albidd, c<e- 

 ruleo plus minusve tinctd, maculis nigerrimo-fuscis, 

 supra et infra undatim et irregulariter confluentibus, 

 bifaseiatim cinctd ; spird subrotundald, convexd, spi- 

 raliter striatd, apice subacuto. 



The tortoise-shell Cone. Shell turbinated, rather 

 swollen round the upper part, smooth, striated to- 

 wards the base ; whitish, more or less stained with 

 blue, encircled with two bands of dark brown spots 

 flowing above and below in a waved and irregular 

 manner ; spire somewhat rounded, convex, spirally 

 striated, apex rather sharp. 



Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. p. 250. pi. 55. fig. 605. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 490. 



Hab. West Indies. 



The Conus testudinarius may be recognised by the pe- 

 culiarly waved character of the dark marking upon a 

 blue-tinged ground. Mr. Sowerby's Conus aspersvs, 

 ' Conchological Illustrations,' f. 1 6, is a worn overgrown 

 example of this species. 



Species 215. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus fulmen. Con. testd subelongato-ovatd, Itevi, ba- 

 sim versus leviter sulcata ; pallid'e roseo -purpurea, 

 in medio albibalteatd, strigis latis, purpurco-fuscis, 

 perpaucis, undatis, prominentibus, longiiudinaliter in- 

 quinatd ; spird obtuso-convexd, purpureo-fusco varie- 

 gatd, apice roseo. 



The thunderbolt Cone. Shell somewhat elongately 

 ovate, smooth, slightly grooved towards the base ; 

 pale rose-purple, white round the middle, longitu- 

 dinally bedaubed with two or three very prominent, 

 broad, waved purple-brown streaks ; spire obtusely 

 convex, variegated with purple-brown, apex rose- 

 tinted. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



December L843. 



