CONUS. 



Plate XL. 



Species 217. (Fig. a, Mus. Hinds; Fig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Martinianus. Con. testa cylindraceo-turbinatd, 

 fused, vet luteolo-fused, ad basim, et per spire mar- 

 ginem, albidd ,- Itevi, infra medium sulcatd, sulcis la- 

 tiuscu/is, subdistantibus, striis prominentibus cancel- 

 latis ; spird eonvexd, spiraliter sulcatd, sulcis nume- 

 rosis, angustis, apice elato, acuta. 



Martini's Cone. Shell cylindrically turbinated, brown 

 or yellowish brown, whitish at the base, and around 

 the edge of the spire ; grooved below the middle 

 downwards, grooves rather wide, somewhat distant, 

 cancellated with prominent striae ; spire convex, 

 spirally grooved, grooves numerous, narrow, apex 

 raised and acute. 

 Conus teres leevis, Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. 



p. 233. pi. 53. f. 584. 

 Conus lacteus, var. ? Lamarck. 



Hab. Putao, province of Albay, island of Luzon, Philip- 

 pines (found under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



This species has been either injudiciously confounded 

 by Lamarck with the Conus lacteus, or it has been alto- 

 gether neglected. Martini has given a very accurate 

 figure of it, but his irregular style of nomenclature pre- 

 cludes the possibility of our following the title by which 

 he distinguished it. The Conus spectrum is described by 

 that author under the name of Conus teres, and this im- 

 mediately follows under that of Conus teres leevis ; the 

 former is however a shell of a more inflated growth, and 

 distinguished moreover by markings of which the Conus 

 Martinianus is entirely destitute. Most specimens ex- 

 hibit a longitudinal white streak here and there, running 

 parallel with the lines of growth, as in the shell repre- 

 sented at fig. 217 b. 



Species 69. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 (Second notice.) 

 Conus furvus. 



Since I had the pleasure of describing this species at 

 Plate XIII., a much finer and more characteristic ex- 

 ample has presented itself, confirming the impression I 

 at that time formed of its being; new to science. 



Species 218. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus regalitatis. Con. testd stibpyriformi-turbinatd, 



leviter ventricosd, Icevi, basim versus liratd, liris 

 angustis, subdistantibus ; nigricante-fuscd, cceruleo 

 tinctd, maculis punctisque albido-carulescentibus va- 

 rid : spird eonvexd, leviter canaliculatd, lineis eleva- 

 tiusculis spiraliter notatd, nigricante-fuscd, versus 

 apicem rubido variegatd, apice elato, acuto. 



The royalty Cone. Shell somewhat pyriformly tur- 

 binated, slightly ventricose, smooth, ridged towards 

 the base, ridges narrow, rather distant ; blue- 

 tinged blackish brown, variegated with spots and 

 dots of pale blue ; spire convex, slightly canalicu- 

 lated, spirally marked with rather elevated lines, 

 blackish brown, variegated with red towards the 

 apex, apex raised, acute. 



Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1834; Conch. Illus. f. S7. 



Hab. Real Llejos, Central America (found on sandy mud 

 in the clefts of rocks) ; Cuming. 



The Conus regalitatis approximates in some measure to 

 the Conus purpurascens ; it does not however exhibit 

 much variety of light purple colouring, nor that peculiar 

 sharp-angled growth round the upper part, which gives 

 a squareness to the aperture in that species. The spire 

 is singularly characterized by the absence of any purple 

 colouring beyond the first or second outer whorl. 



Species 219. (Fig. a, Mus. Stainforth ; Fig.*, Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



Conus Proteus. Con. testd turbinatd, solidd, albd, 

 guttis maeulisque fuscis vel rubido-fuscis, nunc sepa- 

 ratis, nunc confusis, seriatim pictd ; spird depressius- 

 culd, subcanaliculatd, fusco maculatd, apice acumi- 

 nata. 



The Proteus Cone. Shell turbinated, solid, white, 

 painted with rows of brown or reddish brown spots 

 and blotches, sometimes separated, sometimes con- 

 founded together ; spire rather depressed, slightly 

 canaliculated, spotted with brown, apex acuminated. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 682. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 486. 



Variety ? 



Conus pseudo-Tkoma, Chemnitz. 



Hab. Island of St. Thomas ; West Indies. 



The spots and blotches of this shell vary considerably 

 in their shape and arrangement ; in some specimens they 



January 1844. 



