C N U S. 



Plate XLI. 



Species 220. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



3onus cinereus. Con. testd oblongo-turbinatd, subcylin- 

 draced, columella subattenuatd ; Imvi, sulcis distan- 

 tibus angustis basim versus cinctd ; cinereo-ccerules- 

 cente, subfasciatd, maculis punctisque fuscis, albo in- 

 terdum articulatis, seriatim digestis, ornatd ; spird 

 convexd, fusco-maculatd, apice mucronato, elato. 



rHE ash-coloured Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, 

 somewhat cylindrical, columella a little attenuated ; 

 smooth, encircled towards the base with narrow 

 distant grooves ; ashy blue, faintly banded, orna- 

 mented with brown spots and dots, sometimes ar- 

 ticulated with white, set in rows; spire convex, 

 spotted with brown, apex raised, pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 673. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 4S0. 

 Valuta cinerea, Rumphius. 

 Conus rusticus, Linnaeus. 

 Conus catrulescens , Lamarck. 

 Conus lividus, Chemnitz. 



Hab. Bay of Manila (found on mud-banks at low water) ; 



Cuming. 



Variety /3. 



Testa fulva, maculis punctisque spadiceis ; vel omnhib 



fulvo-spadicea maculis punctisque 7iullis. 

 Shell yellowish, with the spots and dots chestnut-brown ; 



or altogether yellowish chestnut without any spots 



or dots. 



Monachus Franciscanus , Chemnitz, Conch. Cab., 

 vol. ii. pi. 142. f. 1319 and 1320. 



Conus modestus, Sovverby, Conch. Illus. f. 19. 

 Hab. Mariveles, province of Bataan, island of Luzon, 



Philippines (found in sandy mud at the depth of 



seven fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 The Conus cinereus approximates in some measure to 

 the Conus stramineus ; it exhibits however a different 

 style of painting, and the columella is more peculiarly 

 attenuated towards the base. 



Species 221. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus incarnatus. Con. testd turbinatd, vix pyriformi, 

 basim versus subtilissim'c Virata, liris numerosis, con- 

 fertis ; alba, fasciis duabus latissimis, pallide incar- 



nads, cinctd; spird convexiusculd, spiraliter incisd, 

 maculis incarnatis arcuatis pallide variegatd, apice 

 mucronato, elato. 



The flesh-banded Cone. Shell turbinated, slightly 

 pyriform, very finely ridged towards the base, ridges 

 numerous and close-set; white, encircled with two 

 very broad pale flesh-coloured bands ; spire slightly 

 convex, spirally engraved, palely variegated with 

 curved flesh-coloured spots, apex raised, pointed. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. Malacca (found on mud-banks) ; Cuming. 



Although the specimen above described is in the best 

 state of preservation, I should have judged it, from its 

 simple style of colouring, to be a shell of immature 

 growth, were it not that Mr. Cuming collected several 

 specimens of them at Malacca on the mud-banks, all 

 exhibiting the same uniformity of external character. 



Species 222. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus Amadis. Con. testd turbinatd, subinflatd, Icevi, 

 basim versus sulcatd, sulcis peculiariter j>ertusis ; 

 aurantio- vel rubido-fuscd, maculis niveis trigono- 

 cordatis, inaqualibus, confertis, lineisque transversis 

 raris, albo articulatis, ornatd; spird lavi, canalicu- 

 latd, fused, maculis albis grandibus notatd, apice 

 acuminato, elato. 



The Amadis Cone. Shell turbinated, somewhat in- 

 flated, smooth, grooved towards the base, grooves 

 peculiarly pricked ; orange or reddish brown, or- 

 namented with unequal, close-set, white, trian- 

 gularly heart-shaped spots, and a very few white 

 articulated transverse lines ; spire smooth, canali- 

 culated, brown, marked with large white spots, 

 apex raised and acuminated. 



Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. p. 290. pi. 58. f. 642 and 

 643. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 489. 

 L' Amadis, Argenville. 



Hab. Ceylon (in great abundance). 



The white spots, which are of very irregular character. 



are generally arranged so as to leave two narrow zones 



of the dark ground-colour, the upper of which is usually 



the broader. 



January 1844. 



