CONUS. 



Plate XLIV. 



Species 237. (Mus. Cuming.) 



[jus Madurensis. Con. testa turbinatd, l<evi,fulvd 

 aut viridescente, in medio albibalteatd ; baited fus- 

 cescente-punctatd, zonis suprd et infra albo fulvoque 

 nubeculatis, perpaucis, irregularibus , lineisque fus- 

 cescentibus numerosis cinctd; spird elatd, apice mu- 

 cronato. 



e Madura Cone. Shell turbinated, smooth, yel- 

 lowish or greenish, white-belted round the middle ; 

 belt dotted with light brown, encircled above and 

 below with a very few irregular zones of clouded 

 yellowish brown and white, and a number of light 

 brown lines; spire raised, apex pointed. 



'ass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 709. 



harck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 500. 



b. Island of Madura, north-east of the island of Java. 



rhis appears to be a shell of rather doubtful character, 

 I one of very rare occurrence. 



Species 238. (Mus. Cuming.) 



nus exaratus. Con. testd turbinatd, subangustd, per 

 totam superficieni sulcata, sulcis regularibus, latius- 

 culis, interstitiis subtilissim'e striato-cancellatis ; pal- 

 liar ceeruleo-purpured, maculis ferruginosis albinube- 

 culatis, perpaucis, parcis, sparsim ornatd ; spird acu- 

 minatd. 



e ploughed Cone. Shell turbinated, rather narrow, 

 grooved throughout its entire surface, grooves re- 

 gular, rather broad, interstices very finely cancel- 

 lated with stria; ; pale bluish purple, ornamented 

 with a few very small, scattered, rusty, white-cloud- 

 ed spots ; spire acuminated. 



eve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



b. 



rhis is a very distinct species, remarkable for the 

 arity with which it is grooved. 



re- 



Species 239. (Mus. Cuming.) 



wus ustulatus. Con. testa subelongato-turbinatd, su- 

 pern'e tumidiusculd, margine rotundald, transversim 

 subtilissim'e lirald ; pallid!' ustulato-rubidd, baited 

 albidd angustd in medio cinctd ,- spird convexd, spi- 

 raliter striatd, maculis perpaucis sparsis purpureo- 



rubris ad marginem superiorem ornatd ; apice mucro- 

 nato. 



The scorched Cone. Shell rather elongately turbi- 

 nated, a little swollen round the upper part, edge 

 rounded, transversely very finely ridged ; pale burnt 

 red, encircled round the middle with a narrow white 

 belt ; spire convex, spirally striated, ornamented 

 with a few scattered purple-red spots upon the 

 upper edge of each whorl ; apex pointed. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. New Holland. 



There is no trace of any purple-red spots or other dark 

 character on the body of the shell. 



Species 240. (Fig. a, Mus. Belcher; Fig. b, Mus. 

 Stainforth.) 



Conus aculeiformis. Con. testd elongato-turbinatu. 

 subfusiformi, undique sulcata, sulcis subtilissim'e stri- 

 ata, cancellatis, nunc anguslis, /iris intermediis planis 

 latiusculis, nunc latioribus, liris intermediis rotun- 

 datis angustis ; albidd, fusccscente punctata, maculis 

 fuscescentibus biseriatim cinctd ; spird acuminatd, 

 apice elato, acuto. 



The prickle shafed Cone. Shell elongately turbi- 

 nated, somewhat fusiform, grooved throughout, 

 grooves very finely cancellated with stria;, some- 

 times narrow with the intermediate ridges flat and 

 rather broad, sometimes broad with the intermediate 

 ridses rounded and narrow ; whitish, dotted with 

 light brown, encircled with two rows of light brown 

 spots ; spire acuminated, apex raised, sharp. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. Cagayan, island of Mindanao, Philippines (dredged 

 from sandy mud at the depth of from twenty-live 

 to thirty fathoms) ; Cuming. 



The specimens collected by Mr. Cuming at the above- 

 mentioned island are mostly smaller than those here 

 figured. 



Species 241. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus violaceus. Con. testa elongato-turbinatd, cylin- 

 draced, tcnui, nitidd ; violaced, transversim obsolet't 

 fusccscente punctato-lineatd, fuscescenle longitudina- 

 liter strigatd, aut sparsim maculatd ; strigis subdi- 



February 1844. 



