C N U S. 



Plate XLVII. 



Species 259. (Mus. Brit.) 



Conus MrNDTUS. Con. testa oblongo-turbinatd, pyrami- 

 dali, kevigatd; inearnatd , fasciis duabus rubidis la- 

 tissimis cinctd ; spird elatd, anfractuum marginibus 

 rubido-fusco maculatis. 



The minute Cone. Shell oblong-turbinated, pyrami- 

 dal, smooth; flesh-colour, encircled with two very 

 broad bands of reddish brown ; spire raised, edges 

 of the whorls spotted with reddish brown. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. Island of St. Vincent, West Indies ; Guilding. 

 This is the smallest species of the genus, and quite 



peculiar in its characters. 



Species 260. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus pygmjEus. Con. testa subabbreviato-turbiimtd 

 Item, in/erne sulcatd, sulcis prominentibus, subdi- 

 stantibus ; pallide violaceo-albd, strigisfuscis longitu- 

 dinalibus, latis, undatis, puiictorumque seriebus trans- 

 versis ornatd ; spird quasi gradatirn data, lavi ; 

 aperturm fauce rubido-violaced. 



The pygmy Cone. Shell rather shortly turbinated, 

 smooth, grooved at the lower part, grooves promi- 

 nent and rather distant ; pale violet-tinged white, 

 ornamented with broad waved longitudinal brown 

 streaks, and transverse rows of rather distant irre- 

 gular dots ; spire raised with steps, as it were, 

 smooth ; interior of the aperture stained with red- 

 dish violet. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1S43. 



Hab. ? 



The dark zigzag streaks in this little shell pass over 

 the edges of the whorls, leaving their ends visible on the 

 spire. 



Species 261. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus puncturatus. Con. testa ablreviato-turbinatd ; 

 totd superficie lineis elevatis longitudinalibus et trans- 

 versis clathratd, interstitiis quasi puncturatis ; pal- 

 lide cinered; spird obtuso-convexd, spiraliter striatd, 

 obsolete coronatd,/usco maculatd, apice rosaceo. 

 The punctured Cone. Shell shortly turbinated; en- 

 tire surface latticed with transverse and longitu- 

 dinal raised lines, interstices looking as if punctured; 

 pale ash-colour; spire obtusely convex, spirally 



striated, obsoletely coronated, spotted with brown, 



apex rose-tinted. 

 Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 635. 

 Hab. Botany Bay, New Holland ; Hwass. 



This is the only species of the genus, and it is conse- 

 quently an important one, in which the entire surface of 

 the shell is absolutely latticed with equidistant, trans- 

 verse and longitudinal raised lines or ridges. It appears 

 to have escaped the notice of Lamarck. 



Species 262. (Mus. Griiner, Bremen.) 



Conus conspersus. Con. tesld turbinatd, leviter iirflatd, 

 lavi, basim versus sulcatd; pallide. luteold, maeulis au- 



rantio-fuscis variisque irreguluriter conspersis, lineis, 

 capillaribus confertis, undique cinctd ; spird convexd, 

 aurantio-fusco maculatd. 



The sprinkled Cone. Shell turbinated, slightly in- 

 flated, smooth, grooved towards the base ; pale yel- 

 lowish, sprinkled with irregular, variously-shaped 

 orange-brown spots, and everywhere encircled with 

 extremely fine, close-set, hair-like lines ; spire con- 

 vex, spotted with orange-brown. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



This species may be recognised by the fine hair lines 

 with which its entire surface is ornamented. 



Species 263. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus attenuates. Con. testa graci/i turbinatd, basim 

 versus attenuatd, lavi ,• luted vel aurantio-fuscesa nti . 

 strigis albidis perpaucis latis undatis longitudinaliter 

 ornatd ; spird depress,/, acutanguld, aurantio-fusces- 

 cente alboque tessellatd, apice acutissimo, elato. 



The attenuated Cone. Shell slenderly turbinated, 

 attenuated towards the base, smooth, yellow or light 

 orange-brown, longitudinally ornamented with a 

 very few broad, waved, white stripes; spire de- 

 pressed, sharp-angled, tessellated with light orange- 

 brown, apex raised, very sharp-pointed. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



The long, slender, sugar-loaf form of this shell is 

 rather peculiar, and it exhibits a style of painting which 



February 1844. 



