CONUS.— Plate XLVII. 



I do not rememher to have observed in varieties of any 

 other species. 



Species 264. (Mus. Brit.) 



Conus rutilus. Con. testd subpyriformi-turbinatd, tenui, 

 subinflatd, striis tenuissimis subobsoletis, confertis, 

 einetd; rutild, unicolore ; spird depressiusculd, ver- 

 sus apicem subtilissime coronatd, apice elato. 



The fiery red Cone. Shell somewhat pyriformly tur- 

 binated, thin, rather inflated, encircled with very fine 

 close set, nearly obsolete striae; uniform fiery red ; 

 spire rather depressed, very finely coronated towards 

 the apex, apex raised. 



Menke, Moll. Nov. Holl., p. 27. no. 133. 



Hab. North-west coast of New Holland ; Menke. 



I am much indebted to Professor Menke of Pyrmont, 

 Germany, for sending me a drawing of this species ; it 

 has enabled me to identify a very interesting series of 

 specimens in the collection of the British Museum, of 

 which no information could be obtained. I have not 

 observed the species in any private cabinet. 



Species 265. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus buxeus. Con. testd elongato-lurbinatd, subcylin- 

 draced, Icevi, basim versus subtiliter liratd ; luteo- 

 fuscescente, filis fusco-punctatis numerosis, confertis, 

 cinctd ; spird elatd, anfracUtum marginibus subtilis- 

 sime nodulosis, apice mucronato . 



The box-wood Cone. Shell elongately turbinated, 

 somewhat cylindrical, smooth, finely ridged towards 

 the base ; yellowish brown, everywhere encircled 

 with numerous close-set, brown-dotted, thread- 

 like lines ; spire raised, edges of the whorls very 

 finely beaded, apex pointed. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



The Conus buxeus is very closely allied to the Conus 

 lignarius ; it differs chiefly in being of a more elongated 

 or fusiform shape, whilst the spire is distinctly beaded 

 and not canaliculated. 



Species 266. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus nitidus. Con. testd turbinatd, Icevi, nitidd, prope 

 basim subtilissinii- liratd ; aurantio-fuscescente, su- 

 penie et mediane exiliter albimaculatd, lineis fuscis 

 interrupt is subdistantibus undique cinctd ; spird sub- 

 elatd, spiruliter striatd, apice pallid'e rosaceo. 



The shining Cone. Shell turbinated, smooth, shi- 

 ning, very finely ridged near the base ; light orange- 

 brown, faintly spotted with white about the middle 

 and upper part, and everywhere encircled with 

 rather distant, interrupted brown lines ; spire some- 

 what raised, spirally striated, apex tinged with pink. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



The lines which encircle the entire surface of this 

 delicate little Cone are more particularly interrupted in 

 passing over the faint spots round the middle and upper 

 part of the shell. The pink apex is very characteristic. 



Species 267. (Mus. Brit.) 



Conus castus. Con. testd turbinatd, subinflatd, Icevi; 

 luted, lineis perpaucis exilibus, subtilissime nigricante- 

 punctatis, irregulariter distantibus, cinctd ; spird 

 Icevi, apice rosaceo. 



The chaste Cone. Shell turbinated, a little inflated, 

 smooth ; yellow, encircled with a few faint, very 

 finely black- dotted lines, at irregular distances ; 

 spire smooth, apex rose-tinted. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



This is another very chaste and characteristic species, 

 very different from any hitherto described. 



Species 268. (Mus. Stainforth.) 



Conus liratus. Con. testd subabbreviato-turbinatd , liris 

 subprominulis undique circumdatd; albidd, maculis 

 paucis aurantio-fuscis longitudinaliter confluentibut 

 biseriatim cinctd ; spird exsertd, noduliferd, apice 

 pallide rosaceo ; basi et uperturce fauce vivide viola- 

 ceo -rosed. 



The ridged Cone. Shell rather shortly turbinated, 

 everywhere surrounded by rather prominent ridges ; 

 whitish, encircled with a few orange-brown spots, 

 flowing down longitudinally and ranging in two 

 rows ; spire exserted, coronated with nodules, apex 

 tinged with pink ; base and interior of the aperture 

 vividly sta ned with violet-rose. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hab. ? 



A very curious well-marked species, in excellent con- 

 dition, which, I believe, is at present unique in the 

 unrivalled Cone-collection of the Rev. F. J. Stainforth, 

 to which, together with that of H. Cuming, Esq., this 

 monograph is mainly indebted for its completeness. 



