CONUS. 



Supp. Plate I. 



Species 269. (Mus. Cuming.) 



lONUS Sieboldii. Con. testa fusiformi-conicd, basi gra- 

 datim attenuatd et spiraliter sulcata, superne Icevi, 

 spird acutissime acuminata, suturis peculiariter exca- 

 vato-canaliculatis ; alhd, maculis perpaucis auranlio- 

 fuscis medio cingulatd. 



rEBOLD's Cone. Shell fusiformly conical, gradually 

 attenuated towards the base and spirally grooved, 

 smooth towards the upper part ; spire very sharply 

 acuminated, sutures peculiarly excavately channelled ; 

 white, encircled round the middle with a few orange- 

 brown blotches. 



ah. Japan ; Dr. Siebold. 



This shell is not only distinct in form from any of those 

 luch have preceded it, but has a somewhat remarkable 

 ire ; the sutures being broadly excavated, the edge of 

 e whorls is sharply elevated forming a ridge, which is 

 velopcd with the same regularity to the apex. 



Species 212. (Fig. b and c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Porto-Kicanus. When engaged on this 

 scies about four years since (PL XXXIX.) with the 

 ly specimen then known in this country, 1 was fearful 

 m its worn and discoloured condition that it might 

 we to be no other than a variety of C. achatiiius. Since 

 it period a beautifully granulated example (Fig. b.) has 

 ne into the possession of Mr. Cuming without any 

 brmation as to its locality, whilst another (Fig. c.) has 

 ssed into the same valuable repository, collected bv 

 I Dyson at Ciunana, Venezuela. The latter of these is 

 ;irely free from granules, yet possessing all the charac- 

 istics of form and colouring equally peculiar to both, 

 1 they serve to establish the species in a very satisfac- 

 y manner, as one beyond all doubt. 



Species 270. (Mus. Cuming.) 



nus telatus. Con. tesld oblongo-conicd, subpyramidali, 

 lain, basin versus striata, spird concavo-acuminatd ; 

 alba, reticuld aurantio-fuscd ubiqite notatd, maculis 

 grandibus aureo-luteis, longitudinaliter lineis nigrk 

 undatis, bifasciatim cinctd. 



E webbed Cone. Shell oblong-conical, somewhat 



Hob. 



pyramidal, smooth, striated towards the base, spire 

 concavely acuminated ; white, marked throughout 

 with a fine orange-brown net-work, encircled with 

 two bands of large golden-yellow blotches, marked 

 with longitudinally waved black lines. 



M. Deshayes first pointed out to Mr. Cuming the cir- 

 cumstance of this shell constituting a species distinct from 

 0. textile or vicarms ; it is of a more straight pyramidal 

 growth with the net-work pattern of finer texture, and 

 however minute may be the distinction, the species carries 

 a certain identity with it by which it may always be 

 recognised. 



Species 238£. (Mus. Saul.) 



Conus cocceus. This magnificent example of the 

 C. cocceus, from the collection of Miss Saul, is worthy of 

 being figured as adding a value to the species, which I 

 scarcely anticipated at the time of its introduction in 

 January, 1841 (PL XLII). It is a shell of solid growth 

 and of a uniform deep pinkish scarlet, faintly articulated 

 with white, to which the accompanying figure hardly does 

 justice. M. Kiener has just figured it as a new species 

 with the name C. eitrimts, Icon. coq. viv. Conus, PL 59. f. 6. 



Species 271. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus fulgurans. Con. testa ovato-cotiicd, solidiusculd, 



superne obesd, lawigatd, basi sulcata, spird excavato- 



canaliculatd ; alba, maculis longiludiualiter flexnox'tx 



guttisque ferrugineis transversis pictd. 

 The lightning-marked Cone. Shell ovately conical, 



rather solid, stout round the upper part, smooth, 



grooved at the base, spire excavatelj channelled; 



white, painted with rust brown fiexuous longitudinal 



blotches and transverse dots. 

 Ihvvss. Luc. Mill. vers. v. i. part 2. p. 687. Lamarck. 



Aniiu. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) v. xi. p. 71. 

 Hob. ? 



In this species, of which Mr. Cuming lias obtained two 

 specimens without any information as to their locality, m 

 maj fairh recognize the C.fulguram described in the 

 Encyclopedic Methodique, in 1792, by Bruguiere, from 

 the manuscript of M. Hwass of Copenhagen. Lamarck 



February, 1848. 



