CONUS. 



Supp. Plate II. 



Species 273. (Mus. Cuming.) 



onus Ruppellii. Con. testa ovato-conicd, basi granato- 

 striatd, spird depressiusculd, sulcata et obsolete coro- 

 natd ; rufo-fuscesceute, Uriels castanets, hie illic punc- 

 tiferis cingulatd, fascia punctata in medio, spine nodulis 

 albis, in/erstitiis castanets. 



uppell's Cone. Shell ovately conical, granosely striated 

 at the base, spire rather depressed, grooved and ob- 

 soletely coronated ; reddish brown, encircled with 

 lines which are here and there resolved into dots, a 

 band of dots in the middle, nodules of the spire 

 white, interstices chesnut. 



ab. Red Sea ; Dr. Riippell. 



Of a rich deep brown colour, encircled with unsteady 

 felines. 



Species 274. (Mus. Cuming.) 



3NUS speciosissimus. Con. testa ovato-conicd, Icevi ant 

 basin versus obscure distanter liratd, spird subobsolete 

 coronatd; vivide coccineo-rosed, fasciis duabus macu- 

 liferis roseo-albidis medio et superne cingulatd, spird 

 marmoratd. 



IE beautiful Cone. Shell ovately conical, smooth or 

 obscurely distantly ridged towards the base, spire 

 somewhat obsoletely coronated ; bright scarlet-pink, 

 with two pink-white blotchy bands round the middle 

 and upper parts, spire marbled with the same. 



ih. Curacoa. 



A most delicately painted species, reminding one some- 

 lat of the C. cardinalis. 



Species 198. (Fig. b. Mus. Cuming.) 



( on i s miliaeis var. Tins shell deserves to be noticed 

 a very marked variety of a well-known species ; M. 

 iener describes it as a new one under the name C. scaler, 

 t I think he errs in this respect. 



Species 275. (Mus. Cuming.) 



)NUsLargilliertii. Con. testa pyramidali-ovatd, soli- 

 diusculd, spird acuminata, Icevi; rufescente-fuscd, medio 

 albifasciatd, tceniis angustis rufo-fuseo attoque urlint- 

 latis undique cingulatd, spird subirregulariter tessellatd. 



Largilliert's Cone. Shell pyramidally ovate, rather 

 solid, spire acuminated, smooth ; reddish-brown, 

 white-banded in the middle, encircled throughout 

 with narrow articulated fillets of red-brown and 

 white, spire somewhat irregularly tessellated. 



Kiener, Icon. coq. viv., pi. 98. f. 3. 



Hab. ? 



The specific value of this shell must be estimated rather 

 by its form than by the pattern or colouring, which is seen 

 with trifling variation in the C. trigonus, luctificus, and 

 Ruppellii. 



Species 276. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus contusus. Con. testa subcgliudraceo-ovatd, tenui- 

 culd, laevigata, sulcis tribus quaternisve distantibus ad 

 basin, spird subtiliter bisulcalis, suturis rudibus, apice 

 valde acuta ; livido-cceruled, aurantio tinctd. 



The bruised Cone. Shell somewhat cylindricalh ovate, 

 rather thin, smooth, with three or four distant grooves 

 at the base, spire finely double-grooved, rude at the 

 sutures, apex very sharp ; livid-blue, stained with 

 orange. 



Hab. Moluccas. 



Whether this species will be found to reveal any 

 design in the colouring it is impossible to foresee from the 

 accompanying specimen, which is of a peculiar livid ochra- 

 ceous tint though very characteristic throughout. 



Species 277. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus pr/Etextus. Con. testa obeso-ovatd, basin versus 

 sulcata, supra sulcis distantioribus punctatis cingulatd, 

 spird depressd, sulcata, fort iter coronatd; cinereo- 

 tjrised, c/erulescenle-albo nebulatd, superne roseo tinctd. 

 macula nigra inter nodos, tamiis numerosis angustis 

 nigro-alboque articulatis undique creberrime cingulatd, 

 mius purpurea. 



The enlaced Cone. Shell stoutly ovate, grooved to- 

 wards the base, encircled above with more distant 

 punctured grooves, spire depressed, grooved, stronglj 

 coronated ; ashy-grey, clouded with bluish-white, pink 

 round the upper part, a black spot between the no- 

 dules, and very closely encircled throughout with 



\pnl, 1848. 



