CONUS. 



Supp. Plate III. 



Species 280. (Mus. Cuming.) 



!onus nucleus. Con. testa subcylindraced, spird obtuso-ro- 

 tundatd, suturis subrudibus, apice minuto, acuto ; an- 

 fractibus superne ci.r angulaMs, transversim. subtUissime 

 striatic ; roseo-incarnatd, medio pallidi fasciatd, et 

 tnaculis pcrpaucis hieroglyphicis opaco-albis ornatd, 

 intus purpureo-carulescente 



'he kernel Cone. Shell somewhat cylindrical, spire 

 obtusely rounded, sutures somewhat rude, apex 

 minute, sharp ; whorls scarcely angled round the 

 upper part, transversely very finely striated ; pinkish 

 flesh-colour, faintly banded in the middle and orna- 

 mented with a very few hieroglyphieal opake white 

 spots, interior light purplish blue. 



Tab. Matnog, Island of Luzon, Philippines (found on the 

 reefs); Cuming. 



The white hieroglyphieal spots which encircle this shell 

 t distant and irregular intervals round the middle, arc 

 ery similar in character to those of the C. luteus, the shell 

 i not, however, of the same peculiarly delicate porcelain 

 spect ; it is cylindrically rounded at the top, and uniformly 

 f smaller size. 



Species 281. (Mus. Cuming.) 



onus jaspideus. Con. testa ovato-conicd, tenuiculd, 

 lavigatd, basi subprofunde et creberrime sulcata, spird 

 mbobtusd, trisulcatd; alba, punctis maculisque hiero- 

 glyphicis aurantio-fusvis, superne fascia lata roseo-au- 

 rantid cingulatd, spird fusco radiatim strigatd, apice 

 basique roseis. 



'he jasper Cone, Shell ovately conical, rather thin, 

 smooth, rather deeply and closely grooved at the 

 base, spire somewhat obtuse, three-grooved ; white, 

 encircled with orange-brown dots and hieroglyphieal 

 blotches with a broad rose-orange band round the 

 upper part, spire radiately streaked with brown, base 

 and apex pink. 



Liener, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 55. f. 2. 



lab. Cape of Good Hope 



A beautifully painted shell in Mr. Cuming's collection 

 greeing precisely with M. Kiener's figure. 



Species 282. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Cumingii. Con. testa ovato-conicd, subcylindra- 

 a a. laevigata aid obsolete tenuiliratd, spird peculi iritet 

 punctato-sulcatd ; rufescente-olivaced, fascia mediatta 



xji/nii/iir inifrachiHiii „iarginc xuperiori ivrriilcscentd- 

 albis ; rufescente-fusco maculatis el punctata 



Cuming's Cone. Shell ovately conical, somewhat cylin- 

 drical, smooth or obsoletely finely ridged, spin 

 peculiarly grooved and punctured; reddish olive, 

 with a central band, spire and upper edge of th< 

 whorls white; blotched and dotted with reddish 

 brown. 



Sab. Island of Mindanao, Philippines ; Cuming 



An extremely interesting new species collected b) 

 Mr. Cuming during his sojourn at the Philippine Islands. 



Species 283. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus cerinus. Con. testa subobeso-ovatd, crassiu 



lavigatd, basi peculiariter granoso-liratd, spird tn- 

 sulcatd; alba, maculis grandibus castaneo-fuscis linealu 

 interruptis conspicue pictd, apice roseo. 



The waxen Cone. Shell somewhat stoutly ovate, rather 

 thick, smooth, peculiarly granosely ridged, spire 

 three-grooved; white, conspicuously painted with 

 interrupted lineated chesnut blotches, apex pink. 



Ilab. Island of Mindanao, Cuming. 



The form of tins shell is different from that of anj oi 

 similar style of painting, and it has a deep pink apex. 



Fig. 250 b. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus suturatus, Described in February I s I 1 at 

 Plate XL V. from an indifferenl specimen with Little 

 indication of the rich brown bands and pinkish- 

 purple base which characterise the accompanying 

 figure, and no information as to its locality. 



Hub. Port Essington, Australia ; Jukes. 



April, 



Species 284. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Com s i R.IGID1 s Con. testa obeso-ovatd, crassiusculd, trans- 

 versim subtUiter ft eximie liratd, /iris basin versus 

 obsolete granulatis, spird trisulcatd ; pallide itra 

 apice basique oi < ■ 



ms. 



