CONUS.— Supp. Plate V. 



>wtatd, spird plano-depressd, apicem versus obsolete 

 minute coronatd ; laded, punctis mimtimmis nume- 

 rosis pallide fuscescentibus seriatim notatd, fascia im- 

 maculatd in medio, basi intense livido-violaced. 



The sickly Cone. Shell oblong turbinated, rather thick, 

 somewhat rudely twisted at the base, transversely 

 obsoletely striated in a sbghtly waved manner, irre- 

 gularly longitudinally marked with lines of growth, 

 spire flatly depressed, minutely obsoletely coronated 

 towards the apex ; cream-colour, marked with rows 

 of very minute pale brown dots, leaving a white 

 band in the centre, base dark livid-violet. 



Hab. ? 



This species of which I have seen many similar examples, 



is closely allied to C. lignarius, especially to that variety 



figured by M. Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 107. f. 3, under the 



name C. Cecilei var. 



Species 251. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus inquinatus. Con. testa subpyriformi-conicd, cras- 

 siusculd, laevigata, basi subobsolete liratd, spird obtusd, 

 lavigatd, suturis subrudibus ; purpurascente-albd, cas- 

 taneo profuse longitndinaliter tinctd, fascia maculorum 

 albicantium in medio cingulatd, liris basalibus sparsim 

 albi-articulatis. 



The splashed Cone. Shell somewhat pyrifornily co- 

 nical, rather thick, smooth, somewhat obsoletely 

 ridged at the base, spire obtuse, smooth, sutures 

 rather rude ; purplish-white, profusely longitudinally 



stained with chestnut, encircled round the middle 

 with a band of light blotches, basal ridges sparingly 

 articulated with white. 

 Hab. West of Africa. 



Mr. Cuming possesses two or three examples of this 

 species, which I am quite unable to refer to any hitherto 

 described. 



Species 252. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Beknaedi. Con. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, sub- 

 inflatd, basin versus attenuatd, superne rotundatd, la- 

 vigatd, basin versus sulcata, sulcis distantibus, subpro- 

 fundis, minute crenulatis, spird lavigatd, elevatiusculd ; 

 fulvo-casianed, maculis punctisque perpaucis albis, Mc 

 illic aggregatis, notatd. 



Bernard's Cone. Shell cylindrically oblong, sbghtly 

 inflated, attenuated towards the base, rounded at 

 the upper part, smooth, grooved towards the base, 

 grooves distant, rather deep, minutely crenulated, 

 spire smooth, rather elevated ; fulvous chestnut, 

 marked with a few white dots and blotches here 

 and there aggregated together. 



Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. p. 220. pi. 100. f. 2. 



Var. intense purpureo-nigra, parum albi-maculata. 

 Conus Gubba, Kiener. 



Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines (dredged from a depth 

 of seven fathoms in sandy mud) ; Cuming. 

 This shell has been long known to me, but I have 



always regarded it as a variety of C. cinereus. 



