CONUS.— Supp. Plate VI. 



lescente-albd, spird apicem versus fuscescente pallide 

 tessellatd. 



The alabaster Cone. Shell somewhat fusiformly tur- 

 binated, a little recurved at the base, encircled 

 throughout with delicate narrow ridges in pairs, 

 interstices striated and cancellated, spire channelled, 

 sharply and closely striated, apex raised, very sharp ; 

 clear bluish-white, faintly tessellated towards the 

 apex with light brown. 



Adams and Keeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang. 



Hab. China Sea. 



The accompanying figure, I regret to say, gives a very 

 inadequate idea of this very pure white and delicately 

 sculptured species, the shell being enveloped by a dirty 

 fibrous epidermis. 



Species 258. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus lachrymosus. Con. testa oblongo-conicd, tenui- 

 culd, subventricosd, laevigata, basin versus contractu et 

 liratd, spird striato-sulcatd, apice acuta ; fulvo-auran- 

 tid, lineis interruptis saturatioribus cingulatd, medio et 

 superne albidd, strigis fulvo-aurantiis, promisciu undu- 

 latis, longitudinaliter pictd, spird tinctd et variegatd. 



The "weeping Cone. Shell oblong-conical, rather thin, 

 slightly ventricose, smooth, contracted and ridged 

 towards the base, spire striately grooved, sharp at 

 the apex ; fulvous-orange, encircled with interrupted 

 lines of a darker colour, white in the middle and 

 along the upper edge, painted longitudinally with 

 promiscuously waved orange-brown streaks, spire 

 stained and variegated with the same colour. 



Hab. ? 



Marked in a manner perfectly distinct from any species 



yet described. 



Species 259. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus primula. Con. testa subabbreviato-conicd, soli- 

 diusculd, basin versus liratd, liris subdistantibus, spird 

 depresso-convexd, coronatd, apice obtusd ; eximie roseo- 

 aurantid, superne lacted, maculis grandibus lacteis 

 oblongo-quadratis fasciatim medio cingulatd. 



The primrose Cone. Shell somewhat abbreviately 

 conical, rather solid, ridged towards the base, ridges 

 somewhat distant, spire depressly convex, coronated, 

 obtuse at the apex ; delicate rose-orange, white round 

 the upper edge, encircled round the middle with a 

 band of large oblong-square cream-white spots. 



Hab. ? 



Of a delicate nankeen colour, banded in the middle, 



somewhat in the style of C. lithoghjplius. 



obtuse angulatd, submflatd, lavi, sulcis angustis disk 

 tibus undique cingulatd, spird multisulcatd, apice ela 

 aculissimo ; albidd, luteo-aurautio, hie illic coccin 

 tinctd, profuse pictd, lineis subtilissimis Jilamentoi 

 saturatioribus undique confertim cingulatd. 



The filamentose Cone. Shell oblong-conical, obtus 

 angled at the upper part, slightly inflated, smoo 

 encircled throughout with narrow distant groov 

 spire many-grooved, apex raised and very shai 

 whitish, profusely painted with yellowish oran 

 here and there scarlet-tinged, and closely encirc 

 throughout with very fine thread-like lines of a dar 

 colour. 



Hab. ? 



Encircled, like C. conspersus, with very fine thread-1 

 lines about five between each groove. 



Species 261. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus rivularius. Con. testa cylindraceo-conicd, 

 perne obtusd, transversim subtiliter liratd, liris grai 

 latis, spird striato-sulcatd, obsolete coronatd ; albl 

 maculis grandibus aurantio-fuscis bifasciatd et pe< 

 liariter undulato-flammatd, granulis albidis. 



The streamlet-marked Cone. Shell cyliudrically i 

 nical, obtuse at the upper part, transversely fin 

 ridged, ridges granulated, spire striately groov* 

 obsoletely coronated ; whitish, with two bands 

 large orange-brown blotches, peculiarly undulat 

 flamed, granules whitish. 



Hab. Moluccas. 



I have seen several examples of this species, all chari 

 terised by the undulated flammules of colour. 



Species 260. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Conus filamentosus. Con. testa oblongo-conicd, superne 



Species 262. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus striolatus. Con. testa subcylindraeeo-obloru, 

 solidd, undique subtilissime liratd et striata, basi levii 

 contortd, spird convexd, striato-sulcatd, infra sum 

 peculiariter marginatd, apice acutissimo ; albd, aim 

 tio-fuscescente pallide fasciatim nebulatd, liris fuse 

 cente obscurLminutissime punctatis, apice rosea. 



The finely-striated Cone. Shell somewhat cylind 

 cally oblong, solid, very finely ridged and striat 

 throughout, slightly twisted at the base, spire convi 

 striately grooved, peculiarly margined beneath t 

 sutures, apex very sharp ; white, faintly clouded 

 a banded style with orange-brown, ridges obscuri 

 very minutely dotted with brown, apex pink, 



Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 105. f. 1. 



Hab. ? 



This species which M. Kiener and I had both set apa 



independently, as a new one, is little removed from 



certain variety of the C. rnagus. 



