CONUS. 



Supp. Plate VIII. 



Species 273. (Mus. Cuming.) 



]onus collisus. Con. testa oblongo-conicd, solidiusculd, 

 subinflatd, lavigatd, transversim sulcata, sulcis distan- 

 tibus, superioribus plus minusve obsoletis, spird stria fo- 

 sulcatd, apice acuta, aperturd latiusculd ; albidd,fuloo 

 nebulatd et variegatd. 



[he bruised Cone. Shell oblong-conical, rather solid, 

 somewhat inflated, smooth, transversely grooved, 

 grooves distant, upper ones more or less obsolete, 

 spire striately grooved, sharp at the apex, aperture 

 rather broad ; whitish, clouded and variegated with 

 fulvous colour. 



lab. ? 



Of this species Mr. Cuming possesses several examples, 

 liffering very much in the pattern of their colouring, but 

 .11 distinguished by an association of character from 

 7. spectrum, which is the next allied. 



Species 274. (Mus. Gubba.) 



"onus sanguinolentus. Con. testa subtrigono-conicd, 

 solidd, lavigatd, basi obscure liratd, spird plano- 

 depressd, subcanaliculatd, apice elevatd, acuta; undique 

 roseo-coccineo siiffiisd,fcammis paucis sanguineis latins- 

 culis, irregularibus, distantibus longitudinaliter pictd, 

 spird sanguineo indistincte tessellatd. 



"he blood-stained Cone. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 conical, solid, smooth, obscurely grooved at the base, 

 spire flatly depressed, slightly channelled, raised and 

 sharp at the apex ; suffused throughout with rose- 

 scarlet, and painted longitudinally with a few rather 

 broad, irregular, blood-stained flames, spire indis- 

 tinctly tessellated with the same colour. 



tab. ■ ? 



A very characteristic new species, remarkable for the 

 farm delicacy of its colouring. 



Species 275. (Mus. Gubba.) 



]oncs rty.r.NA. Con. testa subobeso-conicd, lavigatd, basi 

 crebriliratd, yum' subrotundatd, striata et unisulcatd, 

 suturis rudibus, apice acuto ; alia, carneo-fuscescente 

 pallide bifasciatd, lineis fitscis brevibus transversis in 

 flammis longitudinalibus disposilis irmjulariter pictd. 



The hy.ena Cone. Shell somewhat stoutly conical, 

 smooth, closely ridged at the base, spire somewhat 

 rounded, striated and one-grooved, sutures rude, 

 apex sharp ; white, faintly two-banded with flesh 

 brown, and somewhat irregularly painted with short 

 transverse brown lines, disposed one under the other 

 in longitudinal flames. 



Hwass, Bruguiere Enc. Meth. Conns No. 55. 



Hab. ? 



This, and not the variety of C.punctatus, is, according 

 to Kiener, the true C. hjana of the Encyclopedie Metho- 

 dique. 



Species 276. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus Boivinii. Con. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, supra 

 et infra transversim sulcata, sulcis distantibus, regula- 

 ribus, perlusis, medio vix slriatis, spird peculiariter 

 concavo-depressd, spiraliler profundi; sulcata, apice pau- 

 luluni elevatd, subobtusd ; albicante, carneo-fuscescente 

 bifasciatd, maculis perpaucis Merogbjpliicis castaneo- 

 rujis, nonnullis subainplis, aspersd. 



Boivin's Cone. Shell cylindrically oblong, transversely 

 grooved above and below, grooves distant, regular, 

 pricked, scarcely striated in the middle, spire pecu- 

 liarly concavely depressed, spirally deeply grooved, 

 a little elevated, but obtuse, at the apex ; white, en. 

 circled with two bands of light flesh-brown, and 

 sprinkled with a few hieroglyphic chestnut-red spots, 

 some of which are rather large. 



Kienek, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 64. 



Hab. ? 



I have been much gratified with the examination of 

 this shell in Paris, the only example of the species that 

 has been seen. It is certainly very distinct from any 

 hitherto described, being remarkably characterized by its 

 concavely depressed spire and punctured strke. The cha- 

 racter of the marking partakes somewhat of that of C. 

 gubernator. M. Boivin informs me, that he obtained it at 

 the sale of an old collection at Havre, into which port it 

 was probably brought from some remote locality. 



Species 277. (Mus. ( 'inning.) 

 Conus Cumingii. Con. testa subtrigono-conicd, solidius- 



June, 1849. 



