CONUS. 



Supp. Plate IX. 



Fig. 263 a. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Donus coronatus. Another variety of Species 263, 

 figured in the preceding plate. 



Species 279. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Jonus LUGUBRis. Con. testa subabbrevialo-conicd, superne 

 obesd, transversim siiblilissime striata, ad basin rude 

 liratd, Uris paucis, distantibus, spird elevaliusculd, 

 conspicue sulcata; purpureo-nigrd, maculis numerosis 

 parvis albis aggregatis obscure reticulata. 



'he mourning Cone. Shell somewhat abbreviate^ 

 conical, stout at the upper part, transversely very 

 finely striated, rudely ridged at the base, ridges few 

 and distant, spire slightly elevated, conspicuously 

 grooved ; purple-black, obscurely reticulated here 

 and there with numerous aggregated small white 

 spots. 



'onus Ideroghjphicus var., Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 103. 

 f. 3. 



lab. ? 



Perfectly distinct from C. hieroglyphicus which is a 

 •anulated shell of more solid growth, and differently 

 arked. The specimen here figured I have compared 

 ith two equally characteristic examples in M. Gubba's 

 illection. 



Species 280. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Gubba.) 



3NUS Elis,e. Con. testa cylindraceo-conicd, laevigata, 

 basin versus subobsolete liratd, spird rotuudatd, striata, 

 apice obticsd ; fulvo-castaned, maculis numerosis albidis 

 subroiundatis parvis et minutis, promiscue aggregatis, 

 reticulata. 



.iza's Cone. Shell rather cylindrically conical, 

 smooth, somewhat obsoletely ridged towards the 

 base, spire rounded, striated, obtuse at the apex; 

 fulvous-chestnut, reticulated with numerous some- 

 what rounded, small and minute whitish spots, 

 promiscuously aggregated together. 



ENER, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 34. f. 1. 



Eadem nana, Conus stellalus, Kiener. 



ib. ? 



A. very dark fulvous-chestnut shell, distinguished by 

 merous aggregations of minute whitish spots, not linear 

 iculations, as in the textile group. 



Species 281. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Conus pica. Con. testa cylindraceo-ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 tumidd, infiatd, spird depresso-convexd, creberrime im- 

 presso-sulcatd, apice parvo, acute elevato, basi lineari- 

 sulcatd, sulcis subdistantibus ; albd, fusco-nigricaute 

 plus minusve grandi-macnlatd et minute punctata. 



The magpie Cone. Shell cylindrically ovate, rather 

 thin, swollen, inflated, spire depressly convex, very 

 closely impressly grooved, apex small, acutely ele- 

 vated, base linearly grooved, grooves rather distant ; 

 white, minutely dotted and more or less coloured 

 with large blotches of brownish black. 



Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang, p. 18. pi. 5. 

 f. 10. 

 Conus spectrum Sumatra, Chemnitz. 



Hab. Island of Balambangan, north end of Borneo (on a 

 shallow coral reef) ; Belcher. 



This is certainly distinct from the Linnaean C. spectrum. 

 It was found in abundance by Sir Edward Belcher at the 

 above-named locality. 



Species 262. (Fig. 262 b, Mus. Gubba.) 

 Conus conspersus. This species described by me in 

 1843 from an indifferent specimen, in the collection of 

 Mi-. Gruner of Bremen, is identical with that subsequently 

 named C. Verreuxii by M. Kiener. Although the original 

 specimen did not furnish a very characteristic figure 

 (PI. 247. f. 262), the leading feature of the species, con- 

 sisting of its being encircled throughout with fine close-set 

 hair lines, was particularly dwelt upon in the description. 

 The magnificent specimen here figured is from the col- 

 lection of M. Gubba of Havre, and to the characters 

 already given, it may be added that the interior of the 

 aperture is delicately coloured with a warm flesh tint. 



Species 282. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Gubba.) 



Conus Kieneri. Con. testa subfmiformi-turbinatd, basi 

 submurvd, laevigata, /tur/iijuc transvt rsim sulcata, sulcis 

 subdistantibus, pertusis, spird slriato-sulcatd ; livido- 

 cinerascente, castaneo fasciatim interrupts varkgatd, 

 Jloccis opaco-albk basin versus aspersd, spird conspicue 

 castaneo maculatd, aperturce fauce livido-pnrpured. 



Kiener's Cone. Shell somewhat fusiformly turbinated 

 slightly recurved at the base, transversely grooved 



June, 1849. 



