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This specles varies in size and intensity of colour. In fine spe- 

 cimens the white and chestnut tessellated necklaces are very di- 

 stinct. The interior of the shell corresponds m colour with its 



esterior. , - \%t t vt 



Found on sand in small ponds of sea-water.— VV. J. a. 



CoNUS TonNATUs. Con. testd rhoviboideo-productd, sulcatd, 



sukis prominentibus, scabris, albd castaneo maculatd etpmclatd; 



spira conicd, productd, carinatd; epidermide subfuscd, tenui : 



fong.\\, lat.-į-poll. 

 Hab. in America Meridionali. (Xipixapi.) 

 This elegantspecies looks as if it had been turned in a lathe. U 

 wa9 found from ten to twelve faihoms deep in sandy mud.— 

 W. J. B. 



CoNUS NiviFER. Con. testd conicd, subfuscd maculis niveisfre- 



nueniissime sparsd etfasciis 3 castaneis {uUimo maxtmo) cmda; 



spirdplaniusculd,apiceacuto; basi castaned : long.l, lat.lpoū. 

 Var. a fasciis subobsoletis. . • • r 



Var. ^ sine fasciis : varietas forsan Coni mvost, 1-am. ; ąuaere 



Hab. ad Insulas Capo de Verde dietas.— W. J. B. 



A very elegant species, especially when vvell developed and with 

 the three dark bands complete. _ 



The variety B may be Lamarck's Con. 7nvosus, but he reters to 

 no figure, and the term " mouchetures" will hardly apply to the 

 flake-like spots on our shell.— W. J. B. 



CoNUS NANUS. Con. testd conicd, sursum albd, deorsum lividd; 

 spird coronatd, apice acuto; basi et faucc purpurascentibus : 



long. -L lat. 4- poli. , TT J. T 1 J \ 



Hab.in Oceano Pacifico. (Lord Hood s Island.) 

 Found on the reefs. — W. J. B. 



CoNUS LtJTEUS. Con.testd rhomboideo-productd, luteamonilibus 

 castaneis exilibus cinctd et maculis nigro-castaneis alboltmbatis 

 in spiram et in anfractūs basalis medum tessellatd : long. Ii, 

 lat. į poli. 

 Hab. in Oceano Pacifico. (Annaa.) . 



The spire of this species, though full and rounded, terminates m 

 ashortacute point. The shell tapers rapidly towards the base. 

 When in perfection, its rich safFron colour, girt with numerous 

 delicate necklaces, and the broad beit of interrupted tessellated 

 sDots of the darkest chestnut bordered with the purest white, give 

 it a very beautiful apnearance. The tessellated spots are so regu- 

 larly set on the whorls of the spire as to look likę mosa.c work. 

 Some of the specimens have a pale yellow for the ground colour; 

 but these seem to be faded. 

 Found on the reefs.— W. J. B. 



CoNUs coNCiNNUS. Con. testd sub-p^rifonm, politd.basi trans- 

 versim sulcald, albo luleogue quast geographtce pieta ; spir<s 



