THE 
PORPHYRY CONE. 
BROOD 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal refembling a Limax or Slug. 
Shell more or lefs conic or pyramidal. 
Aperture longitudinal, linear, without teeth, en- 
tire at the bafe. 
Pillar {mooth. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Cc, 
White CONE, with brown reticular veins and 
longitudinal bands. 
Heart-fpotted CONE. 
|» Porphyry CONE. 
This fhell, ‘which is principally found in the In- 
dian ocean, may juftly be confidered as one of the 
moft beautiful of its genus: in color it fometimes 
varies, but commonly retains characters fo well 
marked as hardly to admit of a doubt as to the fpe- 
cies. 
