Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 107 



H. fasdata, Lamarck; the shell figured under this name, said to 

 be from Guadeloupe, is H. picta, Fer. Lamarck gave Porto Rico 

 as the habitat of his species, and it has since only been found 

 there, and in Vieque and St. John's. Shuttlevvorth states that he 

 has received H.fasciata from Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Kitts, 

 but the species of those islands is H. picta. Pfeiffer redescribed 

 the species, by error, under the name of H. phasiaiiella, Sowb. in 

 sched. 



H. Zo(Z, Pfr. MS. Stated to be from Cuba, seems to be H. Zocz, 

 Pfr. (Mai. Blaetter, 1865) from Gilolo, Moluccas. 



H. subovalis, Sowb. Said to be Jamaican, probably a mere var. 

 of^ neritella, Lam. Cannot be Jamaican [We do not understand 

 this last remark, H. neritella is a well known Jamaica shell ; we have 

 ourselves collected it there in abundance]. 



[Altogether Mr. Bland's criticisms seem to bear out the descrip- 

 tion of the Iconica and Thesaurus given by Crosse. — "not scientific 

 works of authority, but collections of more or less well made 

 images." — Journ. de Conchyl. Vol. XVIII. p. 259.] 

 Remarks in brackets are by the translator. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CONUS. 



By EDGAR A. SMITH, F.Z..S. 

 Zoological Department, British Museum. 



Conus Traversianus, 



Testa elongata, inverse anguste conica, lateribus fere rectis, levis- 

 sime cofivexis, superne aliquanto acute angulata ; spii'a brevius- 

 cula, concava, anfractibus 10 1 (apice abrupto) constituta, pallida 

 rosacea; anfractus reliqui 4 superne lev iter excavati, 1 iris pan cis 

 incrementique lineis arcuatis ornati, ad suturam subpiofundani 

 rufo alboque articulatim notati ; anfr. ultimus sulcis transversis 

 aliquanto distantibus, superne fere obsoletis, inferne profundiori- 

 bus et confertioribus insculptus, dilute rosaceus, fasciis duabus 

 obscuris aurantio-rufis ( altera medium supra, altera infra ) 

 cincttcs, et inter sulcis lineis albo rufoque articulatis ornatus ; 

 apettura linearis, angusta, ad basim leviter dilatata, intus ro- 

 sacea. 



Longit. 4J millim. Diam. ad angulum ij. 



