558 Mr. G. B. Sowerby on 



Readily distinguished by its exceedingly strong elevated 

 lira?; compared with C. porcata it is much more elongate in 

 form. 



Phos hirasei, sp. n. (Fig. 2.) 



Testa oblongo-fusiformis, albida, pallide stramineo tincta ; maculis 

 paucis fuscis irregulariter conspersa ; spira acuminata, ad apicem 

 acuta; anfractus 10, convexi, primi 2-3 Jseves, nigro tincti, se- 

 quentes hie illic irregulariter varicosi, spiraliter tenuiter lirati, 

 lougitudinaliter tenuissime striati ; costis longitudinalibus nume- 

 rosis rotundatis muniti ; sutura impressa ; anfractus iiltimus 

 epiram vix aequans, convexus, antice constrictus ; columella con- 

 torta, biplicata ; apertura ovata, intus lirata ; labrum acutum. 



Long, 38, maj. diam. 17 mm. 



Uab. Kii, Japan. 



A typical Phos, but differing from those hitherto known. 

 Compared with P. varicosus^ it is larger and its whorls are 

 more roundly convex. 



Conus meleus, sp. n. (Fig. 3.) 



Testa cylindracea, solidiuscula, albida, flammis et balteis luteis 

 ornata; spira breviter conica ; anfractus 9, vix concavi, spiraliter 

 lirati ; angulum obtusiusculum, leviter undulatum ; anfractus 

 ultimus convexiusculus, antice grano-liratus. 



Long. 29, maj, diam. 15 mm. 



Uab. Kii, Japan. 



At first sight this is just like the West-Indian C. flavescens^ 

 but it is readily distinguished by the lirse of the spiral whorls, 

 the spiral whorls of the West-Indian species being invariably 

 smooth. 



Conus hedgesi, sp. n. (Fig. 4.) 



Testa elongato-turbinata, solidiuscula, pallide caeruleo-grisea maculis 

 fuscis minutis lineisque diversiformibns in fasciis 3-4, elegantis- 

 sime ornata, antice regulariter oblique sulcata, aliter Itevis ; 

 lateribus rectiusculis, vix convexis ; angulum leviter rotundatum, 

 baud coronatum ; spira mediocriter elata, concava, acutissime 

 eonica ; anfractus 11, primi 2 lasves, subpapillari, sequentes 3-4 

 gradati, deinde concavi, spiraliter conspicue lirati ; apertura recta, 

 intus violacea. 



Long. 32, maj. diam, 16 mm. 



Hah. ? 



A pretty, delicately coloured shell, with rather quaintly 

 and diversely formed markings, ranging from fine, hair-like, 



