Species of Coiiida3 and Tcrcbri(la3. 223 



nnta, striis distantibus suljpunctiitis (supcmo vix conspicuis ad 

 ])asim coiifi'rtii)ri])Us) inscul])ta, all)a, dilute olivaceo-fusco irrop^u- 

 liiritcr maculata ; spira brovissima, concava, apico acuta, alba, 

 maculis 5-(l fuscis radiant ilius (supra auf'ractus modo ultimos 2) 

 omata ; aiifract. 11, vix exscrti, miuutissimc ct pulchcrrimo ad 

 suturam coronati, striis duabus spiralibus ornati; aportura alba, 

 angusta ; labrum supra vix incisum. 

 Long. 19 mill,, diam. max. 11. 



Hah. ? 



The specimen on wliicli tliis species is founded may not 

 be quite adult ; but tlie characters are so distinctive as to war- 

 want its being descriljcd. On close examination tlie irregular 

 maculatlons are seen to be of a pale olive-brown colour, longi- 

 . tudinally streaked with lines of a darker tint. I do not know 

 of any species sufficiently closely allied wherewith to offer a 

 comparison. 



Conns croceus, sp. nov. 



Testa angusta, olong^ato-subfusiformis, crocca ; spiroo anfractus 10, 

 planiusculi, liris spiralibus cincti, in anfr. inferioribus 3-4, supe- 

 rioribus 2 (ea ad suturam maxima, in anfr. suporioribus nodulosa) ; 

 spira recte conica ; anfr. nltimus marginibus fere planis, costia 

 spiralibus 28-^50 fortibus, subacutis, sensim basira versus tenuiori- 

 bus, munitus, ct lirulis longitudinalibus niimerosissimis in inter- 

 stitiis conciunc clathratus ; apcrtura linearis, angustissima. 



Long. 27 mill., diam. max. 9. 



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This species is at once recognized by its slender form, 

 its uniform deep yellow colour, and by the strong spiral 

 acutish ribs (about thirty) encircling the body-whorl, the inter- 

 stices between them being prettily sculptured by numerous 

 minute longitudinal lirations. 



It is related somewhat to C.vimi'neus, five., in which, how- 

 ever, the transverse ribs are much finer, rounded, and more 

 numerous. C. longurionisy Kiener, is another species of a 

 similar type. 



Conus pro2-)inqnnSj sp. nov. 



Conm temmulcatus, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 14o, pi. 15. f. 2 

 (name preoccupied). 



Ilah. j\Lauritius. 



Mr. Sowerby described a species of Conns under the name 

 tenuisnlcadfs^ in tlie ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 

 1870, p. 25(5, pi. 22. f. 10, and again, in 1873, employs the 

 same designation for a second species ! 



