208 Zoological Society. 



This shell has been sui:)posed to have some considerable affinity 

 with the Conus Janus ; it does not however, in my opinion, exhibit 

 any characters in common with that species, and may at once be 

 distinguished by its tenuity, by its spotted peculiarity of painting, 

 and by its violet-stained mouth. 



Conus inscriptus. Con. testd turhinatd, solidiusculd, Icevi, basim 

 versus sulcata, sulcis latis, striatis ; cceruleo-albidd, maculis gran- 

 dibus fuscescentibus, Uteris Sinensibus simillimis, trifasciatim in- 

 scriptd, interstitiis macularum minorum serie unicd cingvlatis ; 

 spird mediocri, spiraliier striata, fuscescente variegatd, apice 

 acuto ; aperturcc fauce violaceo-carneolatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 29. f. 164 ; Conus leo scandens ? Chemnitz, 

 Conch. Cab., vol. x. pi. 140. f. 1300. 



Hab. ? 



This appears to me to be a well-chai"acterized species, and clearly 

 distinct from that variety of the Conus Proteus to which it so closely 

 approximates in the style of painting. I much question whether 

 the figure described by Chemnitz under the title of " Leo scandens," 

 from an imagined resemblance of the hieroglyphical spots to the 

 common heraldic device of the climbing lion, is not a representation 

 of this shell, and that Lamarck, PfeifFer, and others have somewhat 

 erred in quoting it as the well-known similarly marked variety of C. 

 Proteus. 



CoNus BULBUS. Con. testd subobeso-turbinatd, solidd, superne ro- 

 tundatd. ; albd,fusco longitudinaliter strigatd, strigis irregularibus , 

 obliqiie undulatis, superne et inferne diffusis ; spird brevi, apice 

 mucronato. 

 Var. /3. Testa omninofusca. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 30. f. 169. 



Hab. Cabenda, west coast of Africa (found at the depth of five 

 fathoms in soft mud, washed down by the waters of the Congo) ; 

 Hankey. 



Four specimens of this very interesting species were collected at 

 the above-named locality by Lieut. Hankey. It is a very solid shell, 

 having the appearance of a small bulb-root. 



Conus aplustre. Con. testd subobeso-turbinatd, tenui, subinflatd, 

 IcBvi, basim versus liratd ; rubido-fusco et cccruleo pallide et sub- 

 irregulariter zonatd, tceniis fusco-articulatis angustis numerosis 

 subtilibus ornatd ; spii-d depresso-convexd, apice mucronato. 

 Conch. Icon., Conus, pi. 30. f. 170. 



Hab. ? 



This is another new species, and will be recognised as being very 

 distinct from any hitherto described. 



Conus Metcalfii. Con. testd elongato-ovatd, per totam super- 

 ficiem granulosd, granulis subtilibus, seriatim digestis ; albidd, au- 

 rantio-fusco irregulariter inquinatd, baited albidd angustd in medio 

 cingulatd ; spird subexsertd, aurantio-fusco maculatd, apice acu- 

 minato. 

 Conch, Icon., Conus, pi. 36. f. 192. 

 Hab. ? 



