Botanical Society of London. 449 



Descriptions of four new species of Conus, a genus of Pectinibran- 

 chiate Mollusks, by Mr. Lovell Reeve, were tben read. 



1. Conus Stainforthii. Con. testd conico-tiirbinatd, leviter flexu- 

 osd, albidd, rubro purpureoque tinctd, ad basin rosaced ; gra?iosd, 

 granis minutis, rubido carneove-albis, in seriebus equidistantibus 

 pai-allelis transversaliter dispositis ; spird mediocriter convexd, tu- 

 herculis aspersis regulariter coronatd ; apice mucronato, symmetrice 

 acuto ; aperturd sitbinflatd, labro solidiusculo, intus extiisque albo. 



Conch. Icon. pi. 1. f. 1. 



The richly variegated purple painting of this new and very beau- 

 tiful shell (which I dedicate to its fortunate possessor), and the 

 rows of light small granular pimples standing out in relief, render 

 it eminently characteristic. There is another specimen in Mr. Cu- 

 ming's collection. 



Hab. Unknown. 



2. CoNTjs LiGNARius. CoH. testd oblougo-turMnatd, luteo-fuscd, 

 fusco indistincte hifasciatd, longitudinaliter subtilissime striatd, 

 filis tenuissimis rubellis densissime cingiilatd; bast striatd; spird 

 planiusculd, apice elato, acuto. 



Conch. Icon. pi. 15. 



This shell, which is of an uniform brown colour, profusely corded 

 and lined, both transversely and longitudinally, was found by Mr. 

 Cuming on mud-banks just below low- water mark at Port Sacloban, 

 Island of Leyte, PhiHppines. 



3. CoNiTs MAGNiFicus. CoTi. tcstd ct/Ufidraceo-turbinatd, obesd, 

 anfractibus superne rotundatis, spird Icevi, subacuminatd, apice 

 valde obtuse; rosaced, lineis ovato-trigonis, lacco aut purpurea - 

 rubris, usquequaque reticulatd, maculis perpaucis grandissimis bi- 

 fasciatirn cinctd. 



Conch. Icon. pi. 6. f. 32. 



This beautiful shell, which always exhibits a warm rosaceous tint, 

 was collected by Mr. Cuming at Matnog, Island of Lugon, Philip- 

 pines. 



4. Conus Neptunus. Con. testd elongato-conicd, spird acuminatd, 

 striatd, apice acuto; pallide carneold, lineis maculisque rubidis 

 ubique nebulosd et venosd ; versus basin leviter sulcatd, sulcis sub- 

 distantibus ; columella et aperturce fauce subrosaced. 



Conch. Icon. pi. 6. f. 30. 

 Hab. Jacna, Island of Bohol. 



The delicate marking of this gem approaches so nearly to that of 

 the Conus gloria-maris, that we honour it with as noble a title. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Oct. 6, 1843. — John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the Chair. 



Mr. Adam Gerard exhibited a collection of fruits and seeds from 

 Sierra Leone, containing specimens of the fruits of the Butter and 

 Tallow Tree (Pentadesma butyracecE). 



Read " Notes of a Botanical Excursion to Tilgate Forest in Au- 

 gust last," by the Chairman. 



