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clcvata, convcxa. anfr. ad 8 vix cxcavatis, ultimi angulo rotunclato ; apertura 

 angusta antice vix dilatata, labro postice recedentc, intus violacescente. 



Shell ovoid conic, bulbous, solid, surface with microscopic re- 

 volving lines, and on the anterior portion a few delicate, regularly 

 spaced, gradually increasing raised lines, alternately larger and 

 smaller; color uniform pale fawn, paler posteriorly, covered by a 

 smoky russet brown epidermis ; spire above the obtusely rounded 

 angle of the last whorl about one third the length of the shell ; out- 

 line slightly convex ; whorls seven or eight, slightly excavated, 

 suture delicate and simple ; aperture narrow, widening a little an- 

 teriorly ; lip very sharp, gradually retreating at its posterior junc- 

 tion ; interior faint purplish. 



Length one and one third of an inch ; breadth three fourths of an 

 inch. 



From Santa Barbara. Col. Jewett. 



This species has the form of C. solidus, ccelebs, and Mozanilncus^ 

 and more especially of C. fdbula Sovvb. But it differs in color 

 from all except C. ccdels, from the Philippine Islands, which shell 

 has distinct granular strise and is more slender. The color is nearly 

 that of C.figulinus. 



CONUS COMPTUS (PI. XIV. Fig. 23.) 



T. biconica, abbreviata, polita, antice scriebus granularum cincta, albida, ma- 

 culis castaneis picta, ct lincis volventibus articulatis ubique ornata ; spira qua- 

 drantem testas adequans ad peripheriam subcarinata ; anfr. ad 8, gradatim sur- 

 gentibus, vix excavatis, striatis : apertura angusta ; intus violacescens. 



Shell accurately biconical, everywhere bound by right lines, 

 rather short, surface shining, girdled with distant series of granules 

 anteriorly, quite smooth elsewhere ; ground color bluish white, 

 clouded with chestnut blotches arranged somewhat longitudinally, 

 the lighter portions everywhere ornamented with delicate revolving 

 lines articulated with dead white and brown ; spire about one fourth 

 the length of the shell, the angle at its base acute and somewhat 

 carinate ; whorls eight or nine, rising by regular grades at the 

 suture, somewhat excavated and spirally striated ; coloring nearly 

 tessellated with white and brown ; aperture narrow, scarcely widen- 

 ing anteriorly, bluish within. 



