48 ^ CONUS. 



Section X. DAUCI. 

 Rhizoconus, ex parte,Murch. 

 C. DAUCUS, Hwass. PL 14, figs. 70-72. 



Shell lemon- or orange-brown, grooved towards the base, with 

 a pale, sometimes interrupted central bund, and encircled 

 throughout by rows of small chestnut spots often obsolete ; 

 spire sometimes maculated with pale chestnut. 

 Length, 1-1-75 inches. 



We*t Indies. 



C. pastinaca, Kiener (not Lamarck", and C. JRer-vei, Kiener 

 (fig. 71), are synonyms. 



Yar. ARCHETYPUS, Crosse. PI. 14, fig. 72. 



Spire obsoletely tuberculate, body-whorl irregularly banded 

 in the middle and at the shoulder with yellowish pink, surface 

 otherwise fulvous with rows of small revolving dots ; aperture 

 orange-red within. Length, 25 mill. 



Habitat unknown. 



Sowerby and Weinkanff have made this a variety of C. daucus, 

 but I am not at all satisfied of this. 



C. NARCISSUS, Lam. PL 14, fig. 73. 



Shell with rounded shoulder and somewhat convex sides and 

 spire, grooved towards the base; yellowish or orange-brown. 

 sparsely maculated with white, and with an irregular white band 

 below the middle; spire white, maculated with yellowish brown. 



Length, 1'85 inches. 



JJV.sJ Indies. 



A doubtful species, and scarcely a member of this group, 

 having more the form of C. Mediterraneus. 



C. oculatuSj Gmelin, is a somewhat similarly formed shell. 

 yellowish, with white eyes scattered over the surface. It lias 

 not been identified, and is possibly an artificially ornamented 

 shell. 



C. LITHOGLYPHUS, Meiischen. PL 14. ligs. 74, 7n. 



Spire plane-conical, rather low, body-whorl distantly st riatc. 

 the striie tubercnlnte towards the base ; dark chestnut, encircled 



