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nata, striis distantibus subpunctatis (superne vix conspicuis ad 

 basim confertioribus) insculpta, alba, dilute olivaceo-fusco irregu- 

 lariter maculata ; spira brevissima, concava, apice acuta, alba, 

 maculis 5-6 fuscis radiantibus (supra anfractus modo ultimos 2) 

 ornata ; aufract. 11, vix exserti, minutissime et pulcherrime ad 

 suturam coronati, striis duabus spiralibus ornati; apertura alba, 

 angusta ; labrum supra vix incisum. 

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



Hah. ? 



The specimen on which this species is founded may not 

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

 want its being described. On close examination the irregular 

 maculations 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. 



Conus croceus, sp. nov. 



Testa angusta, elongato-subfusiformis, crocea ; spirse anfractus 10, 

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

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

 spira recte conica ; anfr. ultimus marginibus fore planis, costis 

 spiralibus 28-30 fortibus, subacutis, sensim basim versiis tenuiori- 

 bus, munitus, et lirulis longitudinalibus numerosissimis in inter- 

 stitiis concinne clathratus ; apertura linearis, angustissima. 



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



Hah. ? 



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.vimineits, Rye., in which, how- 

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

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

 similar type. 



Conus propinquiiSj sp. nov. 



Conus tenuisttlcatus, Sowerby, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 145, pi, 15. f. 2 

 (name preoccupied). 



Hah. Mauritius. 



Mr. Sowerby described a species of Conus under the name 

 tenuisulcatus, in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 

 1870, p. 256, pi. 22. f. 10, and again, in 1873, employs the 

 same designation for a second species ! 



