Mr. Stokes' Observations un Votvox Glohator. 51 



CONUS CYLINDRACEUS.* 



[Tab. Supp. xl. f. 5.] 



C. testa cylindraceo-fusiformi, IcEvigatd, transversim leviter striatd, 

 striis inferiorihus fortioribus, granulosis ; spird rotundato-pyra- 

 midatdy niucronatd ; colore pallide fuho, albo vario. 

 Habitat ? 



A single specimen of this curious Cone has come to our liands ; it was 



brought by the Blossom. In its outline it approaches nearest to C. mi- 



tratus of Lam., and bears a great resemblance to a Terebellum. It 



is of a pale fulvous colour, having two transverse tows of very irregular 



white blotches, and several distant and irregular longitudinal white 



stripes. 



fTo be continued. J 



Art. XII. Observations upon Volvox Globutor. Communi- 

 cated by W. J. BroderiPj Esq , FM.S., S/c, Sec. G.S. 



I have received from Mr. Stokes the following remarks upon Volvox 

 (jlobator, which will, I think, be interesting to Naturalists. 



On the 10th of August, 1828, while observing some aquatic 

 animalcules under a microscope, his attention was particularly attracted 

 by a specimen of Volvox Globator of larger size than usual, and remark- 

 able as containing four distinct green globules within it. These, on 

 examination, appeared to be young ones, perfectly formed and quite in 

 contact with each other. 



* In reference to a shell, named by us Conus interruptus, in the 4th volume 

 of this Journal, page 379, we have to observe, that soon after the publi- 

 cation of that number we found a very different shell figured under the same 

 name, but without any description, in the Supplement to Mr. Wood's Index 

 Testaceologicus. Upon examining an individual furnished by Mrs. Mawe 

 (from whose cabinet the shell figured by Mr. Wood is said to have been taken) 

 we have no hesitation in stating our opinion that it is only a variety of Conus 

 nebulosus of Solander and Lamarck. Our Conus interruptus may, therefore, 

 as it appears to us, retain its name. 



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