DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW SPECIES OF SHELLS. 



By G. B. SOWERBY, F.L.S. 

 (Plate i\-, figs. 1—5.) 



Conus beddomei, n. sp. n. ix, fig. i. 



Shell rather solid, light yellowish-brown, ornnmented with large 

 irregular white patches, which are mostly longitudinally oblong and 

 here and there zigzag, those at the angle being smaller and arranged 

 in a regular way ; the growth lines form slightly-waved longitudinal 

 striae, crossed by very faint spiral ridges, which become stout and 

 prominent towards the base. Spire broadly conical, but little raised, 

 rather sharply angled ; whorls slightly concave above the angle, separ- 

 ated by a well-defined impressed suture, sculptured with three rather 

 deep spiral grooves, crossed by numerous rather prominent oblique 

 striae. Interior of the aperture pink. 



Length 22, breadth at angle 16 millim. 



Hah.— ''West Indies" (C. E. Bcddome). 



This pretty cone bears no very close resemblance to any known 

 species ; its markings somewhat resemble those of C. ciiluhrinw, 

 Lamk., but of course it does not belong to that section of the genus. 



The shell was found in the collection of the late C. E. Beddome 

 (recently acquired by us), labelled " Conus ziczac, Muhlf, West 

 Indies." This led me to look up the description of that species 

 which has not been recognized by modern authors — Reeve (Conch. 

 Icon.) and ^^'einkauff (Conch. Cab.) make no mention of it ; Sowerby 

 (Thes. Conch.) places the name in the index with "Unknown to me." 

 Tryon (Manual of Conch.) only quotes Sowerby. I now find Cu/ius 

 ziczac, Megerle von Muhlfeldt described and figured (Mag. Gesellsch. 

 Naturf. Berlin, vol. viii, p. 4), and it does not at all resemble the 

 shell which I now call C. beddomei, and it is certainly not that species. 

 The question what it is, is perhaps not so easy to answer, as the 

 figure is a poor one, but in my opinion it is nothing but a form of O. 

 mediterraneiis. The locality quoted "Mediterranean Sea," the obtusely 

 elevated form of the spire as figured, and the general contour of the 

 shell (although the markings are rather peculiar) lead me to that con- 

 clusion. I may say also, that in the description there is nothing to 

 render the correctness of this identification improbable. 



Pisania delicatula, n. sp. Pi. i-x, fig. 2. 

 Shell elongated, rather narrow, pale yellow, with an obscure inter- 

 rupted white zone about the middle of the body-whorl ; spire acutely 

 pyramidal; apex brown, papillary; whorls 7, the first two smooth, 



