1880.] MR. E. A. SMITH ON NEW SHELLS. 4/9 



sulcos elevatis conspicuis, Influtio hasalis nulla. Labrum tenue, 

 superne et inferne arcuatum, in medio rectiuscttlum. Sinus sub- 

 suturalis latus, profundus, Ajpertura alba, supra et infra sub- 

 aqualiter lata. 

 Long. 88 mill., diam. 49. 



Hab. 1 (From Mr. Lombe Taylor's collection.) 



The outlines of the spire are straight, converging to an acute 

 apex. The upper part of the whorls has been attacked by a boring 

 annelid to such an extent as to destroy almost entirely whatever 

 sculpture may have existed. As far as can be traced, there appear 

 to have been one or two small spiral grooves, fine striae in the same 

 direction, and flexuous lines of growth. The shallow grooves give 

 the whorls a somewhat concave aspect. The light-brown bands are 

 not well defined ; the uppermost is very broad, and falls just above 

 the middle of the whorl ; at this point there is a white zone, be- 

 neath which are two ill-defined and somewhat confluent bands. The 

 portion of the volution above the uppermost zone is in some places 

 also suffused with light brown. (J. fulvocinctus, Crosse, is tlie 

 nearest ally of this species. In form it is not so attenuated at the 

 base, the spire is less elevated, and its epidermis is described as 

 rather thin, whilst that of C. consanc/uineus is very thick and firmly 

 attached ; the latter, too, has a rosy apex and more of the light 

 fulvous transverse banding. 



CoNUs NEPTUNOiDEs. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 2.) 



Testa conica, roseo-albida, lineis fuscis irregulariter reticulata, 

 paultilum supra pauloque infra medium fascia lata, inter- 

 rupta indistincia ejusdem coloris cincta. Spira elevata, concava, 

 gradata, lineis contortis fuscis radiatim picta, ji.nfractus cir- 

 citer 10, superne declives, leviter excavati, striis tribus spiraliter 

 scvlpti incrementique lineis arcuatis striati, inferne angulati. 

 Anfr. ultimus superne rotunde atigulatus, infra angulum aliquanto 

 convexus, deinde rectiusculus, transversim tenuiler striatus, infra 

 medium sulcis angustis remotis 10-12 oblique sculptus, ad basin 

 supra columellam oblique inflatus. Apertura mediocriter lata, 

 inferne aliquanto latior, intus dilute rosacea. Labrum obliquum, 

 superne infra sinum haud profundum leviter arcuatum, in medio 

 rectiusculum. Columella infra inflationem anfractus rectiuscula, 

 callosa. 

 Long. 45 mill., diam. 20. 



Hab. Australia. (From Mr. Lombe Taylor's collection.) 

 The pattern upon this shell consists of an irregular network of 

 brown lines, more or less disconnected. This reticulation becomes 

 rather coarser and blotched with brown both above and below the 

 middle of the last whorl, thus forming two broad, but ill-defined 

 bands. This species is allied to C. neptunus, Reeve, but rather 

 broader, and has fewer strise upon the spire. The oblique linear sulci 

 extend only about halfway up the body-whorl, whilst in C. neptwms 

 they are observable to the top. The painting, too, is rather different. 



