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tween the tubercles white, below the white runs an irregular inter- 
rupted orange band in blotches, white between; towards the base 
there run from the edge of the lip to the pillar eight irregular large 
orange-coloured blotches, intermediate spaces trigonal-shaped and 
white; minute round and oblong brown dots promiscuously scattered 
all over the shell (at first sight appearing as if it had been done by 
artificial means) ; four plaits on the columella, first three plaits con- 
spicuous, lower plait scarcely visible, not extending over on the 
columella, as in V. pulchra, but more slanting ; flesh-coloured enamel 
on the base, but very much puckered ; edge of lip tinged with bright 
orange; interior of aperture flesh-coloured. The red longitudinal 
lines so characteristic at the sutures in VY. pulchra and punctata are 
wanting in this: although the differences between V. pulchra and 
V. wisemani are of so nice a character, they are nevertheless uniform 
and constant. 
Length 3 inches, apert. 2 inches 3 lines long, breadth 1 inch 6 lines. 
Hab. Islands on north-east coast of Australia (Coll. Brazier), 
Var. With irregular orange blotches, and trigonal-shaped white 
spots promiscuously scattered over the shell (Coll. Hargraves, Coz, 
Rossiter). . 
I have named the species after my esteemed friend Commodore 
Sir William Wiseman, C.B., formerly of H.M.S. ‘Curacoa,’ who 
afforded me all the assistance that lay in his power when I went 
with him through the South-Sea Islands on a most delightful cruise 
of four months engaged in collecting specimens of natural history &c. 
Convs COOKI, 0. sp. 
Shell turbinated, rather thick, inflated, smooth, marked with red- 
dish undulating lines running longitudinally; spire convex, apex 
blunt; whorls six, strongly striated between the sutures; upper 
edge of basal whorl white, rounded, and marked with red undulating 
lines, sometimes straight; lip thin, crenated; base ridged, tipped 
with white; aperture light blue. 
Length 10 lines, breadth 53 lines. 
Hab. Captain Cook’s Landing-place, Botany Bay; amongst the 
rocks (Coll. Brazier, Hargraves). 
This species very much resembles a young non-coronated speci- 
men of O. princeps. The curious undulating hieroglyphical mark- 
ings are peculiar to C. cooki. The lines that run across C. infrenatus 
and C. aplustre, Reeve, are not to be found in C. cooki. I obtained 
my specimen at the spot where Captain Cook landed in 1770. My 
friend Mr. W. H. Hargraves obtained two specimens at Cape Solan- 
der, Botany Bay, New South Wales. 
CoNUS ROSSITERI, 2. sp. 
Shell turbinated, thin, shining, transversely finely striated under 
the lens, longitudinally blotched with chestnut-brown, white, and 
light blue; spire slightly convex, apex pointed; whorls seven to 
eight ; upper edge of basal whorl splashed with white arrow-shaped 
