Figured of the natural size. The volutions of the spire are 

 somewhat convex ; the coloured lines are not indented. Inhabits 

 the South Seas ? 



CON GEL IX punctatus. 



Punctured Conalix — lozu'er figures. 



C, testa fulvo-albescente, striis transversis capillaribus, intra minute punctatis ; 

 spira brevi; columella 5-plicata. 



Shell cream-colour, with capillary transverse striae, which are minutely 

 punctured. Spire short. Pillar five-plaited. 



Inhabits Otaheite : from the Banksian Collection. The figures 

 are on the same scale as C. marmoratus. 



These are the only three species which I have myself seen. 

 Another is figured in Chemnitz:^, tab. \ 50. fig. 1415 and 6. 

 ]\Ir. Humfreys informs me he has seen at difierent times five or 

 six others, all of a small size. 



