CONUS pulchellus, 

 Orange Admiral Cone. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 65. 



Specific Character. 

 C. testd avrantiacd, fasciis albis intcrn/ptis ornatd ; spirip subde- 

 pressce, anfractibus suturam juxta simplicifer sulcatis ; suturd 

 aheatd ; basi granosd, purpured. 



Shell orange, with two interrupted white bands ; spire slightly de- 

 pressed, the volutions with a single groove near the margin ; 

 suture channelled ; base granulated and purple. 



1 CANNOT find this very beautiful shell enumerated among 

 the new and unfigured species known to Lamarck ; and the 

 representations given by the oldest conchologists of this 

 intricate family, are too inaccurate to be cited without much 

 risk. 



In form it approaches nearest to Conus vUiiiiniis of Bru- 

 guiere, having the spire not quite depressed, each volution 

 being slightly raised above the last, gradually to the apex ; 

 the upper margin of the body whorl is convex : each volution 

 of the spire has a broad and deep groove nearest the upper 

 edge, which thus becomes elevated, while the convexity of 

 the lower part of the whorl forms a channel round the suture, 

 which separates it from the next ; this formation of the spire 

 is very remarkable, and unlike what I have seen in any other 

 Cone. Another distinguishing character is, that the whole 

 shell is crossed by very faint, broad, and almost imperceptible 

 punctured lines, very near each other; in some parts dis- 

 cernible with the naked eye, in others almost obliterated 

 by the longitudinal lines of growth : the granulations to- 

 wards the base are very sharp and nearly white, and the base 

 itself crossed with rough, thick-set, elevated striee. No 

 doubt the colour of this species will be found to vary, when 

 more specimens are discovered. The only one I have ever 

 seen, came with some other very rare shells from Amboyna, 

 and is in my own collection. 



If the descriptions of C. cnnaliculatus (Malacanus Brug.) 

 be correct, (for it is a shell I have not seen), it must be quite 

 distinct. 



PI. 11 K 



