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Conus rnscriptus. Con. testd turbinatd, solidiusculd, levi, basim 
versus sulcatd, sulcis latis, striatis ; ceruleo-albidd, maculis gran- 
dibus fuscescentibus, literis Sinensibus simillimis, trifasciatim in- 
scriptd, interstitiis macularum minorum serie unicd cingulatis ; 
spird mediocri, spiraliter striata, fuscescente variegatd, apice 
acuto ; aperture fauce violaceo-carneolata. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 29. f. 164 ; Conus leo scandens ? Chemnitz, 
Conch. Cab., vol. x. pl. 140. f. 1300. 
Hab. ? 
This appears to me to be a well-characterized species, and clearly 
distinct from that variety of the Conus Proteus to which it so closely 
approximates in the style of painting. I much question whether 
the figure described by Chemnitz under the title of * Leo scandens,” 
from an imagined resemblance of the hieroglyphical spots to the 
common heraldic device of the climbing lion, is not a representation 
of this shell, and that Lamarck, Pfeiffer, and others have somewhat 
erred in quoting it as the well-known similarly marked variety of C. 
Proteus. 
Conus sutsus. Con. testdé subobeso-turbinatd, solidd, superne ro- 
tundatd ; albd, fusco longitudinaliter strigatd, strigis irregularibus, 
oblique undulatis, superne et inferne diffusis ; spird brevi, apice 
mucronato. 
Var. 3. Testa omnind fusca. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 30. f. 169. 
Hab. Cabenda, west coast of Africa (found at the depth of five 
fathoms in soft mud, washed down by the waters of the Congo) ; 
Hankey. 
Four specimens of this very interesting species were collected at 
the above-named locality by Lieut. Hankey. It is a very solid shell, 
having the appearance of a smail bulb-root. 
Conus apLustRE. Con. testd subobeso-turbinatd, tenui, subinflatd, 
levi, basim versus liraté ; rubido-fusco et ceruleo pallide et sub- 
irregulariter zonatd, teniis fusco-articulatis angustis numerosis 
subtilibus ornatd ; spird depresso-convexd, apice mucronato. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 30. f. 170. 
Hab. ? 
This is another new species, and will be recognised as being very 
distinct from any hitherto described. 
Conus Mercatrir. Con. testd elongato-ovatd, per totam super- 
ficiem granulosd, granulis subtilibus, seriatim digestis ; albidd, au- 
rantio-fusco irregulariter inquinatd, balted albidd angustd in medio 
cingulatd ; spird subewsertd, aurantio-fusco maculatd, apice acu- 
minato. « 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 36. f. 192. 
Hab. ? 
I have much pleasure in naming this interesting species, at the 
desire of the Rev. Mr. Stainforth, in honour of William Metcalfe, 
Esq., a gentleman whose zeal for collecting and identifying the more 
