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minute and less attractive species of shells is highly serviceable to 
science. 
Conus Vicroriz. Con. testd ovato-turbinatd, tenui, subinflatd, 
transversim striatd ; albidd, cesio longitudinaliter inquinatd, ma- 
culis grandibus, subsolitariis, aurantiis, fusco undulato-virgatis, 
trifasciatim ornatd, interstitiis aurantio-fusco subtilissime reticu- 
latis ; spird elevato-exsertd, apice acutissimo ; aperturd latiusculd, 
Sauce pallidé cesid. 
Var. (. Testa maculis aurantiis majoribus, trifasciatim coalescenti- 
bus ; strigis fuscis longitudinalibus prominentioribus. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 37. f. 202. 
Hab. Mouth of the Victoria River, New Holland; H.M.S. Beagle. 
This highly interesting species must be seen to be appreciated, it 
being quite impossible to do justice either by drawing or description 
to its elaborate configuration. It is perhaps next allied to the 
Conus canonicus, but is of much lighter and more inflated growth ; 
the three rows of brown-striped orange blotches are peculiar to it; 
the net-work is finer, and of a much more delicate and tremulous 
character, aud the interior of the aperture, instead of being pink, is 
of the same greyish blue colour which characterizes the outer sur- 
face. 
I take the liberty of attaching Her Majesty’s name to this beauti- 
ful shell, from the circumstance of its having been lately discovered 
in a locality dedicated in like manner to the same fair patroness of 
the sciences. 
The two specimens here figured, recently in my possession, were 
collected during the late surveying expedition of H.M.S. Beagle. 
Mr. Cuming and the Rev. Mr. Stainforth each possess several ex- 
amples. 
Conus scatprus. Con. testd turbinatd, solidiusculd, politd, basim 
versus sulcatd ; albidd, filis rubidis numerosis, rariter interruptis, 
cinctd ; spird elevatd, spiraliter striatd, rubro variegatd, apice 
acuto. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 37. f. 2038. 
Hab. ? 
This is a new and very distinct species; the transverse lines ex- 
hibit the appearance of scratches and are very characteristic. M. 
Chenu of Paris proposed describing this shell under the title of C. 
radiatus, but that name has been applied to another species by Gme- 
lin, though not acknowledged. 
Conus mucronatus. Con. testd acuminato-turbinatd, basim versus 
attenuatd, transversim sulcatd, sulcis striis longitudinalibus can- 
cellatis ; albidd, fusco pallidé tinctd et variegatd; spird elato- 
exsertd. fusco pallidé maculatd, apice mucronato, acuto. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 37. f. 204. 
Hab. Islands of Burias, Siquijor, Penay, &c., Philippines ; Cuming. 
Several examples of this species have been collected by Mr. Cu- 
ming, varying remarkably in their general appearance ; most of them 
