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are obsoletely coronated, and all have the grooves more or less 
strongly developed, with the apex remarkably sharp-pointed. Coni 
sulcatus and orbitatus are the nearest allied species. 
Conus cunzotus. Con. testd abbreviato-turbinatd, superne obesd, 
subinflatd ; fused, maculis albidis paucis parvis, irregularibus, 
subtrigonis, fasciatim aspersd, fascid albidd, fusco pallide stri- 
gatd, interdum subobsoleta, infra medium ornatd ; spird convexro- 
obtusd. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 37. f. 205. 
Hab. ? 
This apparently variable species approximates in some degree to 
the Conus mercator. 
Conus verricutum. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, ventricosd, 
subrotundatd, levi, basim versus striata ; albidd, maculis aurantiis 
irregularibus bifasciatim cinctd, aurantio-fusco aliter latissime 
reticulata ; maculis lineis undulatis nunc transversim, nunc longi- 
tudinaliter strigatis ; spird concavo-acuminatd. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 38. f. 208. 
Conus textile, var. 1, Lamarck. 
Hab. Ceylon, &c. 
Many persons will no doubt cavil at my attaching a new specific 
name to this long-established variety of the Conus te«tile, but how 
can Lamarck’s Conus vicarius stand, unless this shell be elevated to 
the same rank? Its inflated growth and the wide open character 
of the net-work are somewhat constant, and it may as well be noticed 
that the Conus verriculum has long been erroneously set apart by 
collectors for the Conus archiepiscopus, a very different shell, and one 
of much greater rarity. Either the Conus verriculum must be adopted, 
or the Conus vicarius must be rejected, and both considered as varie- 
ties of the Conus textile. 
There can be no law for the adjudication of species, whilst a 
species remains to be defined. If the Cont vicarius and verriculum 
be discarded, hundreds of species may be banished in like manner 
from the nomenclature, as the links in the grand chain of affinity 
between the Aspergillum and the Argonaut become gradually re- 
vealed to observation. 
Conus Manrrinianus. Con. testd cylindraceo-turbinatd, fused, vel 
luteolo-fuscd, ad basim, et per spire marginem, albidd ; levi, infra 
medium sulcatd, sulcis latiusculis, subdistantibus, striis prominen- 
tibus, cancellatis ; spird convead, spiraliter sulcatd, sulcis nume- 
rosis, angustis, apice elato, acuto. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 40. f. 217. 
Conus teres levis, Martini, Conch. Cab., vol. ii. p. 2338. pl. 53. f. 
584; Conus lacteus, var.? Lamarck. 
Hab. Putao, province of Albay, island of Luzon, Philippines (found 
under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 
This species has been either injudiciously confounded by Lamarck 
with the Conus lacteus, or it has been altogether neglected. Mar- 
tini has given a very accurate figure of it, but his irregular style of 
