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apertura fauce violaceo-purpurea; spira ad suturas sulcata, 
anfractibus gradatis ; apice elevato, acuto. 
Hab. West Africa. Mus, Cuming. 
4. Conus specraBitis, A. Adams. OC. testa elongato-cylin- 
dracea, albida, aurantiaco-nebulosa, transversim lirata, liris 
elevatis, subdistantibus, rufo-fusco articulatis ; spira convexa, 
obtusa; anfractibus convexiusculis, sulcatis, ultimo rotundato. 
Hab. Australia. Mus. Cuming. 
This species belongs to the subgenus Hermes, and differs from H. 
nussatella in the last whorl being roundly angulated posteriorly, in 
the elevated distant ridges and in the obtuse spire: in form it is like 
HI, violaceus. 
5. Conus caiatus, A. Adams. C. festa parva, turbinato- 
conica, transversim valde sulcata, sulcis distantibus, longitudi- 
naliter elevatim striatis; albida, aurantiaco late reticulata ; 
spira depresso-concava, anfractibus suleatis, concinne coronatis ; 
apice mucronato, subacuto. 
Hab. Chinese Seas. Mus. Cuming. 
6. Conus sticticus, A. Adams. C. festa elongato-turbinata, 
levi, nitida, ad basin valde sulcata, fusca, fasciis nigro albo- 
que articulatis, confertis, ubique cineta; spira valde elata, 
anfractibus gradatis, ad peripheriam albo maculatis ; apice 
acuto. 
Hab. 
7. Conus putcuerR, A. Adams. C. testa elongato-turbinata, 
transversim sulcata, longitudinaliter tenuissime striata, sulcis 
cancellatis ; albida, rufescente nebulosa, fasciis angustis, albo 
rufoque articulatis, ubique ornata; spira acuminata, anfrac- 
tibus coronatis, transversim liratis et striatis; apice acuto, 
mucronato. 
Hab. New Caledonia. Mus. Cuming. 
This species belongs to the section Cylindrella. 
? Mus. Cuming. 
8. Conus pratBaAtus, A. Adams. C. testa obeso-turbinata, 
leviuscula, basi oblique valde sulcata, alba, nitida ; spira elata, 
concava ; anfractibus striatis, convexiusculis ; apice acuto. 
Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 
9. Conus commonpvs, A. Adams. C. testa elongato-turbinata, 
angusta, levi, basi oblique sulcata, alba, epidermide fulva ob- 
tecta; spira elevata, convexo-acuta, pallide fulvo variegata ; 
apice elato, acuto, suturis valde impressis; anfractu ultimo 
postice acuto, carinato. 
Hab. ? Mus. Gruner. 
10. Conus nreuectus, A. Adams. C. testa pyramidato-conica, 
subventricosa, transversim sulcata, carneola, rufescente varie- 
gata, fascia unica rufa, lineisque transversis, albo rufoque arti- 
