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Conns chohnondeleyi. 



C. Cholmondeleyi sp. n. — C. testa oblongo- 

 cyliudrica, attenuala, solida, perlazvi, pallidc 

 fuscescente ; aiifractibus 7, quorum duo apicaks 

 fuscocarnei, laves, immaculati, cuteris delicatis- 

 sime et intricate longitudina liter brunneo-lineatis 

 et reticulatis, simid ac castaneo et brunneo pulchrc 

 suffusis ; ultimo anfractu fere recto, neqiiaquam 

 ventricoso ; aperturaangusta, apud basimlatiore, 

 intus ccerulescente ; labro recto, apud basim paul- 

 lulum producto, ad suturam leniter excavato. 



Long. 45, lat. 1? mm. Hab. ? 



A peculiarly distinct form, in marking re- 

 sembling C. corbula or C. euetrios, while in 

 its narrow cylindrical shape it has no near 

 ally, excepting perhaps C. legatus Lam., from 

 which, however, it is in every other way abun- 

 dantly distinct. It has till now been confused 

 with C. pyramidalis Lam., but the elevated 

 spire of this latter would alone differentiate it. 

 Unique in the Manchester Museum, formerly in the possession of 

 the late Reginald Cholmondeley, Esq., of Condover Hall, Salop, to 

 whose memory I would dedicate it. I must thank Mr. Edgar A. 

 Smith for kindly comparing this shell with the 'Textile' series in the 

 British Museum (Nat. Hist.), and giving me his opinion thereupon. 



C. prevosti Sowb. — Shell somewhat constricted, furrowed below, 

 bright chestnut, obscurely banded with darker brown, on a white 

 ground, very finely reticulate. Length 40 mm. From New Caledonia. 



There are two examples of this distinct and rare species in our 

 National Collection, South Kensington. The type was formerly in 

 that of M. Prevost, of Alencon, who possessed an especially fine series 

 of Cones. I cannot connect it very closely with any other form. 



(V) Pyramidalia. 



C. pyramidalis Lam. — A species with simple reticulated net- 

 work, and usually no ochreous blotching. Its lengthened form and 

 smooth elevated spire distinguish it. 



1. convolutus Sowb. — Slightly more conical, and of lighter colouring. 

 In the National Collection it is considered a variety of C. pennaceus 

 Born. This I have seen in the British Museum Collection, but do not 

 consider it a very satisfactory form. Reported from Madagascar. 



C. gloria maris Chem. — Upon this renowned shell, as rare as it 

 is beautiful, I expatiated fully in my former paper already alluded to. 

 A fine specimen measures between T2 and 15 cm. in length, the last 



