from the Gulf of California, etc. 387 
elevata, convexa, anfr.ad 8 vix excavatis, ultimi angulo rotundato; apertura 
angusta antice vix dilatata, labro postice recedente, intus violacescente. 
Shell ovoid conic, bulbous, solid, surface with microscopic re- 
volving lines, and on the anterior portion a few delicate, regularly 
spaced, gradually increasing raised lines, alternately larger and 
smaller; color uniform pale fawn, paler posteriorly, covered by a 
smoky russet brown epidermis; spire above the d rounded 
angle of the last whorl about one third the length of the shell ; out- 
line slightly convex; whorls seven or eight, slightly excavated, 
suture delicate and simple; aperture narrow, widening a little an- 
teriorly ; lip very sharp, gradually retreating at its posterior junc- 
tion ; interior faint purplish. 
Length one and one third of an inch ; breadth three fourths of an 
inch. 
From Santa Barbara. Col. Jewett. 
This species has the form of C. solidus, celebs, and Mozambicus, 
and more especially of C. fabula Sowb. But it differs in color 
from all except C. celebs, from the Philippine Islands, which shell 
has distinct granular striæ and is more slender. The color is nearly 
that of C. figulinus. 
CONUS COMPTUS (Pl. XIV. Fig. 23.) 
T. biconica, abbreviata, polita, antice seriebus granularum cincta, albida, ma- 
culis castaneis picta, et lineis volventibus articulatis ubique ornata; spira qua- 
drantem teste adequans ad peripheriam subcarinata; anfr. ad 8, gradatim sur- 
gentibus, vix excavatis, striatis: apertura angusta ; intus violacescens. 
Shell accurately biconical, everywhere bound by right lines, 
rather short, surface shining, girdled with distant series of granules 
anteriorly, quite smooth elsewhere; ground color bluish white, 
clouded with chestnut blotches arranged somewhat longitudinally , 
the lighter portions every where ornamented with delicate revolving 
lines articulated with dead white and brown ; spire about one fourth 
the length of the shell, the angle at its base acute and somewhat 
carinate ; whorls eight or nine, rising by regular grades at the 
Suture, somewhat excavated and spirally striated ; coloring nearly 
tessellated with white and brown ; aperture narrow, scarcely widen- 
'ng anteriorly, bluish within. 
