82 MR. J. COSMO MELVILL ON 



maximum of beauty and perfection. The lengthened and 

 graceful pyramidal shape and straight lip amply charac- 

 terize it. 



C.pyramidalis (Lam.) . '^^ A species/'' writes Tryon^ " often 

 misunderstood. Its lengthened form and simple 

 interlaced network fully distinguish it.^' A var. con- 

 volutus has been described of more brilliant colour- 

 ing. There can be no doubt but that this species, 

 through the var. tigrinus, is connected with the true 

 Textilia. 



C. telatus (Reeve). Is more conical than most of the 

 Textile Cones. In' the British Museum this is placed 

 among the Leptoconi, next to ammiralis, which_, in 

 its markings, it much resembles. 



C. Pauluccice (Sowb.). Allied on the one hand to C. aureus 

 and on the other to C. gloria maris. Of very straight 

 pyramidal growth, very richly and handsomely 

 marked with warm chestnut and orange. A native 

 of Mauritius, it was only recently (1877) described 

 by Mr. G. B. Sowerby, from a specimen in the col- 

 lection of the Marchioness Paulucci, at Florence. 

 Three or four specimens besides the type are known, 

 one of which is here exhibited. 



C. gloria maris (Chemn.) . Larger, very gradually taper- 

 ing ; mouth very straight and long ; spire squarely 

 elevated ; reticulations exceedingly fine, regular, and 

 minute; orange blotches not so conspicuous pro- 

 portionately. To this I will refer later. 



C. legatus (Lam.). A distinct form, not, to my mind, 

 the young of canonicus, to which Tryon assigns it. 

 Noticeable, by great prominence in the longitudinal 

 chocolate blotches, with a suffusion of pink, which 



