86 MR. J. COSMO MELVILL ON 



C. davits (Linn.). A very beautifal species, delicately- 

 marbled witli orange-brown and white reticulations ; 

 its form is oblong ; spire convex, spotted. Native 

 of Java and tbe Philippines and New Caledonia. 

 Tryon and Adams place this species in Hermes, 

 between C. Nussatella and circumcisus, but I think 

 it falls more naturally in here. 



Besides the foregoing, one more species of the Textile 

 Cones has been lately described, C. Prevostianus (Sowb.) . 

 The specimen is unique, and I have not seen it, but it 

 would seem to come under the section Pyramidalia. 



But my chief object in calling attention to the arrange- 

 ment of the Textile Cones was to compare the Conns 

 gloria maris (Chemn.) with its congeners. 



Although I placed it near pyramidalis, it really stands 

 per se, prominent among all of its kindred for beauty of 

 shape and excellence of pattern. As Beeve observes, the 

 reticulations are so fine as to defy the skill of the litho- 

 grapher. Hence no drawing ever does the species justice. 



It was originally described by Chemnitz (Conchylien 

 Cabinet) in the year 1788, '^ex Museo Moltkiano; " but 

 the shell seems to have received its name, though no 

 description was published, about the year 1756 or 1758, 

 in the Museum Schluyterianum, Berlin. 



The nomenclature of Chemnitz, describing in the pre- 

 binomial era, is not always accepted by writers, but this 

 species will always be especially associated with him, 

 although Hwass is sometimes given as the authority for 

 the name. 



The following is the bibliography relating to this 

 species, C. gloria maris (Chemnitz) : — 



Chemnitz, Conchylien Cabinet, lo. p. 73, t. 143. f. 1324-25. 

 Bruguiere, Encycl. Method, p. 756, n. 146, Tabl. pi. 347. f. 7. 

 Blainville, Diet, dee Sciences Nat. torn. x. p. 260, 



