PROSOBR ANCHI ATA. 1 99 



No. 130. Con us lineatus, Solancler. Tab. XXIV, fig. 10 a—c. 



Conus lineatus, Sol. 1766. Brand., Foss. Hanton., p. 15, t. 1, fig. 22. 



— corculum, Sow. 1841. Min. Conchol., vol. vii, p. 27, t. 623, figs. 8, 9. 



— lineatus, Morris. 1843. Cat. Brit. Foss., p. 143. 



— corculum, Morris. 1843. Cat. Brit. Foss., p. 142. 



— — Sow. 1850. Dixon's Geol., &c, of Suss., p. 109. 



— lineatus, D'Orb. 1850. Prod, de Paleont., vol. ii, p. 355, No. 334. 



— — Morris. 1854. Cat. Brit. Foss., 2d edit., p. 244. 



— corculum. lb. 1854. Cat. Brit. Foss., 2d edit., p. 243. 



non — lineatus, Chemn. 1795. Conchyl. Cab., vol. x, p. 27, t. 138, fig. 1285. 



C. testa utrinque sub-conicd, lineis concentricis omatd, antice sub-productd ; lineis 



concentricis aqualibus, lavibus, confertis ; spird elevatd, acuminata, sub-nodulosd : anfrac- 



tibus plants, postice obtuse angulatis, marginibus sub-concavis, concentrice lineatis, ad 



suturam depressis, granulatis : aperturd lineari, angustd, longitudine bessem totius testa 



fere aquanti ; labro tenuissimo, leviter arcuato, postice sinuato. 



Shell oblong, doubly conical, ornamented with transverse raised lines ; spire 

 elevated, coronated, terminating in a small pointed pullus, consisting of two or three 

 smooth volutions ; the transverse lines are smooth, regular, numerous, and separated 

 by rather deep, rounded furrows ; the whorls, which are five or six in number without 

 the pullus, are flat at the sides, slightly contracted and produced in front, angulated 

 at the shoulders, and depressed at the sutural margins, forming a narrow ledge running 

 round the spire, the outer edge of which is finely granulated ; the space between the 

 margin and the shoulder is slightly concave, and presents two or three faint, concentric, 

 unequal, raised lines. The early whorls bear on the shoulders a row of transverse, 

 oblong tubercles, imparting a somewhat nodulous character to the spire, but lost on the 

 last whorl, the shoulder of which is smooth. The aperture is straight, narrow, and 

 about two thirds of the whole shell in length ; the outer lip, which is but slightly 

 curved, presents a shallow sinus at the posterior extremity ; the columella is nearly 

 straight. 



Brander's shell, deposited in the British Museum, is unfortunately mislaid, and I 

 have not been able to compare with it the shells now described. They agree, how- 

 ever, with Solander's description and figure in all respects except in the striation. 

 Brander's shell, which was apparently a larger and an older specimen than any I 

 possess, and was probably somewhat worn, is described as obsolete striata; while the 

 transverse lines on my specimen are generally bold and clearly defined. 



The Bracklesham Bay shell, described by Mr. Sowerby as C. corculum, is a little 

 shorter in the spire ; but, in all other respects, it agrees exactly with the present 

 species, to which, therefore, I have referred it. 



