Description of new species op Shells, by John C. Jay, M. D. 

 Read February 1, 1846. 



Bulimus infundibuliformis. Plate X. fig. 7, a. b. 



Bui. testa conicS, tenui, grisea, longitudinaliter striata, umbilico 

 magno, infundibuliformi ; spira conica, elongata ; apice acuto ; an- 

 fractibus septem subplanis ; sutura profunda ; aperturU ovali, al- 

 bidi ; labro acuto. 



Shell conical, thin, gray, longitudinally striated, umbilicus very 

 large, and funnel-shaped ; spire conical and elongated ; apex acute ; 

 whorls seven and somewhat flattened, sutures profound ; aperture 

 oval, rather compressed, whitish ; lip acute : length, 1-2 inch, 

 breadth, 5-16 inch. 



Habitat. Interior of Bolivia. 



Conus Cailliaudii. Plate X. fig. 8, a. b. 



Con. testa oblongo-turbinata, subfusiformi ; fusca, filis tenuis- 

 simis cincta ; spir& turrito-exserta ; apice valde elato ; labro tenui, 

 acuto, arcuato, juxtii spiram emarginato ; aperture fauce fusca. 



Shell oblong turbinated, somewhat fusiform, brown, encircled 

 with a number of very fine thread-like lines ; spire exserted in the 

 form of a turret, apex very elevated ; lip thin, sharp, arched, emar- 

 ginated next the spire, aperture brown with a white blotch : length, 

 1 5-8 inch, breadth, 4-8 inch. 



Habitat ? 



The remarkable feature of this shell is the 6pire, which is ex- 

 actly half its length, the whorls very prominent and nine in num- 

 ber. 



I am indebted to Mons. F. Cailliaud of Nantes, for this rare 

 Cone, and have taken the liberty to dedicate it to him. 



