PLATE CLII. 



Conus Vexillum: testa turbinate, fulva aut fulvo-virescente, 



alba fasciata, basi nigricante, lineis irregularibus 

 longitudinalibus venulate, spite obtusa, albo 

 fulvoque variegaia. Lamarck An, sans Vert, 

 t. 7. 471. 65. 



SehaMus. t. 3. t. f. 8— 11. 



This species of the Cone tribe is found in the Asiatic and 

 Southern Seas, where it occurs occasionally in some plenty. The 

 varieties are numerous, the colour varying from dark chesnut to 

 fuscous, fulvous, and sometimes partaking of a greenish hue. In 

 some examples the middle of the shell is girt round with a broad 

 white band, but generally this band appears confused, and is not 

 unfrequently so interwoven with the streams of white with which 

 the shell is longitudinally waved as to become very indistinct ; and 

 hence those longitudinal waves may be considered much more 

 characteristic of the species than the middle band, which is usually 

 associated with other characters in the definition of the species. It 

 may be also added, that the tint of white with which the shell is 

 fasciated is more or less pure in different specimens ; in the example 

 before us it appears tinged with a roseate hue. 



