THE 
PORPHYRY CONE. 
Generic Character . 
Animal refembling a Limax or Slug. 
Shell more or lefs conic or pyramidal. 
Aperture longitudinal, linear, without teeth, en¬ 
tire at the bafe. 
Pillar fmooth. 
Specific Character , &c. 
White CONE, with brown reticular veins and 
longitudinal bands. 
Heart-fpotted CONE. 
Porphyry CONE. 
This fhell, which is principally found in the In^. 
dian ocean, may juftly be confidered as one of the 
moil beautiful of its genus: in color it fometimes 
varies, but commonly retains charafters fo welL 
marked as hardly to admit of a doubt as to the fpe- 
oes. 
