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Show 1870.] Mil. G. B. SOWERBY ON NEW SHELLS. 257 Differing from other shells of similar general appearance in the narrow sulci of the middle and lower part of the last whorl. CONUS CORRUGATUS. (Pl. XXII. fig. 7.) C. testa parva, acuminata, liris duplicatis, subrugosis, granulatis interstitiis minutissime sculptis cincta; supra et infra medium griseo fasciata, strigis minutis fuscatis variegata; spira ; anfractibus cancellatis, acute angulatis, angulis concinne fusco punctatis. Hab. ? A more slender and much more finely sculptured shell than C. verrucosus, with the edges of the whorls neatly spotted with brown. CONUS SOWERBYI, var. suBiEQUALis. (Pl. XXII. fig. 5.) C. testa utrinque subcequaliter acuminata, medio acutangulata. Hab. China Seas. Described at first for this paper as a new shell, being remarkable for the length of its spire. It resembles C. prcecellens in form, but with less numerous ribs, and having the interstices very beautifully sculptured. The spire nearly equals the body of the shell in length. In C. acutangulaius the sulci are few, and the intervening spaces flat. CONUS SEMISULCATUS. (Pl. XXII. fig. 13.) C. testa parva, utrinque acuminata, leevigata, fumeo-fuscata, medium distanter piano-sulcata, versus extremitatem acuminatim coarctata ; spira acutissime angulata, concavo-acuminata; anfractibus piano-concavis, versus apicem moniliferis. Hab. ? A little brown shell with whorls beaded near the apex. CONUS GEMMULATUS. (Pl. XXII. fig. 8.) C. testa parva, albida, utrinque subcequaliter acuminata, costellis rotundis subrugosis lirata, interstitiis profundis, striis longitudinaliter sculpta; spira exserta, producta, valde acuminata; anfractibus numerosis, papillis rotundis regularibus gemmuli-formibus coronatis; apertura angusta, labio postice profunde sinuato. Hab. China Seas. A most wonderful fusiform little Cone, with a very produced spire, the whorls of which are beautifully beaded with gem-like papillae. CONUS RARIMACULATUS. (Pl. XXII. fig. 4.) C. testa albida, acute angulata, leevigata, hie illic castaneo ; spira obscure cancellata, acuminata, flammulis castaneis picta. Hab. China Seas. A whitish smooth shell, with very few spots of chestnut. STROMBUS MIRABILIS. (Pl. XXI. fig. 4.) S. testa elongato-fusiformi, ad spiram et anfractum ultimum casta- |