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Show 1881.] MR. G. B. SOWERBY, JUN., O N N E W SHELLS. 637 Resembling the Chinese C. striatus in form, but a much smoother shell than any of that species that I have met with (and I have seen some hundreds); and it is more deeply coloured; but the chief difference is in the crown. C. sulcatus is characterized by a sharp undulating keel at the angle, forming a raised ridge round the depressed whorls of the spire ; while in C. Bocki the crown is formed of slightly angular nodules, between which the angle is rounded. I have seen only a single specimen of this interesting shell, which was brought by Mr. Carl Bock from the above-named locality, and is now in the collection of Dr. Prevost. 4. CONUS GLOYNEI, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 5.) Testa abBreviato-turbinata, solida, castanea, Brunneo late Bifasciata spira aBBreviata, conica, Brunnea ; anfractus superne leviter con-cavi, spiraliter profunde trisulcati; anfr. ultimus ad angulum leviter coronatus, infra angulum levissime convexus, Iwviusculus, vel minutissime striatus, Basin versus valide costatus; apertura angusta, albida; labrum ad angulum leviter emarginatum. Long. 26, diam. 16 millim. Hab. ? A short brown Cone of no very striking character, excepting perhaps that the grooves of the spire are unusually deep. Although of ordinary appearance, I cannot identify it with any known species. The shell was given me by Mr. C. P. Gloyne, who had no information as to its habitat. 5. CONUS LOMBEI, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 6.) Testa conica, solidiuscula, rufo-fusca; spira acuta, subgradata; anfractus superne declives, leevi, angulati, ad angulum maculis alBidis numerosis ornati; anfr. ultimus superne subacute angu-latus, ad latera prope rectus, la?vigatus, basin versus oblique ; apertura angusta, fauce purpurea ; labrum ad angulum vix emarginatum. Long. 22, diam. 10 millim. HaB. Mauritius 1 A small reddish-brown Cone, with a purple interior, and white spots on the angle and spire, giving it a coronated appearance, although the angle is free from nodules. The specimen which is now in the British Museum was in the collection of the late Thomas Lombe Taylor, with a label " Conus, nov. sp., Mauritius." As the labels of that collection were loose, and many of them got shifted, the habitat assigned to this species is very uncertain. 6. C A N C E L L A R I A W I L M E R I , n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 2.) Testa oBlonga, acuminata, fusca ; anfractus 7, convexiusculi, superne anguste excavati, costis numerosis noduliferis et liris transversis cancellati ; spira eluta ; apertura oblongo-ovata, fusca ; labrum concavo depressum, arcuatum, superne emarginatum ; columella curta, rectiuscula, minute triplicata. |