As Conus chrysocestus Berry:
Shell of medium size, conic, the labral side almost straight, shell opposite to this slightly swollen; shoulder moderately wide, flattened, more or less carinate at the rim; spire acute, moderately elevated in the young, relatively smaller in the adult; suture very weakly and imperfectly canaliculate; aperture nearly straight, slightly wider below; lip thin, sharp, moderately arcuate, retreating into the open, shallow rectangular sinus; canal open, subtruncate. Shell white, with two heavily clouded bands of tawny yellow separated by a central white space, the superior band itself sometimes suffering a similar subdivision; lower tip of shell white; spire white, radially splashed with Old Gold. Periostracum thin, unornamented, uniform light yellowish brown. Alt. of holotype 45.3, max. diam. at shoulder 24.3 mm.; whorls ca. 10.

Type-Locality: Trawled in 30 to 45 fms., off Monro Colorado, Sonora; Antonio Luna, Dec. 1965.

Comparisons: The only Panamic Province cones with which this seems possible of confusion are the somewhat similar C. virgatus Reeve and the preceding species. From either it is at once distinguishable by its predominantly spiral color pattern and decidedly warmer coloring. Other characters to be noted are the nearly planorboid spire, shallow sinus, nearly vertical labrum, truncated canal, small apex, and plain thin periostracum. Like the preceding species it is probably entirely off-shore in habitat, even there apparently rare.