CONUS. Panama Shells. 107 



Conus princeps Turt. in Linn. Syst. Nat. IV. 313. 1806. 



regius Lam. in Ann. Mus. XV. 31. No. 10. 1810. 



Dillw. Catal. I. 368. 1817. 



Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. X. 251. 1818. 



Wood Ind. Test. pi. 14. f. 25. 1818. 

 Lam. An. sans Vert. VIII. 446. No. 10. Aug. 1822. 



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princeps Swains. Zool. 111. 1st Ser. II. pi. 86. 1821. 



regius Encyc. Meth. pi. 318. f. 3. 1824. 



princeps Brod. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 55. Apr. 1833. 



regius Valenc. in Humb. Rec. Obs. II. 336. 1833. 



lineolatus Valenc. in Humb. Rec. Obs. II. 336. (var.) 1833. 

 princeps Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 122. 1836. 



regius Kiist. Conch. Cab. p. 59. N. 44. pi. 9. f. 3. 1838. 



princeps Sowb. Conch. 111. pi. 32. f. 30, 30 a, 30 b. 1841. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 7. f. 36. Mar. 1843. 



regius Lam. An. sans Vert. XI. 13. No. 10. Desh. ed. 1845. 



Kiener Iconog. p. 15. pi. 3. f. 2, and pi. 11. f. 4. 

 Chenu Lee. Elem. pi. 12. f. 5. 1847. 



Three varieties of coloring have been found, as follows : 



1. With broad stripes : Lister's fig. ; Wood's fig. ; Reeve var. 



a. and fig. 36 a. ; Kiener pi. 3. f. 2 ; Chenu's fig. in Lee. 

 Elem. According to Mr. Reeve, this is the Linnsean type. 



2. With linear stripes ; C. lineolatus Valenc. ; Sowb. C. 111. 



f. 30 a., 30 b. ; Reeve var. b. and fig. 36 b. ; Kiener pi. 11. 

 f. 4. 



3. Without stripes : Sowb. C. 111. pi. 30 ? Reeve var. c. and 



fig. 36 c. 



Station. In sandy or soft mud in the crevices of rocks ; Cum- 

 ing ! Broderip : also Reeve. 



Our specimens were found under stones at low water. 



Habitat. Unknown ; Linnasus : also Grmel. 

 Indies; Turton. 

 Asiatic Ocean ; Dillwyn : also Lamarck : also Bligh 



Catal. 



" Pacific Ocean, shores of Mexico, Bay of Panama ;" 

 Kiener. 



