385 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. I, Conus, p. 79, PI. 34, fig. 1. 



SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. III, Conus, p. 27, PI. 7, fig. 163. 



KÜSTER/WEINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Conus, p. 83, 163, 



PI. 17, fig. 13. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 39, PI. 11, fig. 12', 13, 14. 



Stat. yS. Lumu-Lumu-shoal, Borneo-bank. Shore. 1 Spec. 



The specimen is very young and the characteristic colour-pattern of the adult shell is 

 not yet developed. 



24. Conus (Capitauei) miles Linné. 



LlNNÉ. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 713, N° 255. 



Rumph. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 106, PI. 33, fig. W. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. I, Conus, fig. 9. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. I, Conus, p. 94, PI. 38, fig. 2. 



SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. III. Conus, p. 27, PI. 7, fig. 157. 



KÜSTER/WEINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Conus, p. 82, 163, PI. 13, 



fig. 11, 12. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 40, PI. 11, fig. 16; PI. 27, fig. 11. 



Stat. 53. Bay of Nangamessi, Sumba. Up to 36 M. Coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 58. Seba, Savu. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 133. Lirung, Salibabu-island. Reef. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 169. Atjatuning, West coast of New-Guinea. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 240. Banda. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 315. East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Up to 36 M. Coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



The fresh specimens have a rather thick, fibrous epidermis, with about a dozen of spiral 

 rows of hairs, grouped in bundies from 2 to 5 or occasionally more. 



25. Conus (Capitauei) capitaneus Linné. 



LlNNÉ. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 713, N° 254. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 106, PI. 33, fig. X. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. I, Conus, fig. 54. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. I, Conus, p. 85, PI. 20, fig. 1. 



SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. III, Conus, p. 27, PI. 8, fig. 175, 176. 



KÜSTER/WEINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Conus, p. 7, 140, PI. 13, 



fig. 8 — 10. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 40, PI. 12, fig. 21, 22. 



Stat. 53. Bay of Nangamessi, Sumba. Up to 36 M. Coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 58. Seba, Savu. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 169. Atjatuning, West coast of New-Guinea. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 193. Sanana-bay, East coast of Sula Besi. Reef. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 234. Nalahia-bay, Nusa-Laut-island. Reef. 1 Spec. 



The epidermis of this species is similar to that of the preceeding one, but not quite the 

 'same in the specimens from Stat. 169 and 58, the latter, benig a half-grown shell, lias almost 

 20 spiral rows of longer bristles, often bind or even trifid near their top, in the other specimen 

 they are scarce and entirely lacking near the base. 



