710 STUDIES ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA, xiii., 



1877, p. 184; Id., Brazier, Journ. of Conch., ii., 1879, p. 190; Id., 

 Smith, Proc.Zool. Soc, ]891,p.402; Id., Melvill & Standen, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Zool., xxvii., 1899, p. 1 56 (not Conus minimus Linne, 

 Syst. Nat., x., 1758, p.714 — sole citation, Argenville t.l5, f.A = 

 Conus figulinus JJvnni,— fide Hanley, Linn. Ips. Conch., 1855, 

 p. 169). Conus tceniatns Hwass, op. cit., p. 628, PI. 319, fig.5. 

 Conus miliaris Hwass, op. cit., p. 629, PI. 319, fig. 6. Conus 

 barbadensis Hwass, op. cit., p 632, PI. 322, fig. 8 (not C. barbadensis 

 of Reeve or of Sowerby, fide Kiener). Conus bandatus Perry, 

 Conchology, 1811, PI. xxv., fig.4. Conus tiaratus Broderip, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1833, p.52. Conns abbreviatus Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon., i., 1843, PI. xvi., fig.86. Conus aristophanes Sowerby 

 Thes. Conch., iii., 1853, p.9, PI. 190, figs.8], 82. 



Hanley pointed out that the original Conus mmimus was 

 clearly based on that shell which modern authors know as C. 

 figulinus. From the figures of Valentyn and Gualtier, a shell 

 hitherto unnamed was correctly introduced by Gmelin as Conus 

 coronatus. He also included other species, such as C. nobilis 

 Linne. This synonymy was purified by Dillwyn. Appreciating 

 the error of Hwass, Smith referred to the species, in 1891, as C. 

 minimus Auctorum. The natural inference that minimus meant 

 "least," whereas it was a latinised form of " La Minime," mean- 

 ing the monkish, perhaps countenanced the error of Hwass, 

 mostly adopted by modern authors. It follows that C. figidinus, 

 reported from Torres Strait by Melvill & Standen (and recently 

 taken by myself at Lucinda Point, Queensland) must now 

 assume the name of mininius. 



This tropical species descends into New South Wales. It was 

 recorded from the Bellenger and Redbank Rivers by Angas and 

 Brazier, and was recently taken at Woolgoolga by Mr. C. 

 Laseron. Melvill, Standen, and Shirley have reported it from 

 Murray Island, Smith from Port Essington, Brazier from 

 Fitzroy Island, and the writer from Mast Head Island. It is 

 one of the commonest and most widely dispersed shells in the 

 tropical Pacific. It grows to a length of 45 mm., and may com- 

 bine the broken, dark spirals of aristophanes y/\th the dot-pattern 

 of miliaris. with the smooth crown of tceniatus or the tubercular 



