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Conus capitaneus Linn. Kudata. 



Native name, Hibi-bora. 1 live shell, 53 mm. long. 

 Conus geographus Linne.* 



Native name, Naga-bai (long shell). 



13 mature, fine live shells. Koba-shima Is. Length from 8 cm. 

 to 11 cm. 



Conus striatus Linn. Yaeyama Is. 



Native name, Nagashi-nani. 15 mature live shells. 



Conus tulipa (var. near C. obscurus Rve.). 1 live shell. Kudaka Is. 



Native name, Hibi-bora. 



Conus quercinus Ilwass (var.). 



Native name, Hibi-bora. 14 live shells, 8 cm. and less. Kudaka 

 Is. 



Conus figulinus Linn. Kudaka Is. 



1 fine live shell 6 cm., but very much darker in color than the 

 type. Native name, Hibi-bora. 

 Conus vitulinus Hwass. Nago Is. 



1 live shell 39 mm. long. 

 Conus puncturatus Hwass. Kudaka. 



1 live shell 16 mm. long. 



Conus lividus Hwass. Oshima Is. 



18 live shells with epidermis, the largest 54 mm. long. 



Conus hebraeus Linn. Hirame Jima. 



3 live shells, the largest 30 mm. long. 



Conus pulicarius Hwass.* Ohon-me Is. 



1 live shell 6 cm. 



Conus literatus Linn. Kobashima. Tryon, Man. Vol. 6, p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 17. 



10 shells with epidermis, the largest 13 cm. long. 



Conus literatus Linn. var. millepunctatus Lam. Kobashima. Try., Man. Vol. 6, 

 p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 19. 



14 shells, mostly mature, the largest 82 m. long, with epidermis. 



Conus eburneus Hwass. Kudaka Is. Try., Man. Vol. 6, p. 11, pi. 2, fig. 24. 



In this specimen the square spots are fewer and more distant. 

 1 live shell 5 cm. long, without epidermis. 



Conus textile Linn. Kaboshima. 



9 live shells, the largest 10 cm. long. 



