CONUS. a 
dermis yellowish olive, very thin, usually persistent in a very 
broad band upon the body-whorl, but absent from narrow 
shoulder and basal bands, which, with the spire, are white. 
Length, 1-1°25 inches. 
: Tasmania. 
Section VI. Varu. 
Coronaxis, Stephanoconus and Leptoconus, in part. 
C. AURANTIUS, Hwass. PI. 6, figs. 6, T. 
Shell with elevated, tuberculated spire; surface irregularly 
clouded with chestnut or orange and white, and minutely marked 
with interrupted narrow brown or orange revolving lines, more 
or less broken up into articulations ; upon the lower half of the 
body-whorl these lines become striz, and are distantly, minutely 
granular. Length, 1°5—2 inches. 
Philippines, Moluccas, New Caledonia. 
A narrow shell, with more conical spire than the common West 
Indian species, C. nebulosus. C. leucostictus, Gmel., includes 
several species; Sowerby’s identification of it may be placed 
here. 
C. varius, Linn. PI. 6, figs. 8-10. 
White, marbled with orange, rose, chestnut or chocolate, with 
sometimes revolving lines of spots; spire with rather small 
tubercles, basal half of body-whorl with revolving grooves, 
upper half of body-whorl with revolving rows of tubercles, which 
become more distinct towards the spire. Length, 25-40 mill. 
Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Moluccas. 
The synonyms include C. interruptus, Mawe (fig. 10) = C. 
pulchellus, Sowb., not Swains., = C. Hwassi, A. Ad. 
C. sUPERSCRIPTUS, Sowb. PI. 6, fig. 11. 
Shell smooth, strongly grooved anteriorly; whitish tinged 
with blue, irregularly ornamented with large yellowish blotches, 
and encircled by numerous narrow bands composed of letter-like 
spots; spire grooved, maculated ; aperture tinged with purplish 
brown. Length, 27 mill. 
Madagascar. 
Described from a single specimen in the collection of the 
Marchioness Paulucci, Florence. 
