CONUS.— Plate XVII. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 621. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 452. 

 Conus stercus-muscarum, var., Linnaeus. 

 Hab. Ceylon, &c. 



Linnaeus seems to have regarded this shell as a co- 

 ronated variety of the C. stercus-muscarum ; a proper exa- 

 mination of the form of the shell, and of the character 

 and distribution of the dots, will, however, convince the 

 most sceptical enemy to species-founding that it is spe- 

 cifically distinct. 



Species 93. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus bullatus. Con. testa cylindraceo-ovatd, ventri- 

 cosd, puniceo et albo plus minusve fasciatim varie- 

 gatd ; spird depressd, planiusculd, apice elato, acuto ; 

 aperturd leviter inflatd, fauce puniceo tinctd. 



The bubble-like Cone. Shell cylindrically ovate, 

 ventricose, variegated with white and scarlet, more 

 or less disposed in bands ; spire depressed, rather 

 fiat, apex raised and sharp-pointed ; aperture rather 

 inflated, stained within with scarlet. 



Linn^us, Syst. Nat. (Gmelin's edit.), p. 3395. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 510. 



Hab. Molucca and Philippine Islands, &c. 



Variety /3. (Fig. 93 b.) 



Testa pallidior, taniis puniceo et albo articulatis, cincta. 

 Shell paler, encircled with fillets of articulated white 

 and scarlet. 



No one can fail to recognise this beautiful shell, pe- 

 culiar in its form, as well as in its delicate style of co- 

 louring:. 



Species 94. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Conus pulicarius. Con.testdturbinatd, alba, interdum 

 ferrugineo-aurantio pallide fasciatd out strigatd, 

 guttis nigris subovalibus, inferne coacervatis, vivide 

 pictd; spird subdepressd, coronatd, apice mucronato. 



The flea-bitten Cone. Shell turbinated, white, some- 

 times faintly streaked or banded with pale rusty- 

 orange, and vividly painted with rather oval black 

 spots, heaped together towards the base of the shell; 

 spire rather depressed, coronated, apex pointed. 



Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, vol. i. part 2. p. 622. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 453. 



Variety /3. 



Testa plerumque minor, guttis majoribus, deformibus, in- 

 terdum confiuentibus. 



Shell generally smaller, with the spots larger, more irre- 

 gularly shapen and sometimes flowing together. 

 Conus fustigatus, Hwass, Bruguiere, Lamarck. 



Hab. Molucca and South Pacific Islands. Island of Ta- 

 heite (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



The Conus fustigatus of the authors above-quoted is 

 no other than an ordinary variety of the species under 

 consideration, differing in the comparative irregularity 

 of the spotting. 



