conus. 355 



ed with capillary lines, and marked with two 

 brown interrupted bands; spire coronated, 

 depressed, and mucronated. 



Conns arachnoideus. Gmelin, p. 3S88. Shaw's JSlat. Misc. 



xiii. t. 502, lower figure. 

 Conus araneosus. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 13. 

 No. 217- Bruguiere Eric. Meth. p. 613. Lamarck in 

 Ann. du Mas. xv. p. 30. 

 Conus marmoreus, Var. c. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 9. 

 Conus Cassis. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 360. No. 1041. 

 Conus, No. 42. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 69. 

 Variety A. With pale brown markings. 

 Le Cornet Linon. Favanne, ii. p. 532. t. 14. f. A 1. 

 Argenville Supp. t. 1. f. T. Knorr, vi. t. 4. f. 4. Mar- 

 tini, ii. t. 61. f.676. Enc. Meth. t. 318. f. 8. 

 Variety B. With blackish brown markings. 



La Toile d'Araignee. Favanne, ii. p. 533. t. 17. f- P. 

 Chemnitz, x. p. 89. t. 144 A. f. c and d. Enc. Meth. t. 

 318. f. 7. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Coromandel. Solander. Tranquebar. 



Humphreys. Moluccas. Bruguiere. 

 Shell from two to three and a half inches long, and more than 

 half as broad, and is distinguished by the very slender reticu- 

 lated lines with which its surface is covered. According to 

 Favanne the Variety B is rather narrower, but the principal 

 if not the only difference consists in the darker colour of its 

 markings. 



jzonatus. 5. Shell conical, of a greyish violet co- 

 lour, with parallel transverse lines forming- 

 bands alternately tessellated with white; spire 

 flat, obtuse, and coronated. 



Conus zonatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 613. 

 Conus coronatus, Var. $ and b. Gmelin, p. 3389. 

 Conus, No. 60. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 31. 

 Le Damier Imperial. Favanne, ii. p. 53S. t. 14. f. E 1. 

 Chemnitz, x. p. 28. t. 139. f. 1286 to 128S. Enc. Meth. 

 t. 318. f. 4. 



Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Bruguiere. 



Shell about two inches long, and rather more than half as 

 broad. It is a rare and beautiful species. Lamarck men- 

 tions a variety with white contorted worm-shaped spots, and 

 says it has been called C. nubifer. 

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