356 conus. 



imperialis. 6. Shell conical, whitish, with longi- 

 tudinal livid streaks, and transverse bands, 

 and interrupted lines ; spire coronated. 



Conus imperialis. Limmus Syst. Nat. p. 1165. Martini, 

 ii. p. 337. t. 62. f. 690 and 691. Born Mus. p. 147- 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 23. Gmelin, p. 3374. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 9- Bruguiere Erie. Method, p. 6 14. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. p. 31. 

 Variety A. With the spire flat. 

 La Couronne Imperiale. Favanne, ii. p. 534. 1. 14. f. A 3. 

 Lister Conch, t. 766. f. 15. Argenville, t. 12. f. F. Gual- 

 ter, t. 22. f. A. Klein Ost. t. 4. f. 84. Seba, iii.t.47. 

 f. 21. Knorr, ii. t. 11. f. 2. Regenfuss, ii. t. 1. f. 4. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 319- f- 1. 

 Variety B. With the spire slightly elevated. 



La Couronne Imperiale a clavicule elev6e. Favanne, ii. p. 



437. 

 Rumphius, t. 34. f. H. Petiver Amb. t. 7. f. 6. Seba, 

 iii. t. 47. f. 18 to 20. £«c. MefA. t. 319. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. East Indies. Seba. 

 Guinea. Martini. Moluccas, Java, and Isle of France. 

 Favanne. South Seas. Solander. 

 Shell most commonly about two inches and a half long, and ra- 

 ther more than half as broad ; shining, slightly striated lon- 

 gitudinally, and transversely granulated towards the base ; the 

 colour is white, marked longitudinally with broadish livid or 

 olivaceous streaks on the upper part, and transversely with 

 two yellowish or orange bands, besides several interrupted 

 brown lines. The colour of the transverse bands and lines 

 in the Variety B. is usually much darker, and the latter are 

 said to be almost black. Chemnitz, x. t. 139- f. 1290 and 

 1291, is placed as a variety of C. marmoreus by Gmelin, 

 and as a distinct species by Schreibers, but has greatly the ap- 

 pearance of some accidentally deformed shell. 



fuscatus. 7. Shell conical, brownish green, with 

 longitudinal confluent white streaks, and 

 darker transverse interrupted lines ; spire co- 

 ronated. 

 Conus fuscatus. Bom Mus. p. 147. Bruguiere Enc. 



Meth. p. 616. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 31. 

 Conus imperialis, Var. j3. Gmelin, p. 3375. 

 La Couronne Imperiale Chinoise. Favanne, ii. p. 537. t. 

 14. f. A 4. 



