conus. 357 



Rumphius, t. 34. f. I. Petiver Amb. 1. 15. f. 17. Valen- 

 tyn Abh. t. 3. f. 26. Martini, ii. t. 62. f. 692 and 693. 

 Erie. Meth. t. 319- f. 4 and 7- 

 Variety. Colour yellowish green, and the darker transverse 

 lines spotted with white. 

 Conus viridulus. Lamarck in Ann. Mus. xv. p. 31. 

 Chemnitz, x. 1. 139- f. 1289- Erie. Meth. t. 319- f- 3. 

 Inhabits the Mauritius. Martini. New Zealand and New 



Guinea. Favanne. Coasts of Tranquebar. Humphreys. 

 Shell commonly rather more than two inches long, and some- 

 what less than half as broad, and besides in size and colour, 

 differs also in having the tubercles on the spire more numer- 

 ous, but less prominent than in C. imperialis ; the spire is 

 sometimes truncated and sometimes slightly raised. 



literatus. 8. Shell conical, white, with trans- 

 verse rows of dark spots; spire flat, and the 

 whirls concave. 



Conus literatus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1165. Born 

 Mus. p. 148. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 25. Gmelin, p. 

 3375. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 10. Bruguiere Enc. 

 Meth. p. 637. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 40. 

 Variety A. White with yellow bands, and transverse rows of 

 brown spots. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 363, and Kirch, f. 357. Gualter, t.21. 

 f. O. Regenfuss, i. t. 4. f. 46. Martini, ii. t. 60. f. 

 668. Da Costa Elements, t. 5. f. 9- Favanne, t. 18. f. 

 A 3, and A 4. Enc. Meth. t. 323. f. 1. 

 Variety B. White with transverse rows of bluish spots. 

 Seba, iii. t. 45. f. 1 . Regenfuss, i. t. 3. f. 29- Martini, ii. 

 t. 60. f. 666. Enc. Meth. t. 324. f. 4.' 

 Variety C. White with reddish bands, and transverse rows 

 of dark spots. 

 Regenfuss, ii. t. 2. f. 15. Martini, ii. t. 60. f. 667. Fa- 

 vanne, ii. t. 18. f. A 1. 

 Variety D. White with yellow bands, and transverse rows of 

 confluent dark spots. 

 Lister Conch, t. 770. f. 17 C Rumphius, t. 31. f. D. 

 Favanne, ii. t. 18. f. A 2. Enc. Meth. t. 324. f. 5. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. East Indian and 

 African Ocean. Martini. Isle of France, Batavia, Borneo, 

 China, &c. Favanne. Ceylon and Otaheite. Humphreys. 

 Conus literatus is about half as broad as long, and the length 

 varies from two to five inches ; the markings also are 

 very variable, some shells are without any transverse bands, 



