conus. 359 



Shell about one and a half, or two inches long, and generally 

 rather more than half as broad, and in form most resembles 

 C. eburueus, from which it may be distinguished by the co- 

 lour of its spots, and jhe want of striae on the spire ; the 

 base also is much less^ strongly grooved, and as well as the 

 throat is slightly tinged with violet. 



generalis. 11. Shell conical, shining, yellowish 

 brown with white bands ; spire rlattish, mu- 

 cronated, and the whirls channelled ; base 

 blackish. 



Conus Generalis. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1166. Martini, 

 ii. p. 291. t. 58. f. 645, 646, and 648 to 652. Schroeter 

 Einl. i. p. 26. Gmelin, p. 3375. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 11. Bntguiere Enc. Meth. p. 642. Lamarck in 

 Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 263. 

 La Flamboyante Orientale. Favanne, ii. p. 6 11. t. 14. f. 



K 2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 786. f. 35. Rumphius, t. 33. f. Y. Pe- 

 ttier Gaz. t. 27. f. 1 1, and Amb. t. 3. f. 9. Gualter, t. 

 20. f. G. Argenville, t. 12. f. T. Seba, iii. t. 54. f. 1 1 

 to 13. Knorr, i. t. 7- f. 3, ii. t. 5. f. 2, iii. t. 17. f. 4, 

 and v. t. 18. f. 3 and 4. Regenfuss, i. t. 6. f. t)5. Enc. 

 Meth. 325. f. 1 to 4. 

 Variety B. Rust coloured, with white three sided spots, and 

 numerous brown belts dotted with white. 

 Conus Maldivus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 644. Xa- 



marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 264. 

 Enc. Method, t. 325. f. 5. 

 Variety C. Rust coloured, with distant dark brown trans- 

 verse lines. 

 Conus Maldivus, Var. Bruguiere "Enc. Meth. p. 644. 



Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 264. 

 La Volute -k Filets. Favanne, ii. p. 609- t. 15. f. C. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 325. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. South Seas, 

 coasts of Malabar, Isle of France, Borneo, Java, and the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Favanne. 

 Shell from an inch and a half to three inches long, and gener- 

 ally considerably less than half as broad, of a yellowish 

 brown, chestnut, or citron colour, with one or two white in- 

 terrupted or spotted bands, and tinged with black at the 

 base ; the spire is whitish, and the summit sharply acumi- 

 nated. Bruguiere says, his C. Maldivus differs only in being 



