conus. 361 



are longitudinally striated and marked by an elevated border, 

 which serves at once to distinguish this species. 



radiatus. 14. Shell conical, transversely grooved 

 at the base; spire slightly convex, and the 

 whirls concave. 

 Conus radiatus. Gmelin, p. 3386. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 49. 

 Conus Daucus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 651. 

 Conus, No. 15. Schroder Einl. i. p. 62. 

 La Carotte. Favanne, ii. p. 579- t. 15. f. O. 

 Variety A. Brownish yellow longitudinally striped with white 

 at the base, and the spire white. 

 Conus gilvus. Solander's MSS. 

 Martini, ii. t. 53. f. 584. 

 Variety B. Brownish yellow, and the spire spotted with 

 white. 

 Conus unctus. Solander's MSS. 

 Martini, ii. t. 53. f. 587. Enc. Meth. t. 327. f. 3. 

 Variety C. Brownish yellow, with one or two white bands. 



Gualter, t. 20. f. 1. 

 Variety D. Reddish, and the spire spotted with white. 

 Conus Arausiacus, Var. £. Gmelin, p. 3392. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 41. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 144. A. f. L. 

 Variety E. Shell whitish, and the spire not spotted. 



Conus pastinaca. Lamarck in Ann. du Mas. xv. p. 266. i 

 Inhabits the coasts of St. Domingo and Martinique. Favanne. 



West Indies. Humphreys. Guadaloupe. Bruguiere. 

 Shell varying in length from an inch to near two inches, and 

 about half as broad ; the summit is generally rose coloured, 

 and the inside tinged more or less with flesh colour. Dr. 

 Solander has described his C. gilvus to be more oblong than 

 C. unctus, and it is so represented in Martini's figure, but 

 both figures are referred to by Favanne for ' La Carotte.' 



virgo. 15. Shell conical, yellowish, with a violet 

 base ; spire slightly convex and obtuse. 



Conus Virgo. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1 166. Martini, ii. 



p. 234. t. 53. f. 585 and 586. Born Mm. p. 151. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 27. Gmelin, p. 3376. Bruguiere 



Enc. Meth. p. 650. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 



266. 

 Le Cierge. Favanne, ii. p. 576. t. 15. f. P and Q. 



