conus. 363 



v. t. 16. f. 2. Regenfuss, i. t. 7. f. 7. Enc. ifcM. t. 



327. f. 1 and 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. East Indies. 

 Regenfuss. Isle of France, and the Moluccas. Favanne. 



Shell from an inch and o half to two inches long, and about 

 two thirds as broad, of a yellowish olive, variously tinged 

 with brown or chestnut colour, and marked below the spire 

 and about the middle of the body-whirl with a white band ; 

 the body-whirl has several transverse rows of dark spots 

 which are larger on the bands, and the spire is white and 

 variously spotted. 



chemnitzii. 18. Shell conical, greenish brown, 

 with two white spotted transverse bands, and 

 numerous scattered white dots ; spire flatfish 

 and obtuse ; base and throat blue. 



Conus Capitaneus punctatus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 55. t. 182. 



f. 1764 and 1765. 

 Conus Capitaneus, Var. C. Lamarck in .Ann. du Mus. 

 xv. p. 266. 



Inhabits the coasts of Ceylon. Chemnitz. 



Shell an inch and three-quarters long, and rather more than an 

 inch broad ; at the upper extremity, and also most com- 

 monly in the middle of the body-whirl is a white spotted 

 band, but the latter is sometimes obsolete ; and immediately 

 below the upper band Chemnitz has figured three or four 

 transverse brown stripes, and the lower half of the shell only 

 is sprinkled with white dots. 



mustelinus. 19. Shell conical, greenish, with 

 white transverse bands spotted with brown ; 

 base with granulated lines, and the spire sub- 

 conical and striated. 



Conus mustelinus. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 



II, No. 176. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 654. 

 Conus Capitaneus. Chemnitz, x. p. 23. t. 138. f. 1280. 

 Conus Capitaneus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3377- Sch/eibers 



Conch, p. 12. 

 La Queue d'Hermine verte. Favanne, ii. p. 585. t. 15. f. 



A 2. 

 Seba, iii. t. 42. f. 31. Knorr, ii. t. 6. f. 3. Enc. Meth. 



t. 327. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Batavia, and the Philippines. Favanne. 

 Madagascar. Humphreys. 



