conus. 36*9 



janus. 29. Shell oblong-conical, grooved at the 



base, white, undulated longitudinally with 



yellowish brown; spire conical, acute, with 



the whirls striated and channelled. 



Conus Janus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 690. Lamarck 



Ann. du Mus. x\. p. 279- 

 Conus flammeus. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 12. 

 No. 187. 

 Variety A. With two or three entire yellowish brown transverse 

 bands. 



Conus, No. 63. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 73. 

 Le Janus a bandes. Favanne, ii. p. 487- 

 Lister Conch, t. 782. f. 29- Gualter, t. 25. f, T. Martini, 

 ii. t. 52. f. 581. Enc. Meth. t. 336. f. 6. 

 Variety B. With the transverse bands interrupted or obsolete. 

 Conus, No. 64. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 74. 

 Le Janus. Favanne, ii. p. 487- t. 17. f. O. 

 Lister Conch, t. 785. f. 33. Martini, ii. t. 58. f. 647. Enc. 

 Meth. t. 336. f. 5. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean on the coasts of the Moluccas and 

 the Isle of France. Favanne. Coasts of New Guinea and 

 Otaheite. Bruguiere. 

 The variety A is about two inches and a half long, and rather 

 less than half as broad ; the variety B is generally rather 

 shorter, and broader in proportion to its length ; Martini and 

 Gmelin appear to have confounded the former with C. Gene- 

 ralis, and the latter with C. Spectrum, from both of which 

 they are perfectly distinct. 



ouinaicus. 30. Shell sub-conical, reddish, with 

 obsolete brown and white variegated bands ; 

 spire obtuse, spotted, and striated. 



Conus Guinaicus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 697- 

 Conus Ammiralis, Var. Guineensis. Gmelin, p. 3380. 

 L'Amiral de Guinee. Favanne, ii. p. 696 and 698. t. 16. 



f. Fl and F2. 

 Argenville App. t. 1. f. Q. Enc. Meth. t. 337- f. 4. 



Variety. Clouded with bluish white. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 337- f- 6. 



Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Argenville. Batavia, and Isle 

 of France. Favanne. 



Shell about an inch and three quarters long, and more than 

 half as broad; of a pale or darker brownish red, or some- 

 times straw-coloured. It has a considerable resemblance to 



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