372 conus. 



Variety C. Without any transverse bands or spots. 

 Le Vice Amiral de Rumphius. Favanne, ii. p. 570. t. 17. 



f.N2. 

 Argenville App. t. 1. f. K. Knorr, v. t. 24. f. 4. Martini, 

 ii. t. 57- f. 638 and 639- 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Moluccas. Fa- 

 vanne. Red Sea. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and half as broad. Schrei- 

 bers has considered this species to be C. Vicarius, but 

 it does not accord with the Linnaean description. 



thomte. 35. Shell conical, sub-elongated, smooth, 

 yellow, with transverse paler bands, and nu- 

 merous interrupted chestnut lines ; spire co- 

 nical, with the whirls channelled, and the 

 apex red. 



Conus Thomas. Gmelin, p. 3394. 



Conus St. Thomse. Chemnitz, x. p. 84. t. 143. f. 1331, 



No. 2. 

 Conus lineatus. Solanders MSS. Portland Cat. p. 166. 



lot 3605. 

 Conus St. Oma. Meuschen Mm. Gevers. p. 346. No. 929- 

 Conus Omaicus. Bruguiere Eric. Meth. p. 714. Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 425. 

 Conus Ammiralis, Var. Americanus, d. Gmelin, p. 3379* 



Schreibers Conch, i. p. 21. 

 Conus, No. 16. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 62. 

 Le Rouleau d'Oma. Favanne, ii. p. 681. t. 17. f. F. 

 Le Cornet ponctue. Favanne, ii. p. 593. t. 14. f. 1 2. . ? 

 L' Inscription Chinoise. Favanne, ii. p. 480. 

 Argenville App. t. 1 . f. Y. Martini, ii. t. 53. f. 590. Enc. 



Meth. t. 339- f. 3. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean, on the coasts of the Isle of Oma. 



Bruguiere. 

 Shell near three inches long, and rather less than half as broad ; 

 orange or chestnut-coloured, with two or three indistinct 

 paler bands, and crowded transverse interrupted lines or rows 

 of spots, of which those on the transverse bands are gene- 

 rally largest. 



ammiralis. 36. Shell conical, smooth, of a dark 

 citron colour, with three-sided white spots, 

 and reticulated yellow bands ; spire conical, 

 and the whirls concave. 



