conus. 377 



leucosticus. 40. Shell conical, sub-granulated, 

 white, marbled with brown or yellow ; spire 

 acute, coronated, and nodulous at its base. 



Conus leucosticus. Gmelin, p. 3388. 

 Conus nebulosus. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 14. 

 No. 226. Bmguiere Enc. Meth. p. 606. Lamarck in 

 Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 33. 



Variety A. Marbled with yellow or chestnut colour, and mark- 

 ed with numerous rows of white dots. 

 Conus Ammiralis, Var. Americanus, c. Gmelin, p. 3379. 

 Conus, No. 46. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 70. 

 Le Papier marbre chagrine. Favanm, ii. p. 559. t. 1(5. 



f. E 2. 

 Gualter, t. 21. f. L. Knorr, v. t. 24. f. 3, and vi. t. 1. 

 f. 2, and t. 13. f. 5. Martini, ii. t. 61. f. 678. 



Variety B. Mottled with olive brown, and two indistinct darker 

 bands. 



Conus Ammiralis, Var. regius, b. Gmelin, p. 3379- 

 Le grand Papier marbre. Favanne, \\. p. 559- 1. 16. f. E4. 

 Seba, iii. t. 44. f. 17- Martini, ii. t.62. f. 684. Enc. 

 Meth. t. 317. f. 1. 



Variety C. Marbled with reddish yellow, forming two indis- 

 tinct bands. 



Conus Ammiralis, Var. regius, a. Gmelin, p. 3379- 

 Le Papier marbr6 & cordon. Favanne, ii. p. 56 1. t. 16. 



f. E5. 

 Argenville App. t. 1 f. R. Gualter, t. 21. f. Q. Marti- 

 ni, ii. t. 61. f. 677. 



Variety D. With large reddish brown spots. 

 Gualter, t. 21. f. M. Enc. Meth. t. 317. f. 9- 



Variety E. Pale citron colour without spots. 



Lister Conch, t. 759- f- 4. Enc. Meth. t. 317. f. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of St. Domingo, Martinique, and Barba- 

 does. Favanne. West Indies. Humphreys. A and E, Ma- 

 dagascar. Bruguiere. And E, Mauritius. Lister. 



Shell one or two inches long, and about half as broad ; marked 

 more or less with transverse granulated striae, particularly 

 towards the base. C. nebulosus of Gmelin and of Bruguiere 

 are quite different, and the former is the Linnasan C. Mona- 

 chus. 



vitulinus. 41. Shell conical, white, marbled with 

 orange, and granulated at the base ; spire 

 with dotted striae. 



