conus. 331 



with white narrow belts spotted with brown * 



spire mucronated, and the whirls nearly flat. 



Conus genuanus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1168. Born 



Mus. p. 155. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 37. Gmelin, p. 



S381. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 25. Bruguiere Erie 



Meth. p. 663. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 269. 

 Variety A. With the belts nearly equally broad. 

 L'Aile de Papillon simple. Favanne, ii. p. 456. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 337, and Kirch, f. 336. Lister Conch. 



t. 767. f- i6. Rumphius, t. 34. f. G. Gualter, t. 22. 



f. H. Martini, ii. p. 267. t. 56. f. 624 and 625. Erie. 



Meth. t. 329. f. 5. 

 Variety B. With some of the belts much broader than the 

 others. 

 Conus genuanus, Var. Papilio. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1 163. 



Gmelin, p. 3282. 

 Conus Papilio. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 348, No. 941. 

 L'Aile de Papillon double. Favanne, ii. p. 546. t. 14. f. 



13. 

 Argenville, 1. 12. f. V. Seba, iii. t. 48. f. 1 to 3. Knorr, 



iii. t.'l.f. 1. Adanson Senegal, t. 6.f. 1. Martini, ii. 



t. 56. f. 623. Enc. Meth. t. 329. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Knorr. Senegal. Adanson. 

 East Indian Ocean. Martini. Batavia and Amboyna. 

 Bruguiere. 

 Shell usually about two inches and a quarter long, and half as 

 broad, and perfect specimens are much admired for the 

 elegance of their shape, the regularity of the transverse some- 

 what tessellated belts, and the brilliancy of their colours. 

 The Variety B differs from A, only in having some of its 

 belts twice or thrice as large as the others. 



papilionaceus. 48. Shell conical, white, with 

 transverse rows of yellow spots and dots ; 

 spire convex, mucronated, and the whirls 

 slightly channelled. 



Conus papilionaceus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 660. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 270. 



Conus pseudo-Thomas. Chemnitz, x. p. 25. t. 138. f. 

 1282 and 1283. 



Conus Htteratus, Var. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 25. Gmelin, 

 p. 3375. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 10. 



Conus Thomae, Var. Gmelin, p. 3394. 



