* conus. 383 



Conus Vexillum, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3397. ! 

 Conus, No. 66. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 32. 

 Le Cornet Musique. Favanne, ii. p. 446. 

 Lister Conch, t. 763. f. 12. Petiver Gaz. t. 15. f. 11. 

 Martini, ii. t. 57. f. 632. Chemnitz, x. t. 144 A. f. m 

 and n. Enc. Meth. t. 319. f. 5. 



Inhabits the coasts of Africa. Martini. Arabia and Mada- 

 gascar. Humphreys. China. Bruguiere. North Ameri- 

 can Seas. Chemnitz.'? 



Shell an inch and a quarter long, and about two thirds as 

 broad ; thick, heavy, and marked with a few distant deep 

 longitudinal furrows ; the lip has generally on its inside an 

 interrupted streak of brown. 



musicus. 51. Shell conical, striated at the base, 

 white, with a blue band, and transverse rows 

 of spotted lines ; throat violet; spire obtuse 

 and coronated. 



Conus musicus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 629. Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 36. 

 Le petit Cornet Musique. Favanne, ii. p. 446. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 322. f. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Bruguiere. 



The length of this shell never exceeds eight lines, and it is 

 only half as broad ; there are six or seven rows of spotted 

 lines, and the blue transverse band is placed between the two 

 middlemost of them ; at the upper extremity of the body- 

 whirl there is also a row of character-like dark brown spots 

 which extends over the spire. 



miliaris. 52. Shell conical, flesh-coloured, with 

 two. white bands, and crowded transverse 

 dotted lines ; spire obtuse and coronated. 



Conus miliaris. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 629- Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 36. 

 Le Milliaire. Favanne, ii. p. 446. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 319. f- 6. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Bruguiere. 



Shell rather more than an inch and a half long, and one inch 

 broad, and has about twenty-two dotted transverse lines on 

 the body-whirl ; the spire is strongly coronated to its sum- 

 mit, and three elevated striae follow the course of the 

 whirls. 



