conus. 387 



rusticus. 60. Shell conical-ovate, grooved at the 

 base, cinereous, with a white clouded band, 

 and transverse rows of brownish spots ; spire 

 convex and mucronated. 



Conus Rusticus. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. p. 1168. Kammerer 



Cab. Rudolst. p. 76. Gmelin, p. 3383. 

 Conus Rusticus, Var. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 26. 

 Conus nitidus. Solande?''s MSS. 

 Conus cinereus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 673. 

 Conus, No. 12. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 61. 

 Le Taupin panache. Favanne, ii. p. 690. t. 16. f. C 2. 



Variety A. Bluish grey with a white band. 



Valentyn Abh. f. 50. Martini, ii. t. 52. f. 578. 



Variety B. Bluish grey with the band obsolete. 

 Conus czerulescens. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 423. ? 

 Lister Conch, t. 765. f. 14. Rumphius, t. 32. f. R. Pe- 

 ttier Amb. t. 15. f. 6. Chemnitz, xi. t. 183. f. 1776 

 and 1777. Enc. Meth. t. 331. f. 7. 



Variety C. Chestnut coloured, with transverse lines obso- 

 letely spotted. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 142. f. 1319. 



Variety D. Whitish with pale yellow spots. 



Conus stramineus. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 273. ? 



Variety E. White, and probably bleached. 

 Conus lacteus. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. p. 274. ? 

 Conus Spectrum, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3395.? 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 140. f. 1304. ? 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. 



Shell about an inch and three-quarters long, and half as broad, 

 and has the lower half of the body-whirl marked with trans- 

 verse grooves, which become deeper towards the base, and 

 which are longitudinally wrinkled; the edge of the lip is 

 sharp, and of the same colour on both sides, with a brown 

 longitudinal band at a short distance in the inside. A great 

 difference of opinion prevails respecting this species, owing 

 to Linnaeus's having quoted three very different figures, nei- 

 ther of which accords well with the description, aud many 

 authors have considered C. lividus to be the shell intended, 

 but if so, the coronated spire would most probably have been 

 noticed. The present shell does not answer well to the 

 description, for the base is not muricated, nor is the form 

 ovate, and I have adopted the reference to Rumphius's 

 figure, only because it appears to be the least objectionable 

 of the three. 



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