conus. 393 



figulinus. 71. Shell conical-ovate, striated at the 

 base, ferruginous, with entire or interrupted 

 transverse brown lines ; spire acuminated, 

 and the whirls transversely striated. 



Conus figulinus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 116'9. Martini, 

 ii. p. 301. Born Mm. p. 160. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 

 44. Gmelin, p. 3384. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 27. 

 Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 679. Lamarck in Ann. du 

 Mm. xv. p. 276. 

 Variety A. Ferruginous with the transverse lines entire. 

 Le Minime brun. Favanne, ii. p. 703. 1. 15. f. D 1. 

 Lister Conch, t. 785. f. 32. Rumphius, t. 31. f. V. Pe- 

 ttier Amb. t. 5. f. 7. Argenville, t. 12. f. A. Seba, 

 iii. t. 54. f. 3 and 4. Knorr, iii. t. 25. f. 2. Martini, 

 ii. t. 59. f. 656. Enc. Method, t. 332. f. 1. 

 Variety B. Ferruginous with two paler bands, and the trans- 

 verse lines entire. 



Le Minime fascie. Favanne, ii. p. 494. 

 Rumphius, t. 33. f. No. 1. Valentyn Abh. t. 4. f. 34. 

 Se&a, iii. t. 54. f. 1 and 2. Regenfuss, i. t. 10. f. 47. 

 Martini, ii. t. 59- f- 658. Ewe. Meth. t. 332. f. 2. 

 Variety C. Cinereous with the transverse lines entire. 



Le Minime gris. Favanne, ii. p. 493. 

 Variety D. Ferruginous with the transverse lines broken* 

 Le Minime ponctue. Favanne, ii. p. 494. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 332. f. 9. 

 Variety E. Cinereous with the transverse lines broken. 



Conus Minimus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1 168. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Mozambique, the Philippines, Nicobar, 

 Madagascar, and the Isle of France. Favanne. On all the 

 coasts of Malabar. Bruguiere. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and nearly two thirds as broad. 

 Linnaeus for his C. Minimus, has only referred to and derived 

 his specific name from Le Minime of Argenville, which cer- 

 tainly belongs to the present species, and the description 

 also applies to some of its Varieties. Favanne indeed has 

 arranged this shell as C. Minimus, and considered C. auer- 

 cinus to be the Linnaean C.Jigulinm. Gmelin on the other 

 hand supposes it to be C. Anemone, and Born and Bru- 

 guiere have quoted Martini's fig. 703. which is Gmelin's 

 C. coronatus. 



guercinus. 72. Shell conical, yellow, with numer- 

 ous pale chestnut transverse lines ; spire coni- 



