conus. 395 



two rows of distant large brown spots ; spire 

 convex. 



Conus Eques. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 705. Lamarck 

 in Ann. du Mns. xv. p. 284. 



Variety A. Spots oblong, and the inside clouded with flesh co- 

 lour. 



Le Chevalier. Favanne, ii. p. 606. t. 14. f. F 1. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 335. f.g. 



Variety B. Spots angulated, and the throat violet. 



Le Chevalier tachete. Favanne, ii. p. 606'. t. 14. f. F 2. 



Inhabits A, the coasts of New Zealand ; and B, those of Flo- 

 rida. Favanne. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and nearly two thirds as broad ; 

 but the variety B is usually smaller, thicker, and rattier more 

 ventricose. 



ermineus. 75. Shell conical, reddish yellow, with 

 two mottled bands, and blackish and granu- 

 lated at the base; spire conical, and the 

 whirls flat. 



Conus ermineus. Born Mas. p. 159- Solander's MSS. 

 Conus lithoglyphus. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 350. No. 



965. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 692. Lamarck in Ann. 



du Mus. xv. p. 280. 

 Conus Capitaneus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3377. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 12. 

 Conus, No. 35. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 67. 

 L' Etourneau. Favanne, ii. p. 581. t. 18. f. F. 

 Valentyn Abh. t. 5. f. 47. Seba, iii. t. 42. f. 40 to 42. 



Martini, ii. t.57. f. 630 and 631. Chemnitz, x. t. 140. 



f. 1298. Enc. Meth. t. 338. f. 8. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Martini. Isle of France, St. 

 Domingo, and Martinique. Favanne. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and rather more than half as 

 broad ; it is marked with somewhat darker transverse stripes, 

 and two white mottled bands, of which one is at the upper 

 extremity, and the other in the middle of the body-whirl. 



vexillum. 76. Shell conical, yellowish brown, 

 with two mottled bands, and irregular longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; base blackish ; spire conical 

 spotted with brown, and the summit yellow. 



