398 conus. 



quarters broad ; the body-whirl is irregularly furrowed longi- 

 tudinally, and has a paler transverse band at its upper extre- 

 mity, as also another but more obsolete in the middle, and 

 the latter, instead of transverse lines, is marked with a row 

 of somewhat quadrangular brown spots ; there are not any 

 transverse striae at the base, and the throat is tinged with 



blue. 



« 



costatus. 80. Shell conical, yellowish white, trans- 

 versely grooved, and ribbed with crenated 

 somewhat granulated ribs; spire conical and 

 coronated. 



Conus costatus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 47. t. 181. f. 1745 to 

 1747. 



Conus asper. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 59. 

 Inhabits the South Sea, and coasts of China. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about two inches and a half long, and half as broad ; of 



a nearly uniform dull whitish yellow ; the whirls of the spire 



are channelled and striated, and the edge of the outer lip 



denticulated. 



ebRjEus. 81. Shell conical, whitish, with transverse 

 rows of large four-sided dark spots ; spire con- 

 vex, slightly coronated. 



Conus ebraeus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1169- Martini, ii. 



p. 259. Born Mus. p. 160. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 44. 



Gmelin, p. 3384. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 28. Bruguiere 



Enc. Meth. p. 619. Lamarck in Ann. du Mm. xv. 



p. 34. 

 Variety A. With large black spots. 



U Hebraique. Favanne, ii. p. 563. t. 14. f. B 2. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 122. Lister Conch, t. 779. 



f. 25. Rumphius, t. 33. f. B B. Petiver Gaz. t. 99- f. 



12, and Amb. t. 9- f. 12. Gualter, t. 25. f. T. Argen- 



ville, t. 12. f. G. Adanson Senegal, t. 6. f. 5. Seba, 



iii. t. 47. f. 28 and 29. Knorr, hi. t. 6. f. 2. Martini, 



ii. t. 56. f. 617. 

 Variety B. With large black spots, and intermediate smaller 

 rows. 



L' Hebraique a cordons. Favanne, ii. p. 445. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 144 A. f. q and r. Enc Meth. t. 321. 



f. 9. 

 Variety C. With some of the spots confluent, forming longi- 

 tudinal stripes. 



