CONUS. 401 



Conus Stercus-rnuscarum, Var. Gmelin, p. 3385. Schrei- 



bers Conch, i. p. 28. 

 Conus, No. 53. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 71. 



Variety A. With the spots scattered and ovate. 

 La Morsure de Puces. Favanne, p. 713. t. 15. f. F 5. 

 Lister Conch, t. 774. f. 20. Rumphius, t. 33. f. No. 2* 

 Gualter, t. 21. f. G. Martini, ii. t. 63. f. 698 «. Enc. 

 Meth. t. 320. f. 1. 



Variety B. With the spots in transverse rows, and quadrangu- 

 lar. 

 Conus fustigatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 623. Lamarck 



Ann. du Mm. xv. p. 35. 

 Le Fustige. Favanne, ii. p. 714. 1. 15. f. N. 

 Martini, ii. t. 63. f. 698. Enc. Meth. t. 320. f. 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Guinea, and the Moluccas. Fa- 

 vanne. Otaheite. Solander. Society's Islands. Humphreys. 



Shell an inch, or an inch and a half long, and about half as 

 broad ; and besides the dark brown or blackish spots, it is 

 also sometimes marked with one or two indistinct bands of 

 yellow, 



OBESUS. 85. Shell ovate, emarginated at the base, 

 white, tinged with chestnut colour, and mark- 

 ed with dark clustered dots ; spire depressed, 

 coronated, and marked with a double groove. 



Conus obesus. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 9. 



lot 177. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 623. Lamarck Ann. 



du Mus. xv. p. 35. 

 Conus Ceylonicus. Chemnitz, x. p. 67. t. 142. f. 1318. 

 Conus Zeylanicus. Gmelin, p. 3389. Schreibers Conch, 



i. p. 47. 

 La Peau de Civette. Favanne, ii. p. 496. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 320. f. 8. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Madagascar and China. Humphreys. 



Ceylon. Chemnitz. 

 Shell an inch, or sometimes two inches long, and more than half 

 as broad, and some of the spots, or masses of confluent dots, 

 are frequently triangular. 



piperatus. 86. Shell conical, emarginated at the 

 base, fawn-coloured, marked transversely 

 with two white belts, and numerous slightly 

 elevated dotted striae; spire coronated, and 

 spotted with brown. 

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