402 conus. 



Conus punctatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 628. Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mas. xv. p. 36. 

 Conus Stercus-muscarum, Var. $. Gmelin, p. 3385. 

 Conus, No. 62. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 31. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 139- f- 1294. Enc. Method, t. 319- f. 8. 



Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Chemnitz. African Ocean. 

 Bruguiere. 



Shell two inches long, and fourteen lines broad ; of a fawn co- 

 lour, with dark reddish brown spots on the striae, which are 

 but very slightly elevated, especially on the upper part. C. 

 punctatus of Gmelin is a different species. 



cancellatus. 87. Shell conical, white, cancellat- 

 ed with transverse grooves and longitudinal 

 striae ; spire acuminated. 



Conus cancellatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 712. La- 

 marck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 423. 

 Enc. Method, t. 338. f. 1. 



Inhabits the coasts of Owyhee in the South Seas. Bruguiere. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and half as broad, and bears a 

 strong resemblance to a fossil species described by Bruguiere 

 with the name of C. deperditus, and of which the following 

 figures have been given, Argenville, t. 29- f- 8. Walch. 

 Naturf. ii. t. 43. f. 4, Favanne, t. 66. f. G 1, and Encyc. 

 Meth. t. 337. f- 7- C.fusiformis of Lamarck is probably a 

 variety of this species, and is described with a slight tinge of 

 rose colour, and its spire rather more elevated. 



varius. 88. Shell conical elongated, granulated, 

 whitish, with large irregular spots ; spire ele- 

 vated, striated longitudinally, and coronated. 



Conus varius. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1170. Bruguiere 

 Enc. Meth. p. 624. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. p. 35. 



Conus varius, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3386. 



Conus, No. 58. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 30. 

 Variety A. With the spots of a chestnut colour. 



La Peau de Chagrin. Favanne, ii. p. 562. t. 16. f. E 3. 



Argenville, t. 12. f. R. Seba, iii. t. 48. f. 26 to 28. Chem- 

 nitz, x. t. 138. f. 1284. Enc. Method, t. 321. f. 3. 

 Variety B. With red spots. 



La Peau de Chagrin rouge. Favanne, ii. p. 444. 



Enc. Method, t. 321. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Isle of France and of St. Domingo. 



Favanne. Antilles. Bruguiere. Curagoa. Chemnitz. 

 Shell generally an inch or an inch and a half long, and rather 



