conus. 403 



less than half as broad ; white or pale flesh colour, with large 

 irregular chestnut or orange patches ; there are about sixteen 

 transverse slightly elevated granulated striae extended over the 

 body-whirl, and between each of these is a row of minute 

 chestnut dots ; the granules are larger towards the base of 

 the shell, and in different specimens appear more or less ob- 

 solete on the upper part. Most authors have confounded C. 

 aurantius of Bruguiere with this species. 



portoricanus. 89. Shell conical, granulated, 

 -white, with brownish yellow spots ; spire 

 convex and mucronated. 



Conus Portoricanus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 714. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 424. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 338. f. 4. 



Inhabits the American Seas on the coasts of Porto Rico. Bru- 

 guiere. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and rather more than half as 

 broad ; with eighteen or twenty granulated stria? on the body- 

 whirl, and two fine elevated lines between each ; it has two 

 rows of distant oblong spots of a yellowish brown or citron 

 colour. 



tinianus. 90. Shell conical, red, clouded with pale 

 bluish spots, and scattered yellowish dots ; 

 spire convex. 



Conus Tinianus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 713. Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 424. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 338. f. 2. 



Inhabits the South Sea on the coasts of the Isle of Tinian. 

 Bruguiere. 



Shell about two inches long, and fourteen lines broad ; of a 

 fine cinnabar red, clouded with spots of pale bluish ash co- 

 lour, and irregularly marked with brownish yellow dots which 

 form transverse rows only at the base. 



coronatus. 91. Shell conical, reddish grey, with 

 large yellowish spots, and transverse brown 

 and white jointed lines ; spire obtuse, and 

 coronated. 



Conus coronatus. Gmelin, p. 3389- 



Conus Minimus. Born Mus. p. 156. Bruguiere Enc, 



Meth. p. 618. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 33. 

 Le Papier Turc pointille. Favamie, ii. p. 446. 

 Valentyn Abh. t. 3. f. 24. Martini, ii. t. 63. f. 70S to 705. 



Enc. Meth, t. 322. f. 2. 



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