conus. 407 



and a row of hollow dots may be discovered, with the help 

 of a glass, in each groove ; one of the white zones occupies 

 the upper part, and the other is placed below the middle of 

 the body- whirl. 



ceylonensis. 100. Shell conical, granulated at 

 the base, yellowish, with two white spotted 

 bands, and intermediate longitudinal greyish 

 zic-zac stripes ; spire coronated and obtuse ; 

 throat and base violet. 



Conus Ceylonensis. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 636. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 39. 

 Enc. Method, t. 322. f. 10. 



Inhabits the coasts of Ceylon. Bruguiere. 



Shell about five eighths of an inch long, and rather more than 

 half as broad ; the uppermost band is marked with two or 

 three transverse dotted yellowish brown lines,' and the spire 

 is white, except the interstices of the tubercles, which are of 

 a dark yellowish brown colour. 



exiguus. 101. Shell conical-oblong, white, with 

 brown longitudinal spots, and distant trans- 

 verse striae; spire convex, acute, and coro- 

 nated. 



Conus exiguus. Lamarck in Ann du Mus. xv. p. 39. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Seas. Lamarck. 

 M. Lamarck says, that this species in its size and shape 



resembles C. Ceylonensis, but differs in being white, with 



longitudinal reddish brown spots, and in not having any zone, 



or the transverse lines dotted. 



pusillus. 102. Shell conical, white, with longitu- 

 dinal reddish stripes, and transverse rows of 

 dots ; spire conical, depressed, and slightly 

 coronated ; throat and base violet. 



Conus pusillus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 65. t. 183. f. 1788 and 



1789- Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 39. 

 Conus puncticulatus, Var. Lamarck in Ann. du Mtis. xv. 



p. 284. 

 Enc. Meth.t. 331. f. 8. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 

 Shell teu lines long, and rather more than half as broad. La- 

 marck has erroneously placed this shell as a separate species, 



