conus. 409 



Inhabits the American Seas, and coasts of Jamaica. Bruguiere. 



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

 as broad, marked with extremely fine transverse striae, which 

 become rather stronger towards the base ; there are three 

 white bands which are variously marked with blue, brown, or 

 greyish lines or spots. 



mediterraneus. 106. Shell conical, dull olive, 

 clouded, with two obsolete white bands, and 

 transverse brown lines and dots ; spire coni- 

 cal, acute, and striated. 



Conus Mediterraneus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 701. 



Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 283. 

 Seba, iii. t. 47. f. 27. Enc. Meth. t. 330. f. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of Algiers, Naples, Corsica, Provence, and 

 Languedoc. Bruguiere. 



Shell commonly varying from half an inch to near an inch in 

 length, and is half as broad, and Bruguiere says, it is some- 

 times fourteen lines long ; the inside is dull violet, with two 

 transverse pale bands, of which one is at the upper extremity, 

 and the other in the middle. 



puncticulatus. 107. Shell conical-ovate, slightly 

 grooved at the base, white, with transverse 

 rows of dots ; spire conical, obtuse, and the 

 whirls channelled. 



Conus puncticulatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 702. 



Conus punctulatus. Solander's MSS. 



Conus leucosticus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3388. 



Conus Monachus. Gmelin, p. 3382. 



Conus, No. 25. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 16. 



La Chiure de Mouches. Favanne, ii. p. 448. 



Variety A. White with crowded rows of red dots. 



Seba, iii. t. 48. f. 46 and 47. Martini, ii. t. 55. f. 612 b. 

 Chemnitz, x. p. 140. f. 1305. Enc. Meth. t. 331. f. 2. 



Variety B. White variegated with red, and distant rows of 

 blackish spots. 

 Gualter, t. 22. f. No. 2. Martini, ii. t. 55. f. 612 a. 



Inhabits the coasts of St. Domingo, Guadaloupe, and Marti- 

 nique. Bruguiere. 



Shell about an inch long, and nearly two thirds as broad, and 

 the transverse striae at the base are sometimes slightly gra- 

 nulated. Martini, Gmelin, Schroeter, and Schreibers have 



