410 CONUS. 



confounded this species with C. verrucosus, and considered 

 it to be the Linnasan C. Monachus. 



mauritianus. 108. Shell conical, white, with pale 

 brownish yellow spots, and transverse rows 

 of brown crescent-shaped dots ; spire obtuse, 

 and the base grooved. 



Conus Mauritianus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 703. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 284. 

 Le Cornet chine. Favanne, ii. p. 450. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 330. f. 9. 



Inhabits the coasts of Africa. Bruguiere. 



Shell fourteen lines long, and nine broad, and is very nearly 

 allied to C. puncticulatus, from which Bruguiere says it 

 principally differs in the coloured markings. Lamarck men- 

 tions a Variety of an orange colour spotted with white. 



sulcatus. 109. Shell conical-oblong', white, and 

 transversely grooved ; spire coronated, ob- 

 tuse. 



Conus sulcatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 618. Lamarck 

 in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 34. 



Enc. Meth. t. 321. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the West Indian Seas. Bruguiere. 

 Shell ten or eleven lines long, and rather more than half as 



broad ; it is uniformly white both inside and out, and the 



whole of the exterior surface is transversely grooved. 



verrucosus. 110. Shell conical, striated, and 

 granulated ; spire conical, with the lower 

 whirls concave and crenated on the edge. 



Variety A. White variegated with reddish or yellowish brown. 



Conus verrucosus. Solander's MSS. Bruguiere Enc. 

 Meth. p. 708. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 285. 



Le Cornet a grains de petite-verole. Favanne, ii. p. 567. t. 

 18. f. H. 



Martini, ii. t. 55. f. 612 c. Enc. Method, t. 333. f. 4. 

 Variety B. White without any coloured markings. 



Conus nodulosus. Solander's MSS. ? 



La Petite-verole blanche. Favanne, ii. p. 448. 



Lister Conch, t. 756. f. 8. Martini, ii. t. 55. f. 612 d. 



