CONUS. 411 



Inhabits the coasts of Africa, Senegal, and Mozambique. 

 Bruguiere. Isle of France, and Cape of Good Hope. 

 Favanne. 



Shell about three-quarters of an inch, or one inch long, and 

 half as broad. Dr. Solander has described his C. nodulosus, 

 for which he quotes Martini, f. c. to be more elongated 

 than his C. verrucosus, which is fig. d. ; and this difference, 

 which he observed among the specimens in the Portland 

 Cabinet, was probably only accidental. 



columba. 111. Shell conical, rose-coloured, and 

 the base striated ; spire acute. 



Conus Columba. Bruguiere Erie. Meth. p. 709. Lamarck 



in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 422. 

 La Colombe rose. Favanne, ii. p. 572. 1. 18. f. K 1. 

 Enc. Meih. t. 334. f. 3. 



Variety. Shell whiter, and twice as large. 

 Gualter, t. 25. f. G. Enc. Meth. t. 331. f. 3. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Isle of France. Favanne. 



Shell about eight lines long, and rather more than half as broad, 

 of an uniform rose colour, and the lower half of the body- 

 whirl is marked with transverse elevated stria?. Bruguiere 

 mentions a white Variety in which one or two of the upper- 

 most striae are slightly granulated. 



madurensis. 112. Shell conical, greenish, with 

 three or four bands clouded with white and 

 yellow, and marked with transverse brown 

 and white dotted lines ; spire acuminated. 



Conus Madurensis. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 709. La- 

 marck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 422. 



Le Croise vert. Favanne, ii. p. 617. 1. 15. f. E 1. 



Enc. Meth. t. 333. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the Asiatick Ocean. Bruguiere. 

 Shell about an inch long, and half as broad, and the lower 



third of the body-whirl has a few distant striae ; the spire is 



striated longitudinally towards the apex, but the lower whirls 



are entirely smooth. 



jaspideus. 113. Shell conical, yellowish green, 

 with brown and white transverse dotted lines; 

 spire acuminated \ throat violet. 



