conus. 413 



festivus. 116. Shell conical, scarlet, with two 

 transverse rows of large white spots, and nu- 

 merous dotted brown lines ; spire conical, 

 and the whirls convex. 



Conus festivus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 57. t. 182. f. 1770 and 

 1771. 



Conus nobilis. Schroder Einl. i. p. 36. t. 1. f. 4. 



Conus amabilis. Lamarck in Ann. da Mus. xv. p. 425. 



Valentyn Ahh. t. 3. f. 21. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Molucca Islands. Valentyn. 

 Shell about an inch long, and rather more than half as broad ; 



it much resembles Bruguiere's C. Mindanus, but in that 



species the whirls are said to be concave, and in this they 



are convex. 



* Elongated and rounded at the base ; the body- 

 whirl as long again as the spire. 



clavus. 117. Shell sub-cylindrical, transversely 

 striated, white, with reticulated veins and 

 yellowish bands ; spire conical. 



Conus Clavus. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1170. Martini, ii. 



p. 223. t. 52. f. 570. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 47. Gmelin, 



p. 3390. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 39. Lamarck in Ann. 



du Mus. xv. p. 433. 

 Conus auricomus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 742. 

 Lister Conch, t. 744. f. 34. Chemnitz, x. t. 143. f. 1327. 



Enc. Meth. t. 346. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Chemnitz. Coasts of Guinea. 



Humphreys. 

 Shell rather more than two inches long, and three quarters of 

 an inch broad, marked all over with reticulated yellow veins, 

 and two or three yellowish brown bands. 



aureus. 118. Shell sub-cylindrical, transversely 

 striated, yellow, with orange longitudinal 

 stripes, and white triangular spots ; spire 

 conical and acute. 



Conus aureus. Solander's MSS, Bruguiere Enc. Meth. 

 p. 742. 



