conus. 415 



Inhabits the coasts of the Isle of France. Chemnitz. Coasts of 

 Africa. Bruguiere. Madagascar. Humphreys. 



Shell two or three inches long, and about one third as broad, 

 and sometimes has three bands of a darker chocolate colour 

 than the ground, which are divided by the longitudinal white 

 belts. 



australis. 121. Shell conical elongated, trans- 

 versely grooved, yellowish, with transverse 

 rows of brown spots, and irregular longitudi- 

 nal stripes ; spire conical, acuminated. 



Conus australis. Chemnitz, xi. p. 59- t. 183. f. 1774 and 

 1775. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 439. 



Inhabits the coasts of New South Wales and China. Chem- 

 nitz. 



Shell about two inches and a half long, and the breadth is ra- 

 ther less than two-fifths of the length ; the outer lip is slight- 

 ly crenated on its edge. Lamarck doubts whether it is dis- 

 tinct from C. strigatus. 



levis. 122. Shell sub-cylindrical-oblong, trans- 

 versely striated, of a pale yellowish red, with 

 brown and white spots, and variegated with 

 yellow ; spire conical, smooth. 



Conus leevis. Gmelin, p. 3391. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 18. 

 Conus Nussatella, Var. c. Schreibers Conch, l. p. 40. 

 Conus tendineus, Var. B. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 734. 

 Conus melancholicus. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 



430. 

 Conus, No. 3. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 59- 

 Martini, ii. t. 52. f. 572. 



Inhabits the coasts of Africa. Bruguiere. 



If the accuracy of Martini's figure can be at all relied on, this 

 shell differs not only in colour from C. tendineus, but is 

 also considerably broader in proportion to its length ; it is re- 

 presented two inches and a quarter long, and eleven lines 

 broad, and is more like Gmelin's C. ochroleucus, of which 

 Martini considered it to be a variety ; the inside is white, 

 with a violet border on the outer lip. 



ochroleucus. 123. Shell sub-cylindrical elongat- 

 ed, striated at the base, and yellowish, with 

 a paler transverse band ; spire acute, with the 

 outer whirl slightly convex. 



