418 conus. 



Conus Nussatella. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1170. Marti- 

 ni, ii. p. 188. t. 51. f. 567. Bom Mas. p. 162. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 48. Gmelin, p. 3390. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 39- Brnguiere Enc. Meth. p. 736. Lamarck in 

 Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 431. 

 Variety A. With smooth elevated striae. 



Le Drap d'or piquete. Favanne, ii. p. 653. t. 18. f.E 2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 744. f. 35. Rumphius, t. 33. f. E E. Pe- 

 ttier Amb. t. 15. f. 13. Chemnitz, x. t. 143. f. 1329. 

 Enc. Meth.t. 342. f. 8. 

 Variety B. With granulated stria?. 

 Le Drap d'or piquete granuleux. Favanne, ii. p. 655. t. 



18. f. E 4. 

 Gualter,t.<l5.f.~L. Argenville, t. 13. f. P. Knorr, ii. 

 t. 4. f. 7. Martini, ii. t. 51. f. 567. Enc. Meth. t. 342. 

 f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Nussatella, an Island in the Indian Seas. 

 Rumphius. China, Amboyna, the Philippines, and coasts 

 of New Guinea. Favanne. 

 The variety A is sometimes two inches and a half, and B ge- 

 nerally about one inch and a half long, and the breadth in 

 both is one third of the length ; the transverse rows of dots 

 are either dark red or blackish, and the inside is white. 



granulatus. 129. Shell sub-conical elongated, 

 transversely ribbed, clouded with red and 

 white, and marked with a white band; spire 

 conical, with the whirls convex and striated. 



Conus granulatus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1 1 70. Bom 



Mus. p. 163. Gmelin, p. 3391. Bruguiere Enc. 



Meth. p. 718. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 427. 

 Conus, No. 6. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 60. 

 Conus lastus. Gmelin, p. 3391- 

 Conus Nussatella, Var. e. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 40. 

 L'Amiral d'Angleterre. Favanne, ii. p. 660. t. 15. f. G2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 760. f. 5. Seba, iii. t. 48. f. 21, 22, and 



26. Knorr, iii. t. 6. f. 5. Martini, ii. t. 52. f. 574 and 



575. Enc. Meth. t. 339. f. 9. 

 Inhabits the African coasts. Linnaus. American Seas. Seba. 

 Coasts of Spanish America, and the Antilles. Martini. Su- 

 rinam and Brazil. Bruguiere. West Indies. Humphreys. 

 Shell varying from an inch and a quarter to two inches long, 

 and the breadth is rather more than two-fifths of the length, 

 of a bright scarlet or rose colour, clouded with white ; the 



