424 conus. 



differs in the spire, and in not having any transverse lines on 

 the brown spots or bands ; it is however a doubtful species. 



gloria-maris. 139. Shell sub-cylindrical elon- 

 gated, white, with minute brown reticula- 

 tions, and transverse orange bands ; spire 

 acuminated, with the upper whirls nodulous. 



Conus Gloria-maris. Chemnitz Naturf. iii. p. 321. t. 8. f« 

 A, and Conch, x. t. 143. f. 1324 and 1325. Meuschen 

 Mus. Gevers. p. 366, No. 1087- Callone's Cat. p. 16, 

 No. 254. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 756. Lamarck 

 Ann. Mus. xv. p. 438. Shaw Nat. Misc. xxiii. t. 976. 



Conus, No. 18. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 63. 



Enc. Meth. t. 347. f. 7. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Bruguiere. Its native place 



is presumed to be either Japan, New Guinea, or some less 



frequented country in Asia. Humphreys. 

 This scarce and beautiful shell is from three to five inches long, 



and about two fifths as broad ; Gmelin has confounded it 



with C. Textile, from which it may be distinguished by its 



more slender form and minute reticulations. 



pyramidalis. 140. Shell conical elongated, yel- 

 lowish, with numerous longitudinal zic-zac 

 brown lines, and irregular white spots ; spire 

 elevated, acuminated, with the upper whirls 

 nodulous. 



Conus pyramidalis. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 438. 



Conus Textile, Var. M. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 753. 



Le Drap d'or pyramidal. Favanne, ii. p. 645. t. 18. f. 

 C 1. 



Enc. Meth. t. 347. f. 5. 

 Inhabits the Torrid Zone. Lamarck. 

 Shell about two inches long, and one third as broad, and is 



remarkable for its long produced spire, of which the upper 



whirls are coronated ; it is an intermediate species between 



C. Gloria maris and C. Textile. 



textile. 141. Shell sub-cylindrical-ovate, white, 



with somewhat reticulated brown zic-zac 



lines, and irregular transverse rows of spots ; 



spire acuminated. 



Conus Textile. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1171. Martini, ii. 



