conus. 425 



p. 246. Born Mas. p. 165. Schroeter Bird. i. p. 52. 



Gmelin, p. 3373. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 42. Bruguiere 



Erie. Meth. p. 751. 

 Variety A. White, with brown zic-zac sub-reticulated lines, 

 and irregular transverse bands of bright yellow spots. 

 Le Drap d'or ordinaire. Favanne, ii. p. 632. t. 18. f. B 1. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 135. Lister Conch, t. 78S. 



f. 40. Rumphius, t. 32. f. O. Petiver Amb. t. 15. f.9. 



Gualter, t. 25. f. A A. Seba, iii. t. 47- f. 14, 16, and 



17. Adanson Senegal, t. 6. f. 7- Knorr, i. t. 18. f . 6, 



and ii. t. 8. f.3. Regenfuss, i. t. 6. f. 62. Martini, ii. 



t. 54. f. 598 to 600. Enc. Meth. t. 344. f. 5. 

 Variety B. Yellowish, with brown zic-zac sub-reticulated lines, 

 which form larger meshes on three or four interrupted chest- 

 nut bands, and smaller ones in the paler interstices. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 143. f. 1326 a. Enc. Meth. t. 345. f. 7. 

 Variety C. White, clouded with rose colour, and marked with 

 orange reticulated lines, and irregular transverse rows of 

 spots. 

 Le Drap d'or couleur de Rose. Favanne, ii. p. 63S. t. 13. 



f. B8. 

 Seba, iii. t. 43. f. 9. 

 Variety D. White, with longitudinal brown zic-zac lines, and 

 but few reticulations. 



Conus Panniculus. Lamarck Ann. du Mas. xv. p. 435. 

 Le Drap d'or raye. Favanne, ii. p. 635. t. 18. f. B 6. 

 Enc. Method, t. 347. f. 1. 

 Variety E. Ovate, bluish white, with brown spots and reticu- 

 lations. 



Le Drap d'or bleu. Favanne, ii. p. 636. t. 18. f. B 4. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 347. f. 4. 

 Variety F. Ventricose, sub-rhomboidal. 

 Conus striatus, Var. /?. Gmelin, p. 3393. 

 Le Drap d'or ventru. Favanne, ii. t. 18. f . B 5. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 141. f. 1311. Enc. Meth. t. 346. f. 5. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Banda. Rumphius. Isle of France. Lis- 

 ter. Island of Magdalena on the coast of Africa. Adanson. 

 Moluccas, Philippines, China, Cape of Good Hope, St. 

 Domingo, Martinique, &c. Favanne. Madagascar. Bru- 

 guiere. South Seas. Humphreys. 

 This is a very variable species both in size, form, and colour, 

 and there are almost innumerable intermediate varieties, be- 

 sides those which are above enumerated ; the shell is from 

 two to four inches long, and generally either only rather 

 more or rather less than half as broad ; but in the variety F^ 



