430 conus. 



Gualter, t. 25. f. Z. Argewoille, t. 13. f. G. Seba, t. 



43. f. 4 and 5. Knorr, iii. t. 19. f. 1. Regenfuss, i. 



t. 8. f. 25, and ii. t. 12. f. 60. Martini, ii. t. 53. f.592. 



Enc. Meth. t. 343. f. 4. 

 Variety B. Brown, with very large white spots. 

 La Brunette Chauve-souris. Favanne, ii. p. 475. 

 Chemnitz, x. t. 143. f. 1328. 

 Variety C. Orange, with white spots. 

 Conus auratus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 740. 

 Le Drap d'or orange. Favanne, ii. t. 18. f. C 3. 

 Argenville, t. 13. f. D. Seba, iii. t. 43. f. 1 and 2. Knorr, 



ii. t. 1. f. 1. Martini, ii. t. 54. f. 597. Ene. Meth. 



t. 343. f. 3. 

 Variety D. Orange, with white spots, and the transverse stria 

 dotted with white. 



Conus auratus. Lamarck, in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 432. 

 Conus auratus, Var. B. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 741. 

 Gualter, t. 25. f. X. Enc. Meth. t. 343. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Isle of France. 

 Spengler. China, the Moluccas, Philippines, and Manil- 

 la. Favanne. Ceylon. Humphreys. 

 Shell varying from one inch and a half to four inches and a half 

 long, and the breadth is about two-fifths of the length ; be- 

 sides the large white spots, the transverse slightly elevated 

 striae are frequently more or less marked with minute white 

 dots. 



elongatus. 151. Shell ovate-oblong, striated at 

 the base, yellowish brown, with transverse 

 bands of brown and white spots and dots ; 

 spire conical, acute. 



Conus elongatus. Chemnitz, x. p. 92. t. 144 A. fig. i and k. 

 Conus Mozambicus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 696. La- 

 marck Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 281. 

 Enc. Method, t. 337. f. 2. 



Variety. With narrow black and white jointed transverse belts. 

 Enc. Method, t. 337- f. 1. 



Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 



Shell varying from an inch and three quarters to two inches and 

 a half in length, and nearly half as broad ; Chemnitz says the 

 aperture is effuse, but Bruguiere states its breadth at the 

 base to be only one seventh of the length ; the outer lip is 

 bordered with brown, and the throat is white, with a tinge 

 of violet. 



