conus. 431 



* * * * Ventricose, with a tvide aperture. 



spectrum. 152. Shell conical, sub-cylindrical, 

 grooved and emarginated at the base, white 

 with waved longitudinal brown short stripes; 

 spire depressed and mucronated. 



Conus Spectrum. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. p. 1171. Martmi, 

 ii. p. 233. t. 53. f. 582 and 583. Bom Mus. p. 167. 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 55. Gmelin, p. 3395. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 48. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 728. La- 

 marck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 428. 



Le Spectre de Rumphius. Favanne, ii. p. 488. t. 14. f. H 2. 



Lister Conch, t. 783. f. 30. Rumphius, t. 32. f. S. Pe- 

 ttier Amb. t. 15. f. 5. Valentyn Abh. t. 5. f. 39 and 

 40. Seba, iii. t. 43. f. 26. Knorr, ii. t. 8. f. 4. Enc: 

 Meth. t. 341. f. 9- 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. China, and New 



Guinea. Bruguiere. 

 Shell an inch and a half, or two inches long, and half as broad ; 



M'hite, with a few short longitudinal undulated reddish brown 



or orange stripes, either scattered without order, or sometimes 



disposed in three irregular transverse rows ; aperture effuse. 



tnformis. 153. Shell conical, striated at the base, 

 often deformed, white, with brown and bluish 

 spots ; spire convex, acute. 



Conus informis. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 699- 

 Variety A. Thin, light, and transparent. 



Conus Spectrum Sumatra. Chemnitz, x. p. 91. t. 144 A. 

 fig. g and h. 



Conus Spectrum, Var. Gmelin, p. 3395. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 48. 



Le Rouleau panache. Favanne, ii. p. 700. t. 79- upper 

 fig. N. 



Knorr, ii. t. 1. f. 6. Enc. Method, t. 337. f. 8. 

 Variety B. More ventricose, heavy, and marked with distant 



longitudinal furrows. 



Conus rudis. Chemnitz, x. t. 144 A. f. e and/*. 



Conus Rusticus, Var. Gmelin, p. 3383. 



Conus, No. 68. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 32. 

 Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Favanne. American 



Ocean. Bruguiere. 



