74 



Quarterly Journal of ConcJioJogy. 



Conus Hebroeus Z. 

 C. lithoglyphiis Mensch. 

 C. lividus Brug. 

 C. Loroisii Kicner. 

 C. Malaccanus Brug. 



Very rare. Allied to Conus 

 capitanew! L. 



C. Maldivus Brug. 

 C. marmoreus L. 

 C. miles L. 

 C. miliaris Brug. 

 C. millepunctatus Z. 

 C. minimus Z. 

 C. monile Brug. 

 C. nimbosus Brug. 

 C. Nussatella Z. 

 C. obesus Brug. 

 C. obscurus Brug. 

 C. pertusus Brug. 

 C. ponderosus ^/C\ 



= quercinus v. ? 

 C. puncticulatus Brug. 

 C. quercinus Brug. 

 C. rattus ^1?/. 

 C. striatus Z. 

 C. sulphurous 

 C. Suratensis Brug. 

 C. terebra Born. 

 C. terminus Zaw. 

 C. tessellatus Brug. 

 C. textile Z. 

 C. tulipa Z. 

 C. vermiculatus Zaw. 

 C. vexillum Mart. 

 C. virgo Z. 



No examples occurred of the var. 

 (or species?) emaciatns Reeve. 



Strombus auris-Dianas Z. 

 S. canarium Z. 

 S. gibberulus Z. 

 S. labiosus Gray. 

 S. lentiginosus Z. 

 S. marginatus Z. 

 S. Mauritianus Lam. 

 S. mirabilis ^i?!;'. 



Alliid to S. vifta'jis L. , but much 



larger. Only two specimens 



are kno\\n. 



Strombus Samar CJieni. 



= tridentatus Lam. 

 S. succinctus Z. 



A var. occurs of very pale violet 

 colour. 



S. tricoinis Lam. 

 S. urceus Z. v. 



Pteroceras aurantia Lam. 

 P. chiragra Z. 

 P. lam bis Z. 

 P. Scorpio Z. 



Rostellaria curta Soio. 



Very rare. The common .sp. 

 ^. aiivirostris Lam. does not 

 occur in parcels of Ceylon 

 shells. Its home is the Red 

 Sea. 

 R. fissurella Z. 



subgenus Kiinclla Agas. 



Terebellum subulatum Lam. 



Cypraea annulus Z. 



C. Arabica Z. 



C. Argus L. 



C. asellus Z. 



C. caput-serpentis Lain. 



C. caurica Z. 



C. carneola Z. 



C. clandestina Z. 



C. cribraria Z. 



A var. occurs with spots on the 

 base, but distinguishable from 

 the allied sp. C. esontropia 

 Duel. , which is not uncommon 

 at tb.e Mauritius. 



C. cruenta Gm. 



A small var. The type is from 

 Mauritius. 

 C. erosa Z. 

 C. errones Z. 

 C. felina Gray. 

 C. fimbriata Gm. 

 C. globulus Z. 



No examples from Ceylon of the 

 sp. (or var ?) C. cccraila L., 

 which is from Borneo and 

 .Singapore. 



C. helvola Z. 



C. interrupta Gray. 



C. ibabella Z. 



