383 



1 7- Couiis (Varii) boeticus Reeve var. rhii/aris Reeve. 



Reevk. Conch. Ic. \\)1. 1, Conus, Su[)i)l. IM. 6, ^l^^ 361. 



SoNVKRUV. Thcs. Conchyl. Vol. Ill, Conus, p. Ji, IM. 5, fig. 90. 



VVeinkaufk. Martiiii-Chcmn. Conch. Cab. ICd. II, Vol. I\^ Conus, jx 256 [boctiais pars). 



Trvon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 26, PI. 6, fiij. 13. 



Stat. 234. Nalahia-bay, Nusa-Laut-island. Rcof. i Spec. 



This variety is not only distinguished by its light colour, as Weinkauff states, but by 

 its granules all over the bod)--\vhorl, as Trvox has rightly observed. The Siboga-specinicn is 

 an empt)' but characteristic shell. 



18. Co7ins (Varii) vniricjilatus Sowerby. 



SowERBY. Conch. 111. PI. I, fig. I. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. I, Conus, fig. 112. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. I, Conus, p. 52, PI. 72, fig. 2. 



SowERBV. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. Ill, Conus, p. 4, PI. 5, fig. 89. 



Weinkauff. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Conus, p. 254, PI. 42, fig, 4, 5. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 26, PI. 6, fig. 15. 



Stat. 164. i°42'.5 S., I30°47'.5 E. Near West-New-Guinea. 32 M. Sand, small stones and shells. 

 2 Spec. 



The largest specimen which is covered with a rather thick, fibrous epidermis, has the 

 uncommon length of about 40 Mill, against 21 in Weinkauff's Monograph, Tryon reports 

 I inch. The other specimen, though smaller, is still more than 30 Mill, in length. 



19. Comes (Am^nirales) ani^niralis Linne. 



LiNNE. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 713, N'' 257. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 108, PI. 34, fig. B. C. D. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. I, Conus, fig. 11. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. I, Conus, p. 134, PI. 21, fig. i. 



Sowerby. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. Ill, p. 18, PI. 10, fig. 225. 



Kuster/Weinkauff. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Conus, p. 23, 143, 



PL 3, fig. 5; PI. 4, fig. 2—4; PI. 17, fig. 8, II, 12. 

 Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 29; PI. 8, fig. 44. 



Stat. 109. Pulu Tongkil, Sulu-archipelago. 13 M. Lithothamnion-bottom. i Spec. 



The specimen is very fine, it belongs to the so-called variety with divided central band, 

 represented by Kiener's fig. \a, Sowerby's fig. 225 and Kuster's fig. 5 and 10. Formerly a 

 very rare species, of which the specimen represented by fig. C in Rumph's Rariteitkamer (1. c.) 

 could not be obtained for "500 gulden". 



20. Conus (Ammirales) jioridulus Adams & Reeve. 



Adams & Reeve. Moll. Voy. Samarang. p. 18, PI. 5, fig. 9. 

 Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. I, Conus, Suppl. PI. 4, fig. 245. 

 . Sowerby. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. Ill, Conus, p. 13, PI. 5, fig. 97. 



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