
236 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
VIRROCONUS CHALDAEUS (Bolten). 
Cucullus chaldaeus Réding, 1798, 2, p. 42. Hab.? 
Conus vermiculatus Lamarck, 1810, p. 34. Seas of Asia. 
Loc. Mauritius. Fiji. Lord Howe Island. Manus. Queensland. 
Remarks. This species is distinguished from ebraeus by the vermiculate black 
colour pattern and the stronger sculpture. 
VIRROCONUS CORONATUS (Gmelin). 
Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3389. Hab.? 
Conus miliaris Bruguiére, 1792, p. 629. China. 
Conus tiaratus Sowerby, 1833, pt. 25, fig. 10. Galapagos. 
Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843, pl. 16, sp. 86. Sandwich Is. 
Conus aristophanes Sowerby, 1858, fig. 81, 82. Sandwich Is. 
Conus minimus Born, 1780, p. 156. In Indiis. Not minimus Linné, 1758. 
Loc. Manus. Nila, Hawaii. Kenyon Collection. Fiji. Singapore, Philip- 
pines. Sandwich Islands. Northern Territory. Murray Island. North West Islet, 
Capricorn Group. 
Remarks. A variable species. Our specimens of ‘‘barbadensis’’ from the West 
Indies are very like the variety ‘‘aristophanes.’’? Also recorded from Geraldton, 
Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales. 
ViRROCONUS CITRINUS (Gmelin). 
Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3389. Curacas (Curacas, Venezuela). Not 
Kiener, 1849. 
Conus mus Bruguiére, 1792, p. 630. Guadeloupe, West Indies. 
Conus barbadensis Bruguiére, 1792, p. 632. Barbados, Guadeloupe and Santo 
Domingo. 
Conus magellanicus Bruguiére, 1792, p. 633. Martinique. 
Conus jamaicensis Bruguiére, 1792, p. 700. Jamaica, 
Conus lubeckianus Bernardi, 1861, p. 169, pl. 6, fig. 7-8, Guadeloupe. 
Conus minutus Reeve, 1864, pl. 47, fig. 259. St. Vincent. Not Roding, 1798, or 
Schréter, 1803. 
Loc. Honduras. Florida. Bahamas. San Diego, California. 
Remarks. Bruguiére, 1792, p. 633 changed the type locality given by Favanne 
as Martinique to the Straits of Magellan which Clench, 1942, p. 7, points out was 
certainly in error. 
VIRROCONUS PIPERATUS (Dillwyn). 
Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817, p. 401. East Indies. 
Conus punctatus Bruguiére, 1792, p. 628. African Ocean. Not punctatus 
Gmelin, 1791. 
Loc. West Africa. Sumatra. 
VIRROCONUS MACULIFERUS (Sowerby). 
Conus maculiferus Sowerby, 1833, pt. 29, fig. 23. Red Sea. 
Loc. Red Sea. 
