
270 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
ASPRELLA suLcATA (Bruguiére). 
Conus sulcatus Bruguiére, 1792, p. 618. East Indies. 
Conus asper Lamarck, 1810, p. 39. China. 
Conus bocki Sowerby, 1881, p. 636, pl. 56, fig. 7. Amboina. 
Joc. Ceylon. Hong Kong. Kenyon Collection. 
Remarks. Our specimen of bocki from Amboina is merely a more coarsely 
granulate variety of sulcatus, intergrading with specimens of that species. 
ASPRELLA GRACILIS (Sowerby). 
Conus australis Lamarck, 1810, p. 439. ‘‘Botany Bay,’’ ete. Not australis! 
Schroeter, 1803. 
Conus gracilis Sowerby, 1823, pt. 16, pl. 267, fig. 4. Hab.? 
Conus laterculatus Sowerby, 1870, p. 255, pl. 22, fig. 3. Hab.? 
Loc. Hong Kong. Kenyon Collection, China. Moluccas. Western Austra- 
lia, Shark Bay. 
Remarks. Recorded from ‘‘Swan River, Western Australia.’’ 
ASPRELLA ORBIGNYI (Audouin). 
Conus orbignyt Audouin, 1831, pl. 20, China. 
Conus d’orbignyi Weinkauff, 1874, p. 258. 
For orbignyi Audouin. 
Loc. Hong Kong. 
ASPRELLA MILESI (Smith). 
Conus milesi Smith, 1887, p. 244. Museat. 
Loc. Arabian Sea. 
ASPRELLA ACULEIFORMIS (Reeve). 
Conus aculeiformis Reeve, 1844, pl. 44, sp. 240. Cagayan. 
Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849, pl. 7, sp. 269. Cagayan. 
Conus insculptus Kiener, 1850, p. 309, pl. 99, fig. 2. China Seas. 
Loc. Kenyon Collection. 
Remarks. Our specimen is a variety of gracilis Sowerby and aculeiformis may 
be a synonym. Also recorded from North-Western Australia. 
ASPRELLA COROMANDELICUS (Smith). 
Conus coromandelicus Smith, 1894, p. 159, pl. 4, fig. 1, 2. Off Coromandel Coast. 
Loc. Off Jash, 170 fathoms. 
ASPRELLA TANNAENSIS sp. nov. 
Shell narrow, spire much elevated, being over one-third of the entire shell 
height, spirally lirate, but smooth at the upper portions of the whorls below the 
suture; spirally regularly grooved all over the body whorl and lightly marked by 
axial accremental striae; spiral cords between the grooves smooth and polished, 
no granules anywhere on the shell; body whorl almost straight-sided but acutely 
tapering anteriorly, tip sharp; colouration distinctive of golden yellow finely 
streaked with fine rosy axially vermiculate lines at the shoulder and a short way 
below ; vermiculations repeated briefly and in spirals three or four times on the 
body whorl; spaced irregular subtrigonal spots at odd places. Height 80 mm., 
diameter 27 mm. 
ioc. Tanna, New Hebrides (type loc.). 
