PLATE XLIII. 



CoNUS AULICUS: testa venis reticulatis fasciisque longltudinali- 

 bus fuscis inteiTuptis. Linn. Mus, Lud, 

 Ulr. 562. n. 174. 



Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat t. 1. p. 6. 3394. 60. 



Bonann recr. et mus, Kirch. S f. 133. 

 Volute pennata. Sic. Rumpf, mus. t 33./. 3. 4. 

 Volute aurantia elegans, &c. Seha Mus. 3 L 43yi 1. — 5 et t. 47. /. 



10—12. 



Olear. 3Ius, LSLf. 4<. 5. 

 La Brunette Favann. Conch. t, 18. 6. c, 7. 



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Conus aulicus, the Spotted Brunette Cone, is one among the 

 number of those widely-diffused species of the testaceous tribe that 

 occur in the seas of both the Indies, being equally common in the 

 American as the eastern seas, and inhabiting also most of those in 

 the warmer parts of Asia. 



In a species so extensively disseminated, we cannot fail to meet ; 

 with many variations which mark, in a peculiar manner, the effect 

 of climate upon the productions of creation. Those of the American 

 seas are usually small, or not exceedingly a very moderate size, and 

 scarcely, for this reason, ever deserve the estimation of the Con- 

 chologist. The Indian ocean is productive of these shells in greater 

 beauty and perfection, but of all its numerous varieties there appears 

 to be none which in these particidars, as well as magnitude, >excel 

 the fine examples that occur in the Amboyna Sea. It is a specimen 

 of this kind that we have selected as an illustration of the species, the - 

 most choice and perfect specimen of the late Leverian Museum. 



