PLATE I. 



These shells inhabit chiefly the South American Seas ; the 

 true Cedo nuUi, as it is called, has been found at Grenada. Some 

 of the varieties of Conus Ammiralis, are not very uncommon, and are 

 in infinitely less esteem than others ; for, as it has already appeared, 

 it is in proportion to their rarity in addition to some peculiarity in 

 the colours and markings, and most especially in their disposition 

 into the form of bands, that taste and fancy has affixed a value sq 

 considerable as that which these shells are sometimes known tQ 

 bear. 



