PLATE CXLVII. 



Con us Punctatus : Gmel. n. 3389. 40. — Knorr. Vergr. 6. 1. 13. 

 f.Q. 



Conus Augur : Cone picote : testa turbinata albido-flavescente 

 fasciis duabus fulvo nigricantibus punctisque 

 rufjs transversim seriatis ; spira obtusa striata. 

 Lamarck An. sans Vert. t. 7- n. 487. 93. 



Con us Augur : Soland. MSS. Portland Catalogue, p. 44. lot 

 1046. — Dillwyn Catalogue, Shells, v. 1. p- 421. 



This species of the Conus tribe is a native of the coast of 

 Ceylon, according toBruguiere: and it is believed also of other parts 

 of the Asiatic seas, as intimated by Lamarck and others; where, how- 

 ever, it appears to be of rare occurrence upon the testimony of those 

 who have described the species. In the Portland Catalogue referred 

 to among the synonyms, it is denominated " very rare." This was 

 published at the time of the public sale of that museum by auction 

 in the year 1786, and it has not from that period to the present 

 become so far abundant as to have lost its estimation as a rarity. 

 From the manuscript additions made in one of those Catalogues, in 

 our possession, we learn that this lot, containing two specimens of 

 Conus Augur, was purchased by Mrs. Hall, a lady of distinguished 

 taste, well known as an amateur in the science of Conchology at that 

 period, and who made the purchase at no very considerable cost. 

 A fine specimen of the shell is at this period valued at about a guinea, 

 or rather less. 



