PLATE CLXXVI. 



CONUS NUSSATELLA : testa 

 tuberculatis 

 8390. 4S. 



subcylindrica rubra inermi striis 

 scabra. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. 



A rare shell, of a singular elongated form and colour, variable 

 from pale to red or orange, clouded with white and rarely white 

 entirely. The transverse striae are granulated and marked with 

 dusky at the tips. 



This kind inhabits the sea near the island of Nussatello in 

 Asia, whence its name ; it is, however, not confined to this locality, 

 as it is found on the coasts of China, Amboyna, the Philippine 

 Islands, and New Guinea, according to Favanne, Lamarck, and 

 Dillwyn. 



