Qenus XVI. Conus. 



22 1 Verulofus — Les Vermes— Slender Warted — Weft Indies— 

 Conus Verulofus Soland. 



222. Helvolus — La Couleur de Chair — Flefh Coloured — Weft 

 Indies — Conus Helvolus? Soland. 



225. Mappa — a. pale coloured ; b. brown ; c. beaded ; d. orange ; 

 Le Geographique, ou Faux Cedo Nulli — Map, or Falfe Cedo Nulli 

 ■ — Martinique — Conus Mappa Soland. Rare. 



224. Cedo Nulli — a, lineated ; b. pale coloured ; c. with three uihU<^- 

 bands ; d. high coloured ; e. the moft fearee and beautiful variety 5 



this is of the fame variety, and very little inferior, to the celebrated 

 iheil of M. Lyonet, of the Hague, for which he repeatedly re- 

 fufed one hundred guineas, valuing it at three hundred guineas. 

 Till lately Lyonet's fhell was an unique, and the variety is yet 

 extremely fcarce — Le Cedo Nulli — Cedo Nulli — Grenada — Conus 

 Ammiralis, var. s. Cedo Nulli Pretiofifnmus Linn. ^ 



225. Varius — a. fmooth brown ; b. granulated pale ; c. granulat- 

 ed orange; d. granulated clouded orange and white^It is very 

 difficult to draw the line between fome fpecies of {hells and others ' 

 like them. The Map and the Cedo Nulli afford a remarkable 

 inftance of the truth of this obfervation : the height of the fpire, 

 and the flendernefs of the body in the fir ft' fpecies, feems almoft: 



the only difference between them)-Le Bigarre, ou Le Cedo Nulli 

 Longue — Variegated, or Long Cedo Nulli — -St. Lucia— Rare. (gwuvMuid 



226. Nebulofus — Clouded — Weft Indies — Conus Nebulofus 

 Soland. fYZ~lJY£>7lAC£A ■ c^u^y^/ t A^ 



227. Vanellus — Lapwing's Egg — China — Conus Vanellus Sd^ 

 land. 



228. Teftudineus '• — L'Ecaille de Tortue — Tortoifefiiell — 

 Guinea. JnUnryn^- 



229. Nitidus — Le Mignon— - Neat— giliiiri m —Conus Wmmm 

 Soland. 



230. Achatinus — L' Agate — Guinea — Conus Rufticus Linn. 



231. Luridus — L'Ombrage Obfcur — Dark Shades — Cape of 

 Good Hope? — Conus Luridus ? Soland. 



232. Monachus — a. dark variety ; b. banded; c. bellied, fliort,. 

 light coloured ; d. flender,' long ; this variety is very fcarce, and 

 differs fo as almoft to be efteemed another fpecies — Le Capucin— • 

 Monk — China, &c. — Conus Monachus Linn. 



233. C\ibicularius — a lingular variety, i\ inches long, very 

 rare — Le Chambellan, ou Le Chateau d'Efpagne — Chamberlain—* . 

 China — Conus Cubicularius Soland. 



234. Vefpertinus — Le Soleil Couchant — Sun-fet — This is the 

 only one we have feen of this very beautiful fpecies, and we 

 believe it is not defcribed by any author. The ground is white, 

 fpotted and clouded with vermillion, A and it is in the higheft per^ 

 fection. 



234*. Pun&ulatus Minor — Le Petit Pon&ue — LefTer Dotted 

 -^-Extremely fcarce. 

 234**. Rofarium — Le Rofaire— • Rofary — Extremely fcarce. 



235. Punc- 



