Genus XVI. Con^is, 



tremely beautiful and rare— La Tine de Beurre— Butter Firkin-- « 

 China— Conns Betulinns Linn./~ f'>7^ff/^d2"-^ - 



205. fe r wffigfti Lentiginofus— La Tache de RoufTeur— Frecklecl 

 — China—Conus Ifpidula Soland. Very rare. i<,^. 1 . ii^i ^^h^c^ 



2,06. Tseniatus --- L'Aile de Papillon Orientale -— Filleted, or 

 Oriental Butterfly's Wing— Madagafcar— -Conus Tasniatus Sqland. 

 Extremely fcarce. The North American Flag of Chemnitz. Se© 

 his Appendix to Martini — '{^'fo /ro/77 •4r,a/^t^. irrl>i<e^ 



207. Hebraicus--L'Hebraiqne-— Hebrew Letters-j^- Madagafcar, 

 China, &c.— -Conus Ebrsus Linn.'?ettv.Ga.'z..?l :Pice s'tajTi^er. 



208. Felinus-— Le Chat Tigree — Tjjger Cat— rMadagafcar^ 

 China, &c.— Conus Princeps Linn- 



209. Marmoreus — a. 2 inches long, light coloured, and with 

 a high fpire ; b. 2 § ditto, rich in colour, and otherwife in the 

 higheft perfeftion, the fpire deprefTed, M. P. 355B; c. 2~ ditto^ 

 ditto, with a raifed fpire alfo fine — Le Marmore— Purple Mar- 

 bled, or Brindled — Madagafcar — Conus obefus Soland. 



210. Arenatus^ — a. 2| inches long, very fine; this fize and per- 

 fe£lion is very rare— Le Sablonneux — Sandy, or Flea-bitten — Ma^ 

 dagafcar — Conus Arenatus Soland. 



211. Pulicarius — La Chiure de Puce— Flea-fpot — Society Ifles 

 very rare. 



212. Violarius — a. Native ftate ; i. uncoated — ^Le Violet ^iiia 

 — ^Violet Brown — Friendly Ifles. Very rare. 



213. Regalis — La Couronne Royalle — Royal Crown — Traij^ 

 quebar— Conus f'ufcatus Soland, Very fcarce. 



214. Imperialif-^7. 4 inches in length, and in the higheft per- 

 fedlion ; fliells of this fpecies, fo beautiful and large, are extremely 



fcarce — La Couronne Imperialle — Imperial Crown. j4 mb^neL — Czy ^(^, 



215. Latruncularius — a. 2f inches long, M. P. 3971— L'Echi- 

 quier — Draught-board — Tranquebar — Conus Zonatus Solander. 

 V ef y rare. 



216. Scutulatus — Le Faufle Efplandian, ou La FaufTe Toik 

 d'Araignee — Falfe Spider's Web — Tranquebar — Conus Araneofus 

 Soland. 



217. Araneofus — a. 3-| inches long; this fize is extremely 

 fcarce — L'Efplandian, ou La Toile D'Araignee — Spider's Web 

 — Tranquebar — Conus Araneofus Soland. Very rare. 



218. Tigrinus — a. Granulated variety, faded to brown^^^are, ; 



^. a fingular variety with large fpots; c. four inches lohg,^ ver^^ *' 

 rare — Le Tigre Noir — ^Black T/ger — Afia— Conus Marmoreus 

 Linn. 



219. Nigritis — a. A very dark variety; b. remarkable for g, 

 white band in the middle of the upper black band, rare — Le Tigre 

 ?\ Bandes — Banded, or Dark-clouded Tjfger — Ceylon— Conlis 

 Marmoreiis Linn. 



220. No6lurnus-r-L'Amiral de Nuit— Admiral of the Ni^ht— . 

 Amboyna— Conus No£lurnus Soland, Very rare. ^. /i''^)%-^c*r«**^ 

 /e.<n£j>^ /n*yfv^ , ■ycA.^r^' 221. VefU* 



