: >4H CONCH 
(mated ; fyphon central, Mediterranean and Adriatic 
feas. 
raphani- 24. N. fubcylindrical, with thick divifions, marked 
Jlrum. with 12 elevated It rise ; fyphon central, Adriatic and 
Mediterranean feas. 
raphanus. 25. N. jointed, divifions thick, with 17 elevated 
(l rise ; fyphon fublateral, oblique. Adriatic and Me- 
diterranean. 
granum. 26. N. ovate, oblong, with thick divifions, marked 
with 8 interrupted elevated ftriae ; fyphon oblique ; 
minute. Mediterranean. 
radicula. * 27. M. oblong, ovate, with 8 or 9 fubglobofe arti- 
culations ; aperture a fmall fyphon. Adriatic, Sand- 
wiph, 
fafcia. 28. N. divifions ftriated; joints fmooth, elevated; 
obtufe at the tip ; denticulated at the margin ; fyphon 
central. Adriatic. Very fmall. 
mcequalis. 29. N. cylindrical, with 8 divifions ; aperture mar- 
gined ; very minute. Red fea. 
Jiphuncu - 30. N. fmooth, with cylindrical, remote divifions \ 
/us. joints tapering, cylindrical. Seas of Sicily. 
legumen. * 31. N. comprefied, jointed, margined at one end ; 
fyphon lateral. Adriatic, Sandwich. Very rare. 
cojlatus. * 32. N. ftraight, fubcylindrical, tapering; joints 12, 
raifed, with 4 equidiftant, ftrong, longitudinal ribs the 
whole length ; ^ inch long. Coaft of Kent. Monta- 
gu, Teft. Brit. 199. A variety of this has been difco- 
vered with only 6 joints. 
orthocera. 33. N. whirls of the (hell with carinated ftriae. The 
ocean. Frequently found foflil. 
belemnita. 34. N. Thunder-Jlone. Equal, fmooth, conic, acute ; 
varies in fize, from -§• inch to 8 inches ; found foflil in 
moil parts of Europe. It has fome degree of tranfpa- 
rency ; and when burnt or rubbed, emits a fmell like 
rafped horn. 
4.8 
-Conus. Gen. 20. Conus, Cone-Jhell. 
Gen. Char , — The animal is a limax. The (hell uni- 
valve, convolute, turbinate ; aperture effufe, longi- 
tudinal, linear, without teeth, entire at the bafe ; 
pillar fmooth. 
Species. 
A. Spire or turban nearhj truncated. 
tnarmo - 1. C. conic, brown, with ovate, fubangular, white 
reus. fpots ; whirls of the fpire channelled. American o- 
cean. 
imperialis. 2. C. whitiih, with longitudinal, livid bands, and di- 
vided brown and white linear belts : fpire flat, paint- 
ed with brown undulated ftripes, often emarginated. 
A rare (hell. 
literatus. 3. C. conic, white, with brown dots; fpire marked 
with brown ftripes. Afiatic ocean. 
generalis. 4. C. conic, poliflied, with a pointed, muricated 
fpire ; whirls channelled. India. 
virgo. 5. C. conic, with a bluifli bafe. African ocean. 
capitaneus. 6. C. conic, glabrous, with a brown bafe : fpire a 
little convex, fometimes flat, and generally ftriped. 
Afia. 
tribunus. 7. C. white, with three yellowilh bands ; fpotted with 
ehefnut : fpire convex ; bafe tranfverfely ftriated. 
miles. 8. C. conic, rough with a brown bafe : fpire convex. 
India. 
.cingulum. 9. C. conic, yellowilh, with a Angle elevated belt 
in the middle : fpire acute. Friendly iflands. . 
LOG Y, 
Chap. IV. 
3 . Pyriform with a rounded bafe ; cylinder half as long 
again as the fpire. 
10. C. yellow, with purplifh brown ; longitudinal/mhc^r. 
branched lines, marked with two white bands, which 
have a few brown fpots : fpire obtufe and finely ftriated 
tranfverfely : 2 \ inches long. Indies. 
1,1. C. with rough punctures at the bafe. — This fpe- ammiralis . 
cies is divided into the following varieties, x. With- 
out bands. 2. With irregular bands. 3. With 
one regular band. 4. With two regular bands. 5. 
With three regular bands. 6. With four regular 
bands. 7. With five or more regular bands. 8. With 
punftated, reticulated belts. To this laft divifion be- 
longs the cedo nulli, or celebrated admiral (hell, which 
has been efteemed the rareft and mod precious of tef- 
taceous productions. Some fpecimens of the C. cedo 
nulli have brought the extravagant price of 100 guineas. 
The endlefs varieties of this fpecies are found in the 
feas of South America. 
12. C. teftaceous, fpotted with white ; with four yel- vacarius, 
low, immaculate bands ; the fecond angularly divided. 
Southern ocean. 
13. C, conic, fmooth, glabrous ; with obtufe, fculp -fenator. 
tured whirls : yellow fpotted with white. 
14. C. fubcylindrical, fmooth, glabrous; finely po -nobilis. 
liftied ; yellow or brown, fpotted with white. 
15. C. with linear belts, articulated with white and genuanus. 
brown : red, with bands alternately teffelated with 
brown and red. 
16. C. emarginated at the bafe, ftriated; fpire uxv-glaucus. 
armed, with contiguous whirls. India and Africa. 
17. C. gibbous, clouded with bluifti brown; acut e^monochus. 
ftriated at the bafe ; fometimes dotted in rows. 
18. C. grayifh, furrounded with oblong dots. minimus. 
19. C. ovate, rugged, and muricated at the bafe ; rujlicus. 
fpire conico-convex. Var. 1. Without band. 2, With 
a band clouded whitilh. Africa. 
20. C. ovate, white, with reticulated yellow bands, mercator. 
Africa. 
2 1. C. (lightly emarginated at the bafe and wrinkled ; betulinus . 
fpire flattilh, mucronate. India. A large (hell. 
22. C. (lightly emarginated at the bafe, and wrinkled ; figulinus . 
fpire acuminated, with flattilh whirls ; three inches long. 
India. 
23. C. ovate, white, with black band, compofed of ebrceus. 
tranfverfe fpots ; a fmall (hell. 
24. C. emarginated at the bafe, and ftriated : whirls dercus 
of the fpire channelled. Afia. mufcarum » 
25. C. elongated, muricated : the fpire crowned and varius. 
acute. Indian ocean. 
26. C. elongated, finely ftriated tranfverfely; vari- achatinus, 
oufiy clouded, and fpotted with white : fpire (hort, 
fpotted with brown, and tipt with red, American 
ocean. 
27. C. with white rays and bands. radiatus . 
28. C. pale yellow or ehefnut fpots, with white oxleoninus. 
yellow tranfverfe bands ; fpire rather acute. 
29. C. light olive, with multifarious white dots, zn&jafpideus. 
an oblique band : oblong. Small. 
30. C. brown with blue clouds and white fpots. nebulofus. 
31. C. conic, yellow, with white eyes and band : oculatus. 
bafe obliquely ftriated. 
32. C. (hort, brown, with two white bands: \h.?Xc office. 
neareft the fpire fpotted with brown. 
33 - C. 
