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Genus XVI. CoNtrS. 
22 1 Verulofus— Les Verrues — Slender Warted — W ell Indies — 
Conus Verulofus Soland. 
222. Helvolus — La Couleur de Chair — Flefh Coloured — Weft 
Indies — Conus Helvolus ? Soland. 
223. Mappa — a. pale coloured ; b. brown ; c. beaded; d, orange ; 
Le Geographique, ou Faux Cedo Nulli • — Map, or Falfe CeJo Nulli 
- — Martinique— Conus Mappa Soland. Rare. 
224. Cedo Nulli — a. lineated 5 b. pale coloured; e. with three 
hands; d. high coloured ; e. the mod fcarce and beautiful variety ; 
this is of the fame variety, and very little inferior, to the celebrated 
fhell of M. Lyonet, of the Hague, for which he repeatediv re- 
fufed one hundred guineas, valuing it at three hundred guineas. 
Till lately Lvonet’s fhell was an unique, and the variety is yet 
extremely fcarce — Le Cedo Nulli — Cedo Nulli — Grenada — C'onus 
Ammiralis, var. £. Cedo Nulli Pretiofiffimus Linn. - ^ h con-m. da.icrc. 
225. Varius — a. fmooth brown ; b. granulated pale ; c. granulat- 
ed orange ; d. granulated clouded orange and whitest is^VerV 
difficult to draw the line between fome fpecies of fliells 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 firft fpecies, feems almoft 
the only difference between thenvI-Le Bigarre, ou Le Cedo Nulli 
Longue— Variegated, or Long Cedo Nulli — St. Lucia — Rare. 
226. Nebulofus — Clouded— Weft Indies — Conus Nebulofus 
Soland. df~ A 7*7 c 
227. Vanellus— Lapwing’s Egg — China^Conus Vanellus So- 
land. 
22S. Teftudineus — L’Ecaille de Tortue — Tortcifelhell — 
Guinea. 
229. Nitidus — Le Mignon — Neat — Sumatra — Conus Vittatus 
Soland. 
230. Achatinus — L’Agate' — Guinea — Conus Rufticus Linn. 
231. Luridus— L’Ombrage Obfcur — Dark Shades — Cape of 
Good Hope P— Conus Luridus ? Soland. 
232. Monachus — a. dark variety; b. banded; c. bellied, fhort, 
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. Cubicularius — a. a lingular variety, 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 verfnillion, and it is in the higheft per- 
fe&ion. 
234*. Pun&ulatus Minor — Le Petit Pon&ue — Lcffer Dotted 
—Extremely fcarce. 
234**. Rofarium — Le Rofaire — Rofary — Extremely fcarce. 
235. Pune- 
