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Fig. 2. Conus capitaneus Linne. Left, 19-5 X 11.5 mm. Specimen collected by A. M. Harrison near Kaena Pt., 
Oahu, 6 fathoms. Right, 31 X 21 mm. Specimen collected by Mrs. A. M. Harrison near Nanakuli, Oahu, 3 
fathoms. Photographs by the author. 
Contis vermiculatiis Lamarck, 1810, Ann. Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 34. 
Conus ehraeus Linne var. C. Dillwyn, 1817, 
Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells, p. 399. 
Conus ehraeus \^Vlvs\€ var. D. Dillwyn, 1817, 
Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells, p. 399- 
Conus hehraeus Linne var. /5. Reeve, 1843, 
Conchol. Icon., 1: pi. 19, hg. 104a. 
Conus hehraeus Linne var. vermiculatiis Lamarck. 
Kiener, 1846, Spec. Gen. Icon. Coq. Viv., 
2: 46, pi. 8, fig. 3. 
Conus ehraeus Linne var. vermiculatiis Hwass. 
Weinkauff, 1874, Jahrb. Deutsch. Malak, 
Ges., 1: 249. 
Conus ehraeus Linne var. vermiculatiis Lamarck; 
Crosse and Marie, 1874, Jour. Conchy!., 
22: 340. 
Conus hehraeus Linne var. vermiculatus Hwass. 
Kobelt, 1878, Ulus. Conchy!., p. 92. 
Conus vermiculatiis VimguihtQ. Fischer, 1891, 
Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun, 4: 132. 
Conus ehraeus Linne var. vermiciilata Lamarck. 
Couturier, 1907, Jour. Conchyl., 55: 126. 
Ciicullus chaldaeus Bolten. Iredale, 1929, 
Mem. Queensl. Mus., 9: 282. 
Virrocontis chaldaeus (Bolten). Cotton, 
1945, Rec. Austral. Mus., 8: 236. 
Conus chaldeus (Roding). Tinker, 1952, 
Pacific Sea Shells, p. 44. 
Conus chaldens (Roding). Dietrich and 
Morris, 1953, Nautilus, 67: 17, pi. 4, fig. I9. 
Virroconus chaldeus (Roding). Kira, 1955, 
Coloured Ulus. Shells Japan, p. 72. 
Stephanoconiis chaldeus (Roding). Kaicher, 
1956, Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pi. 2, 
fig. 10. 
Conus ehraeus chaldaeus Roding. Hertlein 
and Emerson, 1957, Amer. Mus. Novit., 
No. 1859: 3. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell rather small but ex- 
tremely thick and sturdy. Body whorl trans- 
versely striate, the striae obsoletely tuberculate 
near the base, becoming strongly so near the 
shoulder; aperture narrow. Shoulder coro- 
nate; spire moderately elevated, tuberculate, 
striate; apex often eroded. Color mostly 
black, with narrow, irregular, usually inter- 
rupted white bands at the shoulder and cen- 
trally on the body whorl, the black areas also 
interrupted by intermittent vertical white 
streaks. Aperture bluish white, the external 
color pattern visible at the outer lip. Perios- 
tracum rather thin, yellow, translucent. In 
life, foot black, with a broad central longi- 
tudinal tan stripe on the sole. Siphon and 
rostrum black, tipped with red. 
length: Usually less than 40 mm. A speci- 
men collected by the author at Waikiki, 
Oahu, measures 44 mm. 
