Hawaiian Conus-— KoHN 
379 
Coronaxis hehraeus (Linne). Frauenfeld, 
1869, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 19: 863. 
Virroconus ebraeus (Linne). Iredale, 1930, 
Mem. QueensL Mus., 10: 80. 
Stephanoconus ebraeus (Linne). Kaicher, 
1956, Indo-Padfic Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pL 2, 
fig. 9. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell solid; body whorl 
.smooth, becoming encircled with obsolete 
raised ridges toward the base; outer lip of 
aperture flaring slightly basally. Shoulder cor- 
onate, often obsoletely so; spire of moderate 
height, often somewhat eroded, indistinctly 
coronate. Color white with usually three rows 
of large angular rhomboidal black flammules, 
with another row encircling the shoulder. 
Aperture with clouded bands corresponding 
with the exterior markings. Periostracum thin, 
yellow, translucent. In life, foot black, with 
a broad longitudinal central buff stripe on the 
sole. Siphon and rostrum black, tipped with 
a narrow red margin. 
LENGTH: This species attains greater length 
in the Hawaiian Islands than in other parts of 
its extensive range. Specimens exceeding 50 
mm. are often found. A specimen collected by 
the author at Diamond Head, Oahu, meas- 
ures 56 mm. in length. 
TYPE locality: India. 
REMARKS: One of the most abundant spe- 
cies of Conus in the Hawaiian Islands, C. 
ebraeus is the dominant species on intertidal 
benches and occurs also on reef platforms. 
Pleistocene fossils are known from Oahu 
(Ostergaard, 1928). 
Conus flavidus Lamarck 
Fig. 18 in Plate 1 
Conus flavidusXj&mdsCk, 1810, Ann. Mus. Hist. 
Nat. Paris, 15: 265. 
Conus Virgo Linne var. Dillwyn, 1817, 
Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells, 1: 362. 
Dendroconus flavidus (Lamarck) . Adams and 
Adams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 250. 
Conus neglectus Pease, I860, Proc. Zook Soc. 
Lond., pt. 28: 398. (non neglectus K. Adams, 
1853.) 
Conus flavidus Bruguiere. Issel, 1869, Mala- 
cologia del Mar Rosso, p. 143. 
Lithoconus flavidus (Lamarck). Brazier, 
1877, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 
1: 288. 
Lithoconus peasei Brazier, 1877, Proc. Linn. 
Soc. New South Wales, 1: 288. 
Conus lividus Hwass var. flavidus Lamarck. 
Smith, 1879, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond., 
168 (extra volume): 477. 
Virgiconus flavidus Cotton, 1945, 
Rec. South Austral. Mus., 8: 254. 
description: Shell thick and heavy. Body 
whorl transversely striate, the striae more 
pronounced and raised toward the base; aper- 
ture narrow. Shoulder rather square, smooth; 
spire low, striate. Color of body whorl usually 
olivaceous or yellowish brown banded with 
white and/or bluish white at the shoulder and 
below the middle. Base stained dark violet. 
Aperture violet, with a light central band and 
yellow margin. Periostracum gray, trans- 
versely ridged in young specimens, smooth 
in older individuals. In life, upper surface of 
foot reddish brown, mottled with brown; re- 
mainder of foot and rostrum light yellowish 
brown mottled with darker brown; tip of 
siphon yellow, followed proximally by black 
and yellow bands; remainder of siphon yellow 
mottled with black. Tentacles white to yellow. 
length: 50 mm. 
TYPE locality: None. 
remarks: C. flavidus is one of the common- 
est species of Conus on Hawaiian coral reefs. 
Pleistocene fossils have been collected on 
Oahu by Ostergaard (1928) and the writer 
and on Molokai by Ostergaard (1939). 
Conus imperialis Linne 
Fig. 7 in Plate 1 
Conus imperialis Linne, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 
10, p. 712. 
Conus fuscatus Born, 1778, Ind. Rer. Nat. Mus. 
Caes. Vind., p. 126. 
Cucullus imperialis {Gm^Xm) . Roding, 1798, 
Mus. Boltenianum, p. 37. 
