Hawaiian Conus — Kohn 
385 
REMARKS: C. 7noreleti may be distinguished 
from C. lividus, its closest relative, by its 
elongate shape and small and closely spaced 
tubercles on the shoulder. It is rare on Ha- 
waiian reefs but occurs more commonly at 
depths of a few fathoms. 
Conus nussatella Linne 
Fig. 19 in Plate 1 
Conus nussatella Linne, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 
10, p. 716. 
Conus mussatellana Linne. Schroter, 1782, 
Mus. Gottwald., p. 23, pL 13, figs. 96^ 96*^, 
96"; pi. 43, fig. 52^ 
\Conus punctulatus major Humphrey, 1797, 
Mus. Calonnianum, p. 15.] 
Cucullus nussatella (Gmelin). Roding, 1798, 
Mus. Boltenianum, p. 50. 
Hermes nussatellus iJJmnQ) . Montfort, 1810, 
Conchyl. Syst., 2: 399- 
Coni nussatellae Linne. Muller, 1836, Syn- 
opsis Nov. Gen. Spec. Var. Testaceorum 
Viventum, p. 122. 
Conus nussatella Lamarck. Dufo, 1840, Ann. 
Sci. Nat., Ser. 2, 14; 178. 
Hermes nussaUda (Linne). Adams and Ad- 
ams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 256. 
Conus nusatella Linne. Morch, 1854, Catal. 
Hencks, p. 21. 
Conus nusatella Linne. Weinkauff, 1873, 
Syst. Conch. Cab., ed. 2, 4: 151. 
Hermes nussatella Linne. Schmeltz, 1874, 
Catal. Mus. Godeffroy, 5: 136. 
Hermes nusatellata (Linne). Brazier, 1877, 
Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 1: 291. 
Conus nussatellata Linne. Brazier, 1879, 
Jour. ConchoL, 2: 192. 
description: Shell cylindrical, rather thin. 
Body whorl closely striate, the striae minutely 
granular. Aperture narrow, flaring slightly 
basally. Shoulder rounded; spire high, con- 
vex; apex sharp. Color yellowish white, 
clouded irregularly with orange brown or 
light purplish brown longitudinal splotches; 
with transverse rows of numerous small dark 
orange brown spots on the body whorl and 
spire. Periostracum thin, yellow, translucent. 
length: 60 mm. 
TYPE locality: ''Nussatello Insulam 
Asiae.” 
REMARKS: C. nussatella is a rare species in 
the Hawaiian Islands. Pleistocene fossils have 
been collected on Oahu by Ostergaard (1928) 
and the writer. 
Conus obscurus Sowerby 
Fig. 36 in Plate 2 
Conus obscurus Sowerby, 1833, Conch. Ulus., 
p. 2, pt. 29, fig. 26. 
Conus obscurus Humphreys MSS. Reeve, 
1843, Conch. Icon., 1: pi. 16, fig. 82. 
Conus obscurus Reeve. Kiener, 1845, Spec. 
Gen. Icon. Coq. Viv., 2: pi. 68, fig. 2, p. 
347. 
Nubecula obscura (Humphreys). Adams 
and Adams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 249. 
Conus tulipa Linne, juv. Pease, 1868, Am. 
Jour. Conch., 4: 126. (error). 
Conus obscurus (Hwass) Reeve. Dautzen- 
berg, 1937, Mem. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. 
Belg., 2: 193, pi. 3, fig. 9. 
Conus halitropus Bartsch and Rehder, 1943, 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 56: 88. 
Conus halitropus Dali, Bartsch and Rehder. 
Greene, 1953, Ann. Rept. Amer. Malacol. 
Union, Bull. 20: 28. 
Tuliparia obscura (Reeve). Kuroda, 1955, 
Venus: Jap. Jour. MaL, 18: 291. 
Gastridhm obscurum (Sowerby). Kuroda, 
1956, Venus: Jap. Jour. Mai., 19: 80. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell elongate-ovate, very 
thin. Body whorl smooth except for very fine 
transverse grooves basally. Aperture rather 
broad, flaring basally. Shoulder smooth; spire 
moderately elevated, striate; apex pointed. 
Shell marked by irregularly shaped and dis- 
tributed blotches and dots of light brown; 
the lighter areas separating them are violet. 
Periostracum very thin, translucent. 
length: 30 mm. 
TYPE locality: Arabia. 
REMARKS: C. obscurus occurs rarely in shal- 
