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seulement, dans Tespece ici decrite, les gran- 
des zones sont plutot longitudinales que 
transversesj et le reseau qui les constitue n’est 
pas aussi nettement limite. La form d’ailleurs 
est egalement differente; elle est ton jours 
plu raccourcies et plue ventrue/’ The present 
writer has found that these distinctions gen- 
erally hold, but it would be difficult to classify 
a small percentage of specimens collected in 
Hawaii using these criteria. If the two species 
eventually prove to be synonymous, the name 
C. pennaceus has priority over C. omaria, 
C. pennaceus is one of the most common 
species on Hawaiian coral reef platforms. 
Fossils are known from Pleistocene deposits 
on Molokai (Ostergaard, 1939, as C omaria). 
C. elisae Kiener, here listed questionably as 
a synonym, is possibly a valid species. For an 
account of it, see page 396. 
Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguiere 
Fig. 31 in Plate 2 
Conus nohilis Linne. Schrhter, 1783, Einl. 
Conchy!., 1: 36, pi. 1, fig. 4. (error). 
Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792, Enc. 
Meth. Vers, 1: 686, pi. 336, fig. 2. 
Conus pertusus Bruguiere. Lamarck, 1810, 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 278. 
Conus amabilis Lamarck, 1810, Ann. Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 425. 
Conus festiv us Dillwyn, 1817, Descr. Cat. Rec. 
Shells, 1: 413. 
(.^) Conus inquinatus'KtQYQ, 1849, Conch. Icon. 
SuppL, pi. 5, sp. 251. 
Hermes pertusus (Hwass). Adams and Ad- 
ams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 256. 
Conus pertusus Lamarck. Sowerby, 1858, 
Thes. Conchy!., 3: 23, pL 13, fig. 273. 
Leptoconus pertusus. Schmeltz, 1874, Catal. 
Mus. Godeffroy, 5: 136. 
Pionoconus pertusus (Bruguiere). Cotton, 
1945, Rec. South Austral. Mus., 8: 249. 
Rhizoconus pertusus (Bruguiere). Kuroda, 
1955, Venus: Jap. Jour. Mah, 18: 290. 
Lithoconus pertusus {}riw2LSs) . Kaicher, 1956, 
Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pi. 5, fig. 4. 
description: Shell conical; body whorl 
encircled by distantly spaced punctate striae; 
aperture rather narrow, sides parallel. Shoul- 
der smooth; spire low, convex, rather obtuse. 
Color rose, flaked with yellow or white, 
banded with two interrupted transverse rows 
of white or light pink blotches below the 
shoulder and centrally on the body whorl. 
length: 40 mm. 
TYPE locality: ”Grandes Indes.” 
REMARKS: Conus pertusus is uncommon in 
Hawaii. It is known to occur subtidally to a 
depth of 25 fathoms. 
Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguiere 
Pig. 12 in Plate 1 
Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792, 
Enc. Meth. Vers, 1: 622, pi. 320, fig. 2. 
Conus fustigatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792, 
Enc. Meth. Vers, 1: 623, pL 320, fig. 1. 
Cucullus punctulatus Roding, 1798, Mus. Bol- 
tenianum, p. 40. 
Conus pulicarius Bruguiere. Lamarck, 1810, 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 34. 
Conus fustigatus Bruguiere. Lamarck, 1810, 
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 35. 
Conus pulicarius Lamarck. Dufo, 1840, 
Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. 2, 14: 174. 
Conus vautieri Kiener, 1845, Spec. Gen. Icon. 
Coq. Viv., 2: pi. 100, fig. 3, p. 350. 
Conus fustigatus Lamarck. Reeve, 1849, 
Conch. Icon. Temp. Index (Critical Analy- 
sis), unpaginated. 
Puncticulis pulicarius (Hwass). Prauenfeld, 
I869, Verb. k.k. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 
19: 863. 
Puncticulis pulicarius (Bruguiere). Kuroda, 
1955, Venus: Jap. Jour. Mah, 18: 289. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell thick and solid; body 
whorl with impressed transverse striae basally; 
aperture rather narrow, sides parallel. Shoul- 
der coronate; spire moderately elevated, stri- 
ate, coronate. Color white with dark brown to 
black spots, the spots often crowded into two 
transverse bands, one on each side of the 
center. Spire white, marked sparingly with 
