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Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby 
Some authors have considered this species 
synonymous with (Tryon, 1884) or a variety 
of (Couturier, 1907; Dautzenberg, 1933) 
Conus glans Hwass in Bruguiere. Several dead 
specimens have been dredged and a few have 
been collected on beaches in the Hawaiian 
Islands. 
Conus tulipa Linne 
Ostergaard (1928) reported collection of 
several fossil specimens, one of which is fig- 
ured, of Conus tulipa. The identification of a 
fossil specimen, presumably collected by 
Ostergaard, in the Hawaii Marine Laboratory 
reference collection, has been verified by the 
writer as C. tulipa. Ostergaard (1928) referred 
to a "live immature specimen” of C. tulipa 
collected in Hawaii by C. H. Edmondson. 
It is possible that the specimen referred to 
was a C. obscurus, as several older specimens 
of that species were labeled C. tulipa. How- 
ever, a single juvenile specimen of C tulipa 
(No. 20), collected at Waikiki Reef, Oahu, is 
in the Hawaii Marine Laboratory reference 
collection. It is not known whether or not 
this specimen was alive when collected, but 
it is in fresh condition. A number of shell 
fragments of C. tulipa have also been collected 
on Hawaiian beaches. 
UNVERIFIED AND INACCURATE RECORDS 
FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiere 
A single beach specimen, labeled "Hawaii, 
coll. W. H. Pease,” is in the U. S. National 
Museum (No. 5038). No other specimens 
are known from the Hawaiian Islands, and 
the record may be in error as to locality. 
Conus aristophanes Sowerby 
This species, considered by Tomlin (1937) 
and others as synonymous with C. coronatus 
Gmelin, was described by Sowerby (1858) 
from the Philippine and Hawaiian islands. 
The latter locality is almost certainly in error. 
Conus atramentosus Reeve 
This is the type species of the genus 
Lovellona of Iredale (1917). Thiele (1931) 
considers Lovellona a section of the genus 
Mitromorpha A. Adams (1865) and places it 
in the subfamily Cytharinae of the family 
Conidae. Other authorities place Mitromorpha 
in the family Pleurotomidae (Simroth, 1896- 
1907). 
Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguiere 
The type locality of this species is given in 
Bruguike (1792: 713) as "I’isle d’Owhyhee 
dans Locean pacifique.” This is presumably 
an error, since no specimens from the Ha- 
waiian Islands are known to the writer, al- 
though there is some resemblance to C. 
amtangulus. C. cancellatus is found in Japan. 
Conus emaciatus Reeve 
This species, considered by Tomlin (1937) 
and others as a juvenile of C. virgo Linne, was 
reported from the Hawaiian Islands by Sower- 
by (1858: pi. 12, sp. 191). This reference may 
be in error, since no specimens from Hawaii 
are known to the writer or D. Thaanum 
{in litt.). 
Conus fusiformis Pease 
Pease (I860) described this species from 
the Hawaiian Islands. It belongs to the genus 
Mitromorpha. (See under C. atramentosus) 
Conus miliaris Hwass in Bruguiere 
A specimen in the U. S. National Museum 
(No. 338481) now labeled ^'Contis miliaris 
Hwass” was collected by D. Thaanum at 
Keaukaha, near Hilo, Hawaii. Three live 
specimens were found in a sand pocket in the 
reef and apparently none have been collected 
since (Thaanum, in litt.). The specimens were 
first labeled by W. H. Dali as a variety of 
C. abhreviatus. The single discovery of three 
individuals in a small area suggests a small, 
isolated, aberrant population with possible 
fixation of atypical morphological character- 
