158 CANTHARUS. 



C. d'Orbignyi, Payr. PI, 73, figs. 2fi6, 2()1. 



Yellowish to chocolate, with a median white band ; aperture 

 usualh' white, sometimes light Adolet. Length, 15-20 mill. 



Mediterranean ; littoral, upon rocks. 



Yar. ASSTMTLTS, Reeve. PI. 73, fig. 207. 



Senegal; Algiers, etc. 

 C. scABRA, Monts. 



This name is i)roposed l)v Monterosato, without description or 

 figure for a shell which he previously designated ns C. cVOrhignyi, 

 var. siibspiiwso, — likewise without diagnosis. I do not know the 

 species. 



C. LEUCOZONA, Phil. PI. 74, fig. 270; PI. 73, fig. 208. 



Purple or chestnut-brown, with a white band on the angle of 



the shouldei'. Length, 20 mill. 



Mediterranean. 

 Fusus violaceus, Desh. (fig. 2G8), is doubtfully referred to this 

 species by Weinkauff. 



C. PICTUS, Scacchi. PI. 74, fig. 271, 



Yellowish white, interruptedly marbled with chestnut-brown. 



Length, 8-10 mill. 



Mediterranean, from Sicily to Greece. 



C. HOMOLEUCA, Kuster. PI. 74, fig. 272. 



Dirty white. Length, 12 mill. 



Mediterranean. 



Described from a single specimen, which is probabh' beach- 

 worn, and so has lost its color. The locality is not certain. It 

 may be the same as C. pictus., or perhaps C. d^Orbignyi, var. 

 assimilis. 



C. PERLATUS, Kiister. PI. 74, fig. 273. 



Yellowish white, the nodules purple-brown ; with a white band. 



Length, 8 mill. 



Natal Coast, S. Africa. 

 Compared by Kiister with C. piclus. It looks as much like a 

 Columbella as a Cantharas. 



C. LUGiBius, 0. B. Ad. 



Long ovate-fusiform ; very dark brown, with a cinereous tinge ; 

 with small ribs, from nine to thirteen on each whorl, traversed 



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