ATILIA. 145 



C. CONSPERSA, Gask. PL 52, figs. 7Y-81. 



Spire and upper part of bod^^-wliorl more or less obsoletely 

 and distantly plicate ; white, marbled and reticulated with 

 chestnut, forming a white band at the suture and another on 

 the periphery; body-whorl strongly contracted, with revolving 

 striae below ; lip externally varicose, dentate within, the margin 

 sinuous behind ; columella conspicuously folded, the upper fold 

 largest; canal recurved. Length, 12-15 mill. 



Philippines, N. E. Australia, New Caledonia, Andaman Is. 



The original figures of G. iodostoma, Gask. (fig. 78), and G. 

 puella, Sowb. (fig. 79), are more strongly plicate and dai'ker 

 colored than many of tke specimens before me, yet they are 

 undoubtedly synonymous with the smooth form of C. conspersa^ 

 from which the original figure and description of that species 

 were made. I add a figure from a specimen (tig. 80) of a nearly 

 smooth example, showing a usual state of the species. G. con- 

 taminata, Gask. (fig. 81), is to be referred here. 



C. SUGILLATA, Recvc. PI. 52, fig. 86. 



Shell ovate, livid brown or purple, spire turreted, whorls tuber- 

 cularly ribbed round the upper part, tubercles white ; aperture 

 somewhat squarely ovate, lip slightly varicose, angled at the 

 upper part, denticulated within. Length, 12 mill. 



China Seas, Philippines. 



C. SAGiTTA, Gaskoin. PI. 52, figs. 83-85. 



Shell narrow, smooth, shining; pale brown, longitudinally 

 strigated, maculated or reticulated with chestnut, with usually 

 a band on the periphery and sometimes another at the suture, 

 articulated with white and chestnut, sometimes sagittiform. 



Length, 8 mill. 



Sandwich Islands, Paumotus, Viti Islands, Solomon'' s Is. 



This species was described as from Africa and West Indies, 

 but these habitats have not been confirmed ; on the other hand 

 the description applies closely to a common Polynesian species, 

 and this identification is concurred in by a number of concholo- 

 gists. The onl}^ figure of the species hitherto given is by Reeve ; 

 it is a poor representation of the usual state of the shell besides 

 being three times its size without any mention of its having 

 been enlarged. I give this figure, however (fig. 83). Pease de- 

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