CONUS. 23 
C. TraniatTus, Hwass. PI. 6, fig. 93. 
Shell indistinctly zoned alternately with pale violaceous and 
white, vividly encircled with fillets of dark chocolate and white 
articulations ; spire obsoletely coronated. 
Length, 1—-1:25 inches. 
: Red Sea, Ceylon, China. 
Very close to C. genuanus in general appearance, but the 
articulations sre more regular in size and position, the spire is 
slightly tuberculate. 
C. CryLonensis, Hwass. PI. 6, figs. 94-100. 
Shell coronated, with rather depressed spire, granular striate 
towards the base; white, variously marbled with chestnut, often 
obscurely white-banded at the upper part and below the middle 
of the body-whorl, base tinged with violet. 
Length, -75—9 inch. 
Red Sea, Ceylon, West Africa, Mauritius, Australia, 
New Caledonia, Polynesia to Sandwich 1s., 
Mazatlan, Cape St. Lucas. 
C. nux, Brod. (fig. 95), and C. pusillus, Gould, are synonyms. 
Var. acutus, Sowb. PI. 6, fig. 96. 
Spire more elevated, shell smaller. 
Ceylon. 
Var. PUSILLUS (Chemn.), Auct. Pl. 6, fig. 97. 
Shell white with revolving rows of chestnut spots. Varies 
from Ceylonensis in the same way that var. abbreviaius does 
from miliaris. 
Var. TENUISULCATUS, Sowb. PI. 6, fig. 98. 
Lower half of the body-whorl finely suleate; white marbled 
with light chestnut, with two darker bands, which are flecked 
with white; base and aperture violaceous, 
Mauritius. 
Var. SPONSALIS, Chemn. PI. 6, fig. 99. 
Body-whorl somewhat convex on the sides, wide at the shoul- 
der, which is somewhat rounded; yellowish white, with a few 
chestnut or red zigzag longitudinal markings, forming an inter- 
rupted broad superior, and often a narrower inferior band ; base 
violaceous. : 
Philippines, New Caledonia, Polynesia. 
