94 CONUS. 
This is possibly a distinct species; in which case the preceding 
and following varieties should be placed with it. 
Var. NANUs, Brod. PI. 6, fig. 100. 
Shell usually smaller than the type, white, under a thin, light 
yellowish brown epidermis, obsoletely mipeuiined or se gs 
spotted with chestnut, base violaceous. 
Polynesia, Aveiralee 
C. speciosus, Sowb. PI. 6, fig. 1. 
Spire minutely crenulated ; irregularly marbled with chestnut 
and white. Length, °8 inch. Locality unknown. 
Is probably a juvenile shell; differs from C. Ceylonensis in 
the base being without violet tint. 
C. Coupert!, Bernardi. PI. 6, fig. 2. 
Spire not crenulated, marbled with chestnut and white, 
obscurely indicating three bands. Length, 1 inch. 
Habitat unknown. 
Closely related to the foregoing species; if identical, as sur- 
mised by Dr. Weinkauff, Sowerby’s name will become a synonym. 
C. nutitus, Menke. PI. 6, fig. 3. 
Shell thin, somewhat inflated, slightly coronated, surface 
covered by close, nearly obsolete revolving striz; brown or 
brick-red, either unspotted or with faint darker dots in revolving 
series. Length, ‘5 inch. 
Australia, Tasmania. 
C. Macleayanus and C. Tasmanicus, Tenison-Woods, are syn- 
onyms. 
©. Smirai, Angas. PI. 6, fig. 4. 
Shell not coronated, spirally grooved towards the base; straw- 
color or pink, clouded with pale chestnut, with (sometimes 
obsolete) revolving lines of chestnut and white articulations, 
and a faint white band; spire maculated with chestnut. 
Length, ‘5 inch. 
Botany Bay (Brazier); Port Stephens, Australia (Cox). 
Is perhaps only a variety of the preceding species. 
C. ponTIFICALIS, Lam. PI. 6, fig. 5. 
Spire convexly elevated and tuberculated, whole surface 
covered by very fine minutely punctured revolving lines; epi- 
