66 CONUS. 
terraneus, but very close in coloring, and may be only a rather 
distant variety of that species. 
C. MepiTerRANEvs, Hwass. PI. 20, fig. 26; Pl. 21, figs. 25-31. 
Shell yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous; sometimes 
chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; 
and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, 
light band below the middle; spire elevated, rudely gradate, 
maculated ; interior light chocolate, with a light band. 
Length, 1°5—2-25 inches. 
Mediterranean, Portugal, West Africa. 
C. hybridus, Kiener, C. Franciscanus, Hwass (fig. 26), a dark- 
colored variety, and numerous other names have been applied to 
varieties of this species, recent and fossil. 
Var. ADANsoNI, Lam. PI. 21, fig. 27-29. 
Shell more cylindrical. 
West Africa. 
C. Jamaicensis, Sowb. (fig. 28), and C. Bruguieri, Kiener 
(fig. 27), are synonyms. C. Tamsianus, Dunker (fig. 29), 
appears to be a younger shell. 
Var. CH@RULESCENS (Chemn.), Auct. PI. 21, figs. 30, 31. 
Shell more conical, with broader shoulder and shorter spire. 
West Africa. 
C. «emulus, Reeve (fig. 31), is a synonym. 
C. ALTISPIRATUS, Sowb. PI. 21, fig. 32. 
Shell fusiform, with much elevated spire, and narrow body- 
whorl, sulcate below; white, apex pink-tinted. 
Length, 1:5 inches. 
Agulhas Bank, So. Africa. 
C. castus, Reeve. PI. 21, fig. 33. 
Shell turbinated, a little inflated, smooth; yellow, encircled by 
a few faint, very finely black-dotted lines, at irregular distances ; — 
spire smooth, apex rose-tinted. Length, -75 inch. 
Red Sea (Sowerby). 
A doubtful species. 
C. Mapurensis, Hwass. PI. 21, fig. 34. 
Shell yellowish or chestnut-brown, with an irregular light band 
