72 CONUS. 
perfectly smooth (on the under side only, on two-thirds of the 
last whorl, are unusually distant, impressed grooves to be traced, 
and even these are almos* obsolete); white, throughout closely 
dashed with wavy, brown, slightly pinkish splashes; these mark- 
ings are somewhat larger and more distinct on the spire, and 
also form two irregular bands on the body-whorl; apex very 
sharp, spire much produced, composed of fourteen whorls, 
acutely angled in the middle, above this angle spirally striated, 
striz numerous, near the apex very slightly granular; interior 
of the aperture a beautiful pink, white near the margin; epider- 
mis thin, smoothish, compact. L. 60, diam. 25, L. apert. 48 mill. 
Andaman Isles. 
The above is a copy of the original description of this un- 
figured species, from the single specimen. 
C. Neprunus, Reeve. Pl. 22, fig. 71. 
Shell narrow, with concavely elevated spire and sharp apex, 
body-whorl distantly grooved towards the base; flesh-color, every- 
where veined and clouded with reddish chestnut flexuous lines 
and spots; aperture rosy white. Length, 1°75 inches. 
Philippines. 
C. NeprunoreEs, E. A. Smith. Pl. 22, fig. 72. 
Shell somewhat wider at the shoulder and spire less striate 
than in C. Neptunus; yellowish white, with irregular chestnut 
lines or large reticulations, forming two ill-defined broad bands ; 
aperture rosy white. Length, 45 mill. 
Australia. 
The pattern of coloring is more open and less completely covers 
the shell, the markings are narrower and better defined than in 
C. Neptunus. 
C. mucRONATUS, Reeve. PI. 22, figs. 73,74; Pl. 23, fig. 75. 
Shell acuminately turbinated, attenuated towards the base, with 
revolving grooves throughout, grooves crossed by revolving 
strie ; whitish, somewhat clouded with pale brown, spire spotted 
with brown. Length, 1-125 inches. 
Philippines. 
The spire is sometimes obsoletely coronated. C. alabaster, 
Ads. and Reeve (fig. 74), is a synonym. Reeve figures it and 
refers to the Moll. Voy. Samarang, but it is not described in that 
