CONUS. 73 
work, as it was probably ascertained to be a synonym in time to 
prevent publication. I place here also: 
Var. oRBITATUS, Reeve. PI. 23, fig. 75. 
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Ridges flat, the grooves between them pricked and striated ; 
whitish, variegated with burnt brown; spire acuminated, apex 
raised and sharp. 
C. PLANILIRATUS, Sowb. PI. 23, fig. 76. 
Spire maculated with chestnut, spirally striate, minutely can- 
cellate; body-whorl distantly grooved, yellowish white, maculated 
with chestnut spots, forming obscure bands. Length, 22 mill. 
Habitat unknown. 
C. AUSTRALIS (Chemn.), Auct. Pl. 23, figs. T7, 78. 
Shell distantly channeled throughout, the interstices usually 
plane, sometimes minutely granular; channels narrow, longi- 
tudinally striated; spire much elevated, acuminated, striate, 
sometimes obscurely minutely coronated ; yellowish brown, with 
light chestnut longitudinal short irregular lines, and clouds of 
the same color forming three obscure interrupted bands. 
Length, 2—3°5 inches. 
Australia, Moluccas. 
C. laterculus, Sowb. (fig. 78), is a young shell of this species. 
C. strigatus, Hwass. PI. 23, fig. 79. 
Shell elongately turbinated, somewhat cylindrical, whitish, 
encircled throughout with a number of interrupted, close-set, | 
cinnamon-brown stripes, and palely variegated with oblong 
blotches of the same color; spire convexly raised. 
Length, 1°25 inches. 
Habitat unknown. 
A doubtful species, and possibly not the one intended by the 
original description. 
C. sutcatus, Hwass. Pl. 23, figs. 79 a—81. 
Shell with revolving grooves crossed by longitudinal striz, the 
intermediate ridges flat or rounded, smooth; spire short, cari- 
nated, striate, sometimes with distant compressed tubercles ; 
light yellowish brown, or whitish. Length, 2—2°5 inches. 
China, Singapore. 
