80 CONUS. 
C. scABRIUSCULUS, Chemn. PI. 25, fig. 29. 
Shell striate throughout, sometimes minutely granular ; chest- 
nut or chocolate-color, with large white maculations on spire and 
below the shoulder, as well as around the middle of the body- 
whorl; base of body-whorl tinged with purple; aperture tinged 
with purple. Length, 1-1-5 inches. 
Caroline Is., Philippines, Australia, N. Caledonia. 
C. fabula, Sowb., is a synonym. 
C. TENDINEUS, Hwass. PI. 25, fig. 30. 
Shell striate, sometimes granular throughout; violaceous 
chestnut, under an olive-brown thin epidermis, with large oblong 
white spots, arranged in two series on the body-whorl, one series 
below the shoulder, the other below the middle, base also white 
or violaceous ; aperture tinged with violet. 
Length, 2—2°5 inches. I. Bourbon, Mauritius, Annaa. 
C. TEREBRA, Born. PI. 25, figs. 31-33. 
Shell striated throughout; pale yellowish or ash-color, indis- 
tinctly two-banded, often somewhat tinged with violet at the 
-base; aperture white or slightly violaceous. 
Length, 1°75—4 inches. 
Red Sea, Nicobar Is., Ceylon, Isl. of Bourbon, 
Philippines, N. Australia, New Caledonia, 
Fiji Islands. 
C. celebs, Winds (fig. 32), isa young specimen, and C. Thomast, 
Sowb. (fig. 33), differs only in the spire being somewhat shorter 
than usual. 
C. Cariuiaupl, Kiener. Pl. 25, fig. 34. 
Shell narrow, smooth, with low spire and undulated or slightly 
tuberculated shoulder; yellowish, encircled throughout by narrow 
chestnut lines. Length, 2 inches. Habitat unknown. 
C. NUSSATELLA, Linn. Pl. 25, fig. 35. 
Shell closely striated, the striz minutely granular; yellowish 
white, clouded irregularly with orange-brown or light purple- 
brown, with numerous chestnut spots on the striae. 
Length, 1°5—2°25 inches. 
Red Sea, EB. Africa, Ceylon, Java, Philippines, 
N. Australia, N. Caledonia, Polynesia. 
