CONUS. 89 
C. Pautucci#, Sowerby. PI. 29, fig. 87. 
Shell elongated, rather solid, obsoletely striated, very obtusely 
angulated behind and attenuated to the front; whitish, with 
broad interrupted bands of orange, longitudinally streaked with 
chestnut-brown, intersected by a net work of triangular orange 
lines ; spire pyramidal, whorls faintly spirally grooved ; aperture 
narrow, white. Length, 2:25 inches. 
Mauritius. 
The form is more tapering and surface smoother than C. 
aureus. It is perhaps a variety of the next species. 
C. PYRAMIDALIS, Lam. PI. 29, figs. 88, 89. 
Shell smooth, conical, finely striated at the base; violaceous 
or flesh-color, covered by chestnut or chocolate reticulations, 
and doubly banded. Length, 1:75 inches. Australia. 
This species is not well understood; with some of the figures 
illustrating it; C. Pauluccizx seems to be very closely allied, whilst 
Reeve’s conception of it is a shell approaching C. textile. 
C. convolutus, Sowb. (fig, 89), appears to differ only in its more 
vivid coloring. 
C. @LoriaA-MARIS, Hwass. PI. 29, fig. 90 
White, finely reticulated with orange-brown lines, enclosing 
triangular spaces, with three interrupted bands of chestnut 
hieroglyphic markings. Length, 3-5 inches, 
Philippines. 
A magnificent and very rare species, 
C. ReTIFER, Menke. Pl. 29, fig. 91. 
Shell pear-shaped, with revolving striz; reticulated orange- 
brown with large and small triangular white patches, and zigzag 
longitudinal chocolate markings, mostly interrupted so as to 
form one or two bands; interior light violaceous. 
Length, 1—-1°75 inches. 
Philippines to Sandwich Islands. 
Equally well known under Sowerby’s name of C. solidus. Its 
nearest ally is C. verriculum, Reeve, a stumpy variety of C. 
textile. 
y, C. TexTILE, Linn. PI. 29, figs. 92-99; Pl. 30, figs. 100-7. 
Shell yellowish brown, with undulating longitudinal lines of 
