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353. MELAJiCHOi-icus, Lamh. — C. oblongus, inflatus, infra sul- 

 catus, attenuates, ubique tenuissime striatus, aurantius, infra 

 medium maculis albis unifasciatus; spira alba, angulata (f. 547). — 

 This shell, evidently belonging to the same group with the pre- 

 ceding, is nevertheless of a very distinguished form. 



1. Cylindrical, reticulated. 



354. textile, Linn. — C. cylindricus, subventricosus, lineis ru- 

 bris reticulatus, late aurantio interruptim fasciatus; fasciis lineis 

 articulatis transversis et strigis longitudinalibus pictis ; spira py- 

 ramidali, laevigata, maculis aurantiis et Uneis rubris flexuosis or- 

 nata (f. 567). — The typical C. textile is a rather ventricose shell, 

 reticulated with reddish lines. Interrupted by white spots and 

 reticulated lines are orange bands of different widths ; these bands 

 are marked with downward stripes and cross-lines. The follow- 

 ing shells, described by authors under different names, many of 

 which I think really belong to this species, are separated, princi- 

 pally on the ground of variations in the relative proportions in 

 the different parts of colouring above described, and partly on 

 variations of form ; but the characters of the shells are very un- 

 certain, and the intentions of the authors still more so. Without 

 attempting to take in all the variations, I have endeavoured to 

 chose the best representative of each so-called species. 



355. tigrintjs, Sowb. — C. quam C. textile angustior, luteus, 

 strigis nigrescentibus magnis; spira prominula (f. 568; var. 579). 

 — More slender than C. textile, with a richness in the general 

 tint; markings rich and dark. 



356. vicarius, Lamh. — C. quam C. textile magis conicus, la- 

 teribus medio contractis, maculis albis magnis (f. 565). — More 

 straight-sided than C. textile, or even a little contracted in the 

 middle, more white and less orange in the colouring. 



357. scriptus, Sowb. — C. cylindricus, inflatus, albus, liueis te- 

 nuissimis angulatis scriptus (f. 563). — A very light cylindrical 

 shell, finely reticulated with very thin lines. 



358. verriculum, Reeve. — C. quam C. textile brevior, magis 

 ventricosus, maculis albis majoribus, fasciis aurantiis disruptis 

 (f. 570). — Short and stout, with a larger proportion of white 

 than in C. textile. 



359. legatus, Lamh. — C. solidus, roseus, angustus, subangu- 

 latus, tenuiter rubro reticulatus ; aureo interruptim fasciatus et 



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