coNus. 255 



vix sinuatum, medium parum arcuatum, columella valde con- 

 torta. 



A narrow white species, with the posterior closely grooved, 

 and a distinct keel at the angle of the whorls. 



466. TENUISULCATUS, Sowerhij (f. 671).— Testa parva, 

 turbinata, postice acute angulata, antice attenuata, tenuiter 

 distanter sulcata ; albida, griseo fasciata, maculis castaneis 

 seu fulvis bifasciata ; spira acuminata, vix gradata, flammis 

 castaneis radiata ; anfractus 8, concavo-declives. 



A species of simjjle form, whitish, rather sparingly blotched 

 with chestnut in bands, and characterised by rather distant 

 narrow spiral sulci from the middle to the base of the shell. 



467. RARIMACULATUS, Soirerbj/ (f. 672). — C. testa sub- 

 elongata, acute angulata, albida, hie illic castaneo maculata, 

 laevigata, antice attenuata, sulcata ; spira acuminata, gradata, 

 obscure cancellata, flammulis castaneis picta. 



A sharply-angled whitish smooth shell, with very few 

 spots of chestnut, and flames of a darker chestnut on the spire. 

 Hab. China Sea. 



468. gradatulus, Weinlmnff {L 673).— C. testa elongata, 

 tenui, utrinque eleganter pyramidata, rosea, flammulis rubes- 

 centibus infra medium interruptis ornata, antice attenuata, 

 striata ; spira producta, gradata, apice prominente, mamil- 

 lato ; anfractus concavi, carina acuta marginati, obscurissime 

 striati, ultimus acute angulatus ; apertura modica, fauce 

 rosea, labx'um superne profunde sinuatum. Long. 47, lat. 20 m. 



A delicately coloured species, with a remarkably turreted 

 and sharply-angled spire. 



Hab. Agulhas Bank, South Africa. 



469. CANDIDUS, Kiever (f 674). — C. testa elongato-turbi- 

 nata, subfusiformi, solidiuscula, Ifevi, antice sulcata, alba, 

 zonis flavidis et maculis fuscis lineatim dispositis cincta, 

 flammis subaurantiis longitudinalibus picta ; spira elevata, 

 gradata, flammis castaneis brevibus ornata; anfractus 10, 

 leviter concavi, carina subacuta marginati, ultimus subacute 

 angulatus, infra angulum levissime convexus ; apertura 

 angusta, fauce pallide citrina, labruni postice profunde sin- 

 uatum. Long. 42, maj. lat. 19 mill. 



This excellent species has for many years been unrecog- 

 nised by conchologists. Specimens having been found on 



