ATJL1A. 143 



longitudinal chestnut lines ; aperture yellowish within, the outer 

 lip stained brown and denticulated on the inner margin. 



Length, 12'5 mill. 



Seychelles Is. 

 C. FILICINCTA, Tapparone-Canefri. 



Shell acicular, contracted and striate at the base ; pallid 

 fulvous, with longitudinal darker strigations, and a band of 

 articulated fulvous and white on the periphery ; aperture narrow, 



fulvous, the outer lip thickened. Length, 9 mill. 



New Guinea. 



Described from a single specimen and not figured. The 

 description brings it very close' to C. nympha. 



0. ARTJCULATA, Souverbie. PL 51, fig. 70. 



Shell yellowish, with curved longitudinal darker strigations 

 and an articulated band of chestnut and white spots on the 

 periphery which is apparent on the spire-whorls ; outer lip 

 emarginate above, acute, varicose, externally, dark margined and 



plicate within. Length, 10'5 mill. 



New Caledonia. 



Only a single specimen obtained. The coloring is very close 

 to that of the last species. I suspect that it is only a variety of 

 C. nyynpha. 



C. MINDOIIOENSIS, Gaskoin. PI. 51, figs. 71, 72. 



Shell ivory-like, smooth, striate below ; whitish, with narrow 

 flexuous zigzag chestnut lines ; lip slightly dentate within. 

 Length, 10 mill. 



Puerto Galero, IsL of Mindoro, Philippines, in coarse 



sand, at a depth of about 12 fathoms (Cuming). 



Persian Gulf ( Issel ) . 

 C.Doride, Issel (fig. 72) appears to be a synonym. 



C. BACULUS, Reeve. PI. 52, tig. 73. 



Shell solid, with flattened whorls and obtusely angulated 

 periphery, below which the body-whorl has revolving striae ; 

 whitish filleted and spotted with orange or chestnut, sometimes 

 showing a row of spots on the periphery ; outer lip thickened, 



plicate within. 



China Seas; Australia. 

 C. PUNGENS, Gould. PI. 52, fig. 74. 



Shell small, lanceolate, polished, with numerous minute longi- 



