ATILTA. 147 



making the spire appear somewhat turreted ; lip externally 

 thickened, tubercnlate within, sinuate above. Length, 11 mill. 



Japan. 

 Described from a single specimen. 



C. LTSCHKEI, E. A. Smith. PI. 52, fig. 90. 



Shell smooth, third and fourth whorls of the spire strongly 

 costate ; last whorl subangulate on the periphery, contracted 

 below, with revolving siilci ; outer lip with interior plications 

 and an external varix ; dirty white, blotched at intervals with 

 chestnut-brown, the blotches extending from suture to suture. 



Length, 11 mill. Japan. 



Allied to C. alabastrum, Reeve, but has more numerous and 

 shorter whorls, and differs in coloring. 



C. FUSIFORMIS, d'Orb. PL 52, fig: 88. 



Shell fusiform, smooth, with revolving striae below ; spire 

 elongated, sharp ; lip dentate within. Length, 6 mill. 



Jamaica, Martinique. 

 C. RORIDA, Reeve. PL 52, fig. 89. 



Shell transparent white, glassy, encircled round the middle 

 with a row of milk-white spots ; lip simple. Length, Y mill. 

 Lord Hood" s Isl. (found on Avicula margaritifera, in coral 



sand at the depth of six fms.) (Cuniing). Viti Is. (Garrett). 

 C. tesxellata, D anker, and C. pellucid a, Pease, are synonyms ; 

 neither of them is figured. 



C. SOLIDULA, Reeve. PL 52, tigs. 92, 93. 



Shell fusiform, thick, shining, with sharp-pointed spire; whorls 

 encircled by narrow, rather distant grooves, and sometimes the 

 body-whorl is slightly plicated on the back, just below the suture ; 

 white, longitudinally streaked, marbled or reticulated with 

 chestnut, sometimes forming a white band on the periphery ; 

 edge of columellar lip defined; outer lip sinuated behind, 

 thickened and plicate within ; interior of aperture, tip and base 

 of the shell usually pale violet-tinted. Length, 15 mill. 



Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 



C. HIRUNDO, Gaskoin. PL 52, fig. 94. 



Shell solid, smooth, shining ; whitish, freckled with waved 

 orange-brown lines ; outer lip tuberculated and sinuous behind. 



Length, 16 mill. Habitat unknown. 



