CONUS. 27 



somewhat tuberculate ; yellowish with a band of irregular white 

 blotches dotted and shaded with chestnut in the centre, and 

 smaller ones at the upper part and base ; apex pink. 

 Length, 1 inch. 



West Indies 1 



Dr. Weinkauff quotes several West Indian Islands as locali- 

 ties for this species, but it is not in the Swift collection of W. I. 

 shells, nor does it occur in Mr. Krebs' catalogue. Possibly it is 

 a variation -of C. nebulosus, Linn. 



C. specionissimu.8, Reeve (fig. 21), is a variet} r , according to 

 Dr. "Weinkauff, and C. Lube.ckianus, Bernard! (fig. 22), is a pale 

 example of it. Sowerby considers C. cidaris, Kiener (fig. 23), 

 another variety. 



C. CARDINALIS, Hwass. PI. 7, fig. 24. 



Spire tuberculated ; body-whorl encircled by lines of granules ; 

 yellowish pink or scarlet-pink, with an irregular central white 

 band, which is occasionally spotted with brown. 



Length, 1 inch. 



Lesser Antilles, Venezuela ? 

 C. DIANTHUS, Sowb. PL 7, fig. 25. 



Shell rather abbreviately conical, pale pink, with irregular 

 patches of orange ; with rather distant revolving ridges and 

 faint longitudinal striae, undulating across the ribs and forming 

 thereon minute scales; last whorl obscurely coronated; aperture 

 pink within. Length, 28 mill. 



Habitat unknown. 

 C. ARCHON, Brod. PI. 7, figs. 26-29. 



Spire concavely elevated, not coronated ; body-whorl smooth, 

 slightly striate below ; irregularly marbled with chestnut and 

 white, with equidistant chestnut revolving lines bearing white 

 spots. Length, 1*5-2*75 inches. 



West Coast of Central America. 



C. castaneus, Kiener (fig. 27), is a synonym. 



Yar. GRANARIUS, Kiener. PI. 7, fig. 29. 



The white spots upon the revolving lines are granularly 

 elevated. 



C. sanguineus, Kiener (fig. 28), is a similar shell. 



