30 CONUS. 



C. NOBILIS, Linn. PL 8, figs. 4T-49. 



Spire depressed, with sulcate and finely striate volutions, 

 shoulder-angle sharp ; yellowish brown or chestnut, with close 

 revolving lines of numerous small chestnut spots, whole surface 

 irregularly overlaid by triangular large white spots. 



Length, 2-2'5 inches. 



Philippines, Moluccas, Andaman Is. 



C. cordigerus, Sowb. (fig. 48), and G. victor, Brod. (fig. 49), are 

 synonyms. 



C. TIIALASSIARCHUS, Gray. PL 8, figs. 50, 51. 



Spire depressed and nearly smooth, with a sharp angle ; white, 

 longitudinally and angularly reticulated with chestnut lines, 

 chocolate-tinted at the base ; sometimes with an irregular central 

 white band covered by revolving lines of spots, and occasionally 

 with yellowish bands above and below the latter and similarly 



spotted. Length, 2-3 inches. 



Philippines, Eed Sea (Jickeli). 



C. castrensis, Grould, has priority of publication, but as that 

 name has not obtained currency, it is, perhaps, best not to 

 revive it. 



C. AMADIS (Martini), Auct. PL 8, fig. 52. 



Spire striate, channeled, concavely elevated, sharp-pointed, 

 shoulder-angle sharp ; lower part of body-whorl punctured- 

 grooved; orange-brown to chocolate-colored, thickly covered 

 with lar^e and small subtriangular white spots, which by their 

 varied disposition sometimes form a white central band, or dark 

 bands ^bove and below the centre the latter occasionally bearing 

 articulated revolving lines. Length, 2*5-3'5 inches. 



Ceylon, Java, New Caledonia, Polynesia. 



C. WEINKAUFFII, Lobbecke. PL 8, fig. 53. 



Spire gradate ; body-whorl striate towards the base ; whitish, 

 encircled by numerous alternate rows of large and small oblong 

 chocolate blotches. Length, 80 mill. 



New Caledonia. 

 C. COXENI, Brazier. PL 9, fig. 58. 



Shell fusiform, thick, heavy, with twenty deep, spiral punctated 



