34 CONUS. 



C. TEGULATUS, Sowerby. PI. 9, fig. 71. 



Shell rather narrow, with concavely elevated spire ; body- 

 whorl distantly sulcate throughout, between the sulci planilirate ; 

 white, with chestnut linear spots arranged in longitudinal flam- 

 mules, giving a tessellated appearance, and forming two obscure 

 bands. Length, 21 mill. 



China Sea. 

 C. MACABRE, Bernardi. PI. 9, fig. 12. 



Orange-brown, with fine, close, faint chestnut revolving lines, a 

 white band on the middle and another at the shoulder of the 

 body-whorl, both marked or bordered by irregular chestnut 

 blotches. Length, 40 mill. 



Mauritius. 

 C. MONILE, Hwass. PI. 9, fig. 73. 



Spire nearly plane, with raised apex, chestnut-flamed ; body- 

 whorl closely striate below, and generally chestnut-stained at 

 the base ; white, with oblique flames, spots and short lines of 

 chestnut arranged in revolving series. 



Length, 2-2*5 inches. 



Ceylon, Java, Philippines. 



C. GENERALIS, Linn. PL 9, fig. 74 ; PL 27, fig. 4. 



Spire rather plane, with acuminate, raised apex; orange-brown 

 to chocolate, irregularly white-banded at the shoulder, in the 

 middle, and at the base, the bands overlaid with zigzag or irreg- 

 ular chocolate-colored markings. Length, 2'5 inches. 

 Red Sea, Ceylon, Isle of Bourbon, E. Africa, 



E. Indies, Philippines, N. Caledonia. 

 C. spiroglossus, Desh. (fig. 4), is a juvenile of this species. 



. MALDIVUS, Hwass. PL 9, fig. 75 ; PL 10, fig. 76. 



Shell encircled by distant revolving lines of small spots ; 

 sometimes irregularly clouded with white, not forming bands ; 

 at other times irregularly banded. Length, 2-3 inches. 



Eed Sea, Ceylon, Mas/car ene and Maldiue Is. 



Is possibly only a variety of C. generalis. 



C. TRAVERSIANUS, Smith. PL 10, fig. 86. 



Shell narrow, distantly sulcate, the upper sulci nearly obsolete ; 

 pale pink, with two broad orange-red bands, and with revolving 



