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and basal bands ; spire striated and maculated ; base of shell 

 striated, the strise sometimes granular. Length, l'75-2*25 inches. 

 Red Sea, East Africa, Ceylon, Philippines, 



Australia, New Caledonia. 



C. VITULTNUS, Hwass. PL 14, figs. 86, 87 ; PL 15, fig. 88. 



Orange-brown to chocolate, with white longitudinal macula- 

 tions disposed in bands at the shoulder and below the middle ; 

 lower part of body-whorl with granular strise; spire striate and 

 maculate. Length, 1*5-2 inches. 



Ceylon to Philippines and Polynesia. 



Is probably only a variety of the preceding species, from which 

 it is distinguished by the more longitudinal form of the white 

 blotches, and the absence of the close revolving color-lines. 



Yar. CARPENTERI, Crosse. PL 15, fig. 88. 



Chestnut-brown, with continuous yellowish bands at the 

 shoulder and middle ; spire maculated with chestnut and white. 



Length, 46 mill. 



New Guinea. 

 C. AUGUR, Hwass. PL 15, fig. 89. 



Shell creamy white, encircled by close rows of very small 

 chestnut dots, with two bands of irregular brown markings, one 

 above, the other below the middle of the body-whorl ; spire 

 maculated with brown. Length, 1 '75-2*25 inches. 



Ceylon. 

 C. LIGNARIUS, Reeve. PL 15, figs. 90-93. 



Pale brown, with fine close lines of chestnut-brown, and one 

 or two paler bands; shoulder somewhat obtuse ; spire concavely 

 elevated, with acute apex, uniform pale brown. Length, 2 inches. 



Philippines. 

 Var. FURVUS, Reeve. PL 15, figs. 91, 92. 



Revolving lines broken up into minute dots, form somewhat 

 narrower, some of the spire-whorls finely beaded. Scarcely a 

 variety. C. Cecilei, Kiener (fig. 92), is identical.. 



Yar. FASCIATUS, Kiener. PL 15, fig. 93. 



Lines of dots more distant, whitish, with irregular light brown 

 bands above and below the middle, base brown-tinted. 



Length, 2 inches. 



