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band ; sculptured all over with rows of minute, close-set, oblong 

 punctures, more numerous and distinct towards the base, which 

 is encircled by a number of narrow elevated ridges ; spire striate: 



Length, 20 mill. 



Port Jackson, Australia. 



Described by Angas as C. Mrtcalfei, a name preoccupied by 

 Reeve. 



C. INTERRUPTUS, Brod. PL 27, fig. 8 ; PL 19, figs. 100-2 ; PL 20, 

 figs. 3-5, 21. 



Shell long and narrow, with smooth elevated spire, body-whorl 

 striate towards the base, the stride sometimes minutely granular; 

 whitish, largely covered by longitudinal chocolate clouds, encir- 

 cled by numerous lines of minute chestnut spots; spire nearly 

 covered by chestnut or chocolate flam mules. 



Length, l'5-2'25 inches. 

 West Coast of Central America to Mazatlan, Cape Si. Lucas. 



Occasional!} 7 the entire body-whorl is covered with impressed 

 or raised striae, the latter smooth or granular. There are a 

 number of synonyms, none of them differing much from the 

 typical shells. These are C. maliogani, Reeve (figs. 1, 2), 

 C. Ximenes, Gray (fig. 100), C. monilifer, Brod-. (fig. 3), C. tor- 

 natus, Brod. (fig. 4), C. Pliilippii, Kiener (fig. 5). 



C. arcuatus, Brod. and Sowb., although differing much in form, 

 is still possibly an extreme variety of this species ; and I am 

 inclined to refer here also C. catenatus, Sowb. (fig. 21). 



Section XII. ActfATiNi. 

 i C/ielyconus, Morch. 



C. CATUS, Hwass. PL 20, figs. 6-10. 



Shell bulbous, with convex, striate spire ; bod} r -whorl striate, 



the striae rounded, usually obsolete above, granular below, olive, 



chestnut-, chocolate- or pink-brown, variously marbled and 



flecked with white, often faintly white-banded below the middle. 



Length, 1-25-1-75 inches. 



Pied Sea, Mauritius, Java, China, 



New Caledonia, Polynesia. 



C. equeSj Brug. (fig. 10), is probably a S3^nonym ; the species 

 is only known by the figure of which I give a copy. 



