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C. PAULUCCT^E, Sowerby. PL 29, fig. 87. 



Shell elongated, rather solid, obsoletely striated, very obtusely 

 angulated behind and attenuated to the front; whitish, with 

 broad interrupted bands of orange, longitudinally streaked with 

 chestnut-brown, intersected by a net work of triangular orange 

 lines ; spire pyramidal, whorls faintly spirally grooved ; aperture 

 narrow, white. Length, 2'25 inches. 



Mauritius. 



The form is more tapering and surface smoother than C. 

 aureus. It is perhaps a variety of the next species. 



C. PYRAMIDALIS, Lam. PL 29, figs. 88, 89. 



Shell smooth, conical, finely striated at the base ; violaceous 

 or flesh-color, covered by chestnut or chocolate reticulations, 

 and doubly banded. Length, 1-75 inches. Australia. 



This species is not well understood ; with some of the figures 

 illustrating it ; C. Pauluccise seems to be very closely allied, whilst 

 Reeve's conception of it is a shell approaching G. textile. 

 C. convolutus, Sowb. (fig. 89), appears to differ only in its more 

 vivid coloring. 



C. GLORIA-MARIS, Hwass. PL 29, fig. 90 



White, finely reticulated with orange-brown lines, enclosing 

 triangular spaces, with three interrupted bands of chestnut 

 hieroglyphic markings. Length, 3-5 inches. 



Philippines. 



A magnificent and very rare species. 



C. RETIFER, Menke. PL 29, fig. 91. 



Shell pear-shaped, with revolving striae ; reticulated orange- 

 brown with large and small triangular white patches, and zigzag 

 longitudinal chocolate markings, mostly interrupted so as to 

 form one or two bands ; interior light violaceous. 



Length, 1 1/75 inches. 



Philippines to Sa,ndwich Islands. 



Equally well known under Sowerby 's name of C. solidus. Its 

 nearest ally is C. verriculum, Reeve, a stumpy variety of C. 

 textile. 



C. TEXTILE, Linn. PL 29, figs. 92-99 ; PL 30, figs. 100-7. 



Shell yellowish brown, with undulating longitudinal lines of 



