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looks like C. macula, but the teeth, which on the inner lip are 

 reddish brown, have the peculiar appearance of those of C. pyri- 

 forw /s. 



C. WAUvKKi. Gnu. PL 15, figs. 10, 14, 15; PL 17, fig. 68; PL 

 14, ligs. 1,2. 



Bluish white, three-banded, freckled with minute yellowish 

 In-own specks, sides yellowish, brown-spotted, base and inter- 

 stices between the teeth purple-violet, teeth small, those on the 

 inner lip numerous. Length, -75-l'2 inches. 



Australia (rare), New Caledonia, New Guinea. 



Mr. John Brazier believes this to be a deep-water species. 



The variety Bregeriana, Crosse (PL 15, figs. 14, 15), has an 

 orange-red base and the extremities are spotted, margins 

 besprinkled with line white specks, imbedded in the enamel 

 similar to those in C. tedudinaria. 



C. amabilis, Jousseaume (PL 14, figs. 1, 2), is a variety, the 

 extremities of which are more produced and somewhat recurved, 

 the bands are narrower, and the marginal spots fewer in number, 

 the purple tinting is confined to the inner lip. Length, '75 inch. 



The figure here given is copied from a drawing kindly com- 

 municated by Dr. Jousseaume. 



Group B. - Shell smooth, margined. 

 * Margins not pitted. 



C. NIGROPUNCTATA, Gray. PL 15, figs. 18, 19. 



Bluish, freckled with pale fulvous-brown, sides closely dotted 

 with black, base yellowish, teeth sharply cut. 



Length, 1-35-1-55 inches. Galapagos Is. 



\\KIUJYI, Kien. PL 15, fig. 9. 



Whitish, obscurely four-banded, closely painted with unequal 

 cln-st nut-brown spots, sides and base brownish yellow, sides and 

 extremities dotted blackish brown, teeth whitish. 



Length, 1'2-lMJ inches. Gulf of California. 



The C.ferrwjinosa of the same author is an inferior example 

 of this species. 



This species has been incorrectly credited to the Gambia R., 

 W. Africa, and the Cape Yerd Is. 

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