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CERITHIUM. 



C. KOBELTI, Dunker. PI. 25, fig. 67. 



Yellowish brown, varicose, roughly nodulous, with decussating 

 sculpture ; whorls 8-9, convex, with deep suture ; lip thickened, 

 grooved within. Diam. 23 mill. 



Japan. 



C. ISSELII, Pagenstecher. PI. 25, fig. 68. 



Whorls 8, convex, decussated by close, fine longitudinal and spiral 

 sculpture, brownish. Length, 22 mill. 



Red Sea. 



Unknown to me. 



. EGENUM, Gould. PI. 25, fig. 70. 



Whitish, with small brownish dots at the base ; whorls about 10, 

 nearly flat, spirally threaded, last whorl somewhat swollen, varicose. 



Length, 9 mill. 



Wilson's Isl 



Reeve's figure does not represent this' species. 



. IANTHINUM, Gould. PI. 25, figs. 71, 72. 



Light, violaceous, the suture, lip and varices white, with close, 

 spiral, thread-like, somewhat granose striae. Length, 9 mill. 



Clermont Tonnere; Ins. Bourbon. 



C. aspersum, Desh. (fig. 72), from the last-named locality, is a 

 synonym. 



. MAILLARDI, Crosse. PL 25, figs. 73, 74. 



Greyish white, with small interrupted dark spiral lines , whorls 

 11, convex, quadrisulcate and granular, with frequent varices. 



Length, 8 mill. 



Ins. Bourbon. 



I doubt whether this is distinct from the last species. It was first 

 described by Desh ayes as C. Crossei, a name preoccupied by Tiberi. 



C. MACULOSUM, Mighels. PI. 26, figs. 75, 76. 



Club-shaped, with spiral striae, and longitudinal wrinkles on the 

 upper part of the whorls, which are a little concavely shouldered ; 

 shining white, irregularly blotched and spotted with chestnut or 

 chocolate, sometimes covering most of the surface, at other times 

 faint, and sparse. Length, 9 mill. 



Sandwich and Viti Is. ; Mauritius. 



C. Nassoides, Sowb. (fig. 76), is a synonym. 



