i:!4 < i KITHUM. 



. Hoinhr. et Jacq., C. nfi^;irinn, and ('. </<,inn/tt<in 

 ~.X). of the >ame authors, ( '. cur/nimirniiii. S\vh.. not Phil., 

 \Miov. and r. mnni/if, run,. I>nfrc-ne li-. 36 . aiv >yiioiiym.-. 



Var. rABOBQATUM, t^uoy. Fig>- 41. 18, 15, K~>, f>6. 



E. A. Smith, in the Mollusca of the Alert Kxpedition, refei 



/'itum. (^uoy, to the preredinir species; judging t'roin the origi- 

 nal ti.L r ure. and a large scries of >peciniens evidently identical with 

 it, nnc of them having the varix on the hack, I helievc that it i- a 

 -mall variety of ( '. ///o/v/x, averaging 1") mill, in length, tcssellatel 

 .r irre.irularly variegated with dark hrown on the tubercles, the 

 aperture often violaceous. As to the C. ruriryiituni figured in 

 Eteeve'e Ic-.nica . figs. 29-31), that appears to represent variations of 

 ( '. imn-ii* depending on the slight development of tubercles and 

 lighter, blotched coloring, but is much closer to the type than (^u<.y'> 

 i(*. 



C. liuiiu'/t-. Dunker (fig. 66), C. ntvoMMt, S>wl>. (fig. 4", < '. 

 gemma, S.,\vb. (fig. 41), C. rW//o/-//m-, Sowb. (fig. 4'-', and C. 

 unit ma, Hombr. et Jacq. (fig. 65), are probably synonyms. 



Var. CM i I;NS, Bayle. Figs. 36, 37,47. 



The longitudinal ribs more developed, making the tubercles 

 larger and more irregular in development; yellowish white or greyish 

 irreirularly blotched and spotted with chocolate, sometimes chocolate 

 color with whitish markings. 



Poly 



\ much rougher shell than the typical ('. morn*, the tuberele- 



larger and the intermediate spiral stria- faint or obsolete. Tsually 



jni/.ed as a .-pecics, tinder the name of ( '. rnf/oi<in. Wood, which 



is preoccupied by Lamarck for a fossil species. The characters 



appear to merge gradually into those of the type. < '. fulxmi/iittDU, 



870*1 [ooniOA, i- a >ynnym, and ( '. /////.>/>////>, Hombr. et ,Iac|. 



17 . i- a .-mail form of it. 



Var. BIFAft IATIM. S..\\b. FfgB. -". ( ., 40, 55. 



White, with a chestnut band on the spire, and two bands on the 

 body whorl. 



PhiKppi 



Probably < '. rittiifmn, Sowb. (fig. 55), changed by Haylc to C. 



nU8, because of the to^il < '. r/'/////////. Lam., is a depauperate 



y. -ling -hell of thi- form. I add C. nit/rnf,i.rinfnin, Sowb. .fig. 40). 



