ATILIA. H5 



C. CONSPERSA, Gask. PI. 52, figs. 77-81. 



Spire and upper part of body-whorl more or less obsoletely 

 and distantly plicate ; white, marbled and reticulated with 

 chestnut, forming a white band at the suture and another on 

 the periphery; body-whorl strongly contracted, with revolving 

 striae below ; lip externally varicose, dentate within, the margin 

 sinuous behind ; columella conspicuously folded, the upper fold 

 largest; canal recurved. Length, 12-15 mill. 



Philippines, N. E. Australia, New Caledonia, Andaman Is. 



The original figures of C. iodostoma, Gask. (fig. 78), and G. 

 puella, Sowb. (fig. 79), are more strongly plicate and darker 

 colored than man}' of the specimens before rne, yet they are 

 undoubtedly synonymous with the smooth form of C. conspersa, 

 from which the original figure and description of that species 

 were made. I add a figure from a specimen (fig. 80) of a nearly 

 smooth example, showing a usual state of the species. C. con- 

 taminata, Gask. (fig. 81), is to be referred here. 



C. SUGILLATA, Reeve. PI. 52, fig. 86. 



Shell ovate, livid brown or purple, spire turreted, whorls tuber- 

 cularly ribbed round the upper part, tubercles white ; aperture 

 somewhat squarely ovate, lip slightly varicose, angled at the 

 upper part, denticulated within. Length, 12 mill. 



China Seas, Philippines. 



C. SAGITTA, Gaskoin. PI. 52, figs. 83-85. 



Shell narrow, smooth, shining; pale brown, longitudinally 

 strigated, maculated or reticulated with chestnut, with usually 

 a band on the periphery and sometimes another at the suture, 

 articulated with white and chestnut, sometimes sagittiform. 



Length, 8 mill. 



Sandwich Islands, Paumotus, Viti Islands, Solomon's Is. 



This species was described as from Africa and West Indies, 

 but these habitats have not been confirmed ; on the other hand 

 the description applies closely to a common Polynesian species, 

 and this identification is concurred in by a number of concholo- 

 gists. The only figure of the species hitherto given is by Reeve ; 

 it is a poor representation of the usual state of the shell besides 

 being three times its size without any mention of its having 

 been enlarged. I give this figure, however (fig. 83). Pease de- 

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