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Section X. Meta, Reeve. 



Shell coniform, with short, conic spire ; aperture narrow, 

 linear ; outer lip nearly straight, crenulated within. 



C. PHILIPPINARUM, Reeve. PL 59, figs. 79-82; PL 60, figs. 



83-87. 



Shell white, with longitudinal zigzag lines and spots of 

 chestnut, sometimes widened and darkened so as to form an 

 interrupted superior revolving band ; aperture usually white 



within. Length, '75-1-1 inches. 



Batavta, Philippines. 



With this species I unite C. epamella, Duclos (fig. 81). The 

 following are all probable varieties of C. Philippinarum. 



Var. CONIFORMIS, Sowb. Fig. 82. 



Whorls rather sharply angled at the upper part, the spire 

 superficially channeled ; white, closely reticulated with chestnut 



or chocolate. Length, I'l inches. 



Habitat unknown. 

 Var. CEDO-NULLI, Reeve. Figs. 83-87. 



Shell chestnut, conspicuously blotched with white, sometimes 

 forming a sutural band of alternating white and chestnut spots. 

 C. Dupontise, Kiener (fig. 84), and C. macrostoma, Anton (fig. 85) 

 appear to be synonyms ; the latter not fully adult. 



Yar. DUBIA, Sowb. Figs. 86, 87. 



Shell orange or rosy orange, sometimes with a central band of 

 white and chestnut spots. 



Section XL St'Ombina, Morch. 



Shell fusiform, turriculated ; spire elevated, sharp; whorls 

 gibbous, nodulous ; inner lip with a rather thick callus ; outer 

 lip thick, sinuous behind ; anterior canal well formed. The 

 group is characteristic of the warm and tropical seas of the 

 West Coast of America. 



C. BICANALIFERA, Sowb. PL 60, fig. 88. 



Shell smooth, spirally grooved at the base; lip expanded and 

 margined externally, thickened and finely crenulated within, 

 rostrated posteriorly and separated from the body-whorl by a 

 deep channel ; pale livid, longitudinally painted with waved 



