CONUS. 25 



dermis yellowish olive, very thin, usually persistent in a very 

 broad band upon the body-whorl, but absent from narrow 

 shoulder and basal bands, which, with the spire, are white. 



Length, 1-1*25 inches. 



Tasmania. 



Section VI. VARII. 



Coronaxis, Stephanoconus and Leptoconux, in part. 

 C. AUBANTIUS, Hwass. PI. 6, figs. 6, 7. 



Shell with elevated, tuberculated spire; surface irregularly 

 clouded with chestnut or orange and white, and minutely marked 

 with interrupted narrow brown or orange revolving lines, more 

 or less broken up into articulations ; upon the lower half of the 

 body-whorl these lines become striae, and are distantly, minutely 

 granular. Length, 1-5-2 inches. 



Philippines, Moluccas, New Caledonia. 



A narrow shell, with more conical spire than the common West 

 Indian species, C. nebulosus. G. leucostictus, GmeL, includes 

 several species ; Sowerby's identification of it may be placed 

 here. 



C. VARIUS, Linn. PL 6, figs. 8-10. 



White, marbled with orange, rose, chestnut or chocolate, with 

 sometimes revolving lines of spots ; spire with rather small 

 tubercles, basal half of body-whorl with revolving grooves, 

 upper Imlf of body -whorl with revolving rows of tubercles, which 

 become more distinct towards the spire. Length, 25-40 mill. 



Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Moluccas. 



The synonyms include C. interruptus, Ma we (fig. 10) = C. 

 pulchellus, Sowjb., not Swains., = C. Hwassi, A. Ad. 



C. SUPERSCRIPTS, Sowb. PL 6, fig. 11. 



Shell smooth, strongly grooved anteriorly; whitish tinged 

 with blue, irregularly ornamented with large yellowish blotches, 

 and encircled by numerous narrow bands composed of letter-like 

 spots ; spire grooved, maculated ; aperture tinged with purplish 

 brown. Length, 27 mill. 



Madagascar. 



Described from a single specimen in the collection of the 

 Marchioness Paulucci, Florence. 



