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with } T ellowish brown hi the middle, with one or two interrupted 

 inferior and narrower bands below, apex pink-tinted. Epidermis 

 thick. Length, 3*5 inches. 



Habitat unknown. 



Closely allied to C. fuluotinctus, but not so much attenuated 

 at the base, spire less elevated, epidermis thicker, more banded. 



C. MAGUS, Linn. PI. 15, figs. 3-10; PL 16, figs. 11-14. 



Spire moderate, striate, body-whorl long and rather cylin- 

 drical, closely striate below ; white, clouded with bluish ash, 

 orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate, everywhere encircled by 

 narrow chocolate interrupted lines, often separated into some- 

 what distant dots, middle of body-whorl usually irregularly 

 fasciate with white ; spire tessellated with chestnut or chocolate. 



Length, 2-3 inches. 



Madagascar, Borneo, Australia, N. Caledonia, 



Philippines, etc. 



This beautiful and common species is very variable in pattern 

 and shade of coloring and embraces a large synonymy. 1 place 

 here C. raphanus, Hwass (fig. 4), G. consul, Boivin (fig. 5), C. 

 Indicus, G. Circse, C. fenellus,&nd C. clandvstinus, of Chemnitz, 

 C. striolatus, Kiener (fig. 6), G. Borneemis, Sowb., not Ad. and 

 Reeve (fig. 7), and G. assimilis, A. Ad. (fig. 8\ 



Var. FRAUENFELDI, Crosse. PI. 15, fig. 9. 



Yellowish or cream-color, with a few irregular longitudinal 

 chestnut or chocolate markings ; spire sparsely maculated. 



Madagascar. 

 Var. ROLLANDI, Bernardi. PL 16, fig. 11. 



Surface covered by equidistant striee, more prominent at the 

 base ; white with irregular longitudinal cloudings of chestnut. 



Yar. METOALFEI, Reeve. PL 15, fig. 10. 



Shell encircled with granular striae, spotted with orange-brown ; 

 there are irregular cloudings of orange-brown, and a central 

 white band. 



Var. EPISTOMIUM, Reeve. PL 16, figs. 12-14. 



Shell rather narrow, thin ; white, irregularly clouded with 

 orange brown, forming an irregular central white band ; shoulder 

 sharply carimited, spire maculated ; base grooved or striate. 



