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grooved below ; yellowish brown, variously longitudinally covered 

 with zigzag chestnut or chocolate markings ; sometimes almost 

 or quite covered with chocolate. Length, 1*75 inches. 



New Caledonia. 

 Distinguished by its sharp shoulder and coloration. 



C. MACEI, Crosse. PL 19, fig. 80. 



Shell rather thin, smooth under a thin epidermis; whitish, 

 with chestnut longitudinal flames ; base of body-whorl finely 

 sulcate ; aperture pale violaceous. Length, 38 mill. 



Vizagapatam (Madras), India. 



C. TIMORENSTS, Hwass. PL 19, fig. 81. 



Shell smooth, striate towards the base; rosy white, with 

 orange-rose clouds and distant revolving series of spots. 



Length, T5 inches. 



Timor, Flares, etc. 

 C. JANUS, Hwass. PL 19, fig. 82. 



Spire concavely elevated, striate ; body-whorl narrow, with 

 rounded shoulder, and distantly sulcate below ; whitish or 

 yellowish, indistinctly three-banded by yellowish brown or 

 chestnut longitudinal markings ; spire maculated. 



Length, 2-2'5 inches. 



Cochin China, Philippines. 



C. JICKELTT, WeinkaufF. PL 19, fig. 83. 



Shell white, with chocolate, irregular, longitudinal markings, 

 and quadrangular spots in revolving series. Length. 2 inches. 



Red Sea. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, of which it may 

 be only a variety. 



C. INSCRIPTUS, Reeve. PL 19, figs. 84, 85. 



Shell rather solid, smooth, grooved towards the base ; ash- 

 white, with dark chestnut hieroglyphic characters, interrupted 

 by revolving series of spots in the middle and at the base. 



Length, 1'4 inches. 



Red Sea, Sei/rheUcv. 



C. Keafii, Sowb. (fig. 85), varies slightly in the disposition of 

 the color-markings. The species has a sharper shoulder than 

 C. Janus, but is too closely allied to that species. 



