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CON US. 



terraneus, but very close in coloring, and may be only a rather 

 distant variety of that species. 



C. MEDITERRANEUS, Hwass. PL 20, fig. 26 ; PL 21, figs. 25-31. 



Shell yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous ; sometimes 

 chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; 

 and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, 

 light band below the middle ; spire elevated, rudely gradate, 

 maculated; interior light chocolate, with a light band. 



Length, 1-5-2-25 inches. 



Mediterranean, Portugal, West Africa. 



C. hybridus, Kiener, C. Franciscanus, Hwass (fig. 26), a dark- 

 colored variety, and numerous other names have been applied to 

 varieties of this species, recent and fossil. 



Yar. ADANSONI, Lam. PL 21, fig. 27-29. 



Shell more cylindrical. 



West Africa. 



C. Jamaicensis, Sowb. (fig. 28), and C. Bruguieri, Kiener 

 (fig. 27), are synonyms. C. Tamsianus, Dunker (fig. 29), 

 appears to be a younger shell. 



Var. CCERULESCENS (Chemn.), Auct. PL 21, figs. 30, 31. 



Shell more conical, with broader shoulder and shorter spire. 



West Africa. 

 C. aemulus, Reeve (fig. 31), is a synonym. 



C. ALTISPIRATUS, Sowb. PL 21, fig. 32. 



Shell fusiform, with much elevated spire, and narrow body- 

 whorl, sulcate below ; white, apex pink-tinted. 



Length, 1-5 inches. 



Agulhas Bank, So. Africa. 



Q. CASTUS, Reeve. PL 21, fig. 33. 



Shell turbinated, a little inflated, smooth ; yellow, encircled by 

 a few faint, very finely black-dotted lines, at irregular distances ; 

 spire smooth, apex rose-tinted. Length, -75 inch. 



Red Sea (Sowerby). 



A doubtful species. 



C. MADURENSIS, Hwass. PL 21, fig. 34. 



Shell yellowish or chestnut-brown, with an irregular light band 



