168 CYPR^A. 



C. GOODALLI, Gray. PI. 4, figs. 43, 44. 



Delicate snowy white, conspicuously stained with a large, 

 irregular orange-brown blotch. Length, '5 inch. 



Lord Hood's /., 7V///mo///s. 



C. FUSCOMACULATA, Pease. PI. 20, fig. 47. 



Differs from the preceding in having the extremities painted 

 with a large conspicuous dark chestnut-brown spot on each side. 

 These are never absent even in specimens most weathered. 



Length, -37-'5 inch. 



L Apaian. 

 C. ADELINE, Roberts. PL 4, figs. 46, 47. 



More depressed than C. Goodalli,&nd the canary-colored base is 

 more flattened, back bluish. The marginal spots extend some- 

 what over the base. Length, '5 inch. 



Hab. ? 



This shell was described and figured by Sowerby in Thes. 

 Conch, as C.fuscomaculala,Gra,y MSS. Pease having preoccu- 

 pied the name, 1 have changed it as above. 



This species seems to be the connecting link between C. 

 Goodalli, and C. contaminate, . 



C. CONTAMINATA, Gray. PI. 4, figs. 48, 49. 



Pale purple, ornamented with a large chestnut blotch, base 

 orange, a few of the marginal spots extend over the base. 

 Length, *5-*6 inch. 



Indian and Pacific Ocean*. 



C. FIMBRIATA, Gmel. PL 5, figs. 76-78. 



Pale slate-color, minutely freckled with olive-brown, and orna- 

 mented with a brown central band which sometimes appears 

 double, and at other times as an indistinct blotch ; extremities 

 conspicuously stained with violet, the marginal spots are not 

 numerous and extend somewhat over the base, which is whitish. 



Length, -5-1 inch. 



Indian Ocean, Australia, Paumotux. 



A species which is extremely variable in size, but always dis- 

 tinguishable by the violet painting of the extremities. The 

 young shell is dull pink and the central band is more marked. 



