186 CYPRjEA. 



C. LENTIGINOSA, Gray. PI. 15, figs. 20, 21. 



Bluish white, with three obscure bands of waved blotches, 

 freckled with yellowish- or reddish-brown spots, extremities 

 blackish brown ; teeth large, somewhat distant ; base whitish. 



Length, 1-3-1 '45 inches. 



Ceylon. 

 C. ZONATA, Chemn, PI. 15, figs. 22, 23, 11. 



Bluish or greenish, zoned across the middle with more or less 

 distinct waved spots, marbled fulvous-brown, sides and base 

 smoky brown, spotted with black, extremities painted black on 

 both sides ; teeth strong. Length, '95-l'3 inches. 



Mouth of^the Gambia River. 



G. nebulosa, Kiener (fig. 11), is a variety having a white base ; 

 the dorsal surface has a weathered appearance, and the marginal 

 spots, are pale reddish brown. 



C. PICTA, Gray. PL 15, figs. 30, 31. 



Distinguished from the preceding, to which it is closely allied, 

 by its angular form and depressed base ; the teeth are not so 

 strong, those on the inner lip being small and confined to the 

 inside of the aperture. Length, 1-1-3 inches. 



Gambia; Gape Verd Is. 



C. SANGUINOLENTA, Gmel. PI. 15, fig. 16, IT. 



Ashy purple, freckled with olive or light brown, and orna- 

 mented with a central brown blotch, sides and base purplish 

 white, covered with purple spots ; columellar teeth confined to 

 the inside of the aperture. Length, 1 inch. 



Gambia. 

 C. XANTHODON, Gray. PI. 15, figs. 24, 25. 



Bluish, dotted with minute orange specks, sides orange, 

 spotted with brown ; teeth and base fulvous yellow. 

 Length, 1*2-1-4 inches. 



Australia. 



Mr. John Brazier believes this to be a deep-water species ; 

 some of his specimens are nearly jet-black, with a dark olive 

 interior. 



C. PUNCTULATA, Gray. PI. 15, figs. 28, 29. 



Pale bluish, freckled with chestnut-brown, sides salmon-yellow, 



