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Tryon says : " Closely allied to C. textile, but the spire has a con- 

 vex outline"; " bodywhorl obscurely spirally ribbed below; yellowish- 

 brown, with reddish-brown longitudinal stripes, interrupted by four 

 revolving bands of white spots, and occasional white spots on the 

 . darker surface." 1 



(p) Abbates. 



The texture and markings fine, form pyramidal, spire as a rule more 

 depressed than in the first group. 



C. abbas Brug.- — Very beautifully and intricately marked with 

 smaller reticulations ; a remarkably constant form, though variable in 

 size. My largest specimen is 63 mm. in length, smallest 25 mm. It 

 is not an uncommon Philippine species. 



C. panniculus Lam. — Slightly more ventricose than C. abbas, of 

 which many authors consider it a variety. The markings are, however, 

 darker, and cover the surface more uniformly, almost obliterating the 

 spiral ochreous or chestnut bands. From the Sandwich Isles and 

 Philippines. 



1. textilinus Kien. — Conically pyramidal, but otherwise as in C. 

 panniathcs. The original type of Kiener's, which I possess, shews the 

 markings more chestnut-coloured and brown. 



C. corbula Sowb. — Of particularly effuse growth, ventricose, very 

 closely longitudinally lineated, the lines interwoven. 



1. euetrios Sowb. — Slightly more roundly tapering than the last, to 

 which it closely approaches. Markings even, more interwoven and 

 regular, lowest whorl twice banded with purplish tinge of reticulations. 

 The type of this is unique in my collection. Locality unknown. 



C. archiepiscopus Hwass. — Somewhat curt, solid, with longitu- 

 dinal lines, most closely and beautifully interwoven, the spaces forming 

 almost circular small white contiguous spaces. A particularly richly 

 ornamented species ; it cannot be denied that intermediates exist 

 between this and C. panniculus, the form, however, is not nearly so 

 ventricose. A rare inhabitant of the eastern archipelago. 



C. victorise Reeve. — Very distinct, being of light growth when 

 compared with any of its congeners ; the three spiral bands on the 

 last whorl are ochreous, inlaid with much blackish or cinereous suf- 

 fusion ; the network is peculiarly thin and delicate. 



1. complanatus Sowb. — A colour variety only, with much lighter 

 bands and less fine reticulations. Both this species and its variety 

 are from Australia, and are extra-tropical. 



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1 Man. Conch., Comis, vol. 6, p. 91, 1884. 



