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C. EBRÆUS. _C._ ovatus albus fasciis nigris ex maculis transversis.
"Pet. Gaz. t. 99. f. 12." was quoted.
C. STERCUS-MUSCARUM. _C._ emarginatus, basi striatus, spiræ anfractibus
canaliculatis.
Of the two species confounded under this designation the _C. arenarius_
appeared as a variety in the manuscript. Of the typical form "Spira
lævi," "Pet. Gaz. t. 75. f. 1," and "Rumph. Mus. t. 33. f. Z," were
cited as illustrations; the other synonyms were ascribed to "Var.
α. coronatus spinis obtusis." The colouring was not mentioned.
C. VARIUS. _C._ scabro-coronatus, elongatus, spira coronata acuta.
C. GRANULATUS. _C._ scaber inermis, striis lævibus.
The original size indicated was "magnitudine coryli."
C. MAGUS. _C._ subcylindricus, fasciis longitudinalibus albo punctatis.
The erroneous figure of d'Argenville was not referred to; and the
32, Q (as in the 'Systema'), not 34, A, of Rumphius was quoted as
illustrative. The final remark had been interpolated by Linnæus.
C. STRIATUS. _C._ ovato-oblongus gibbus nebulosus, striis tenuissimis
parallelis fuscis.
The "Cæterum testa minus ante convoluta est," is a press addition. "Pet.
Gaz. t. 98. f. 9." was correctly cited.
C. TEXTILE. _C._ pictus venis reticulatis luteis, maculis luteis
fuscisque.
The intended name (_C. drador_) was an amusing specimen of conchological
Latin: it was of course borrowed from d'Argenville's appellation of
"_Drap d'or_." "Columella ad postica quasi replicata est" was added in
the printing; the "luteo" was originally "albo"; the "subconica" was
"anfractibus subconicis"; and there was no mention of a variety.
C. AULICUS. _C._ pictus venis reticulatis fasciisque longitudinalibus
interruptis fuscis.
"Columella postice replicata est," and the objectionable "obovato-sub,"
were not in the copy. No figures were cited in the original catalogue.
C. SPECTRUM. _C._ cærulescens, flavo-nebulosus, punctis striisque
alboluteis.
The original description did not comprise those characteristics which
are so much at variance with the essentials of the _C. spectrum_ of
authors. The following passages were omitted: "gibba, minus arcte
convoluta" (this replaced "conica"), "Columella postice striata et
replicata. Intus testa sub-cærulescens," "mucrone cingulis granulato."
C. BULLATUS. _C._ flavus, albo nebulosus.
The account of the variety, and the "vix tuberculata," were absent from
the manuscript.
C. GEOGRAPHUS. _C._ oblongus gibbus coronatus.
The Rumphian name was the one attached to this species in the written
copy.
C. TEREBELLUM. _C._ scaber inermis, striis tuberculatis.
The synonyms attached to the published details were "Gualt. Test. t.
25. f. L.--Arg. Conch. t. 16. f. P.--Rumph. t. 33. f. EE." Now these
harmonize with both the heading and the description, and clearly
indicate the _C. Nussatella_ of the 'Systema'!
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