"C. Isabella, the orange-tip, with pale flesh-colour back, and the fauces orange-colour.
"C. Arabica is a common species in collections.
"C. mappa is varied with deep brown or yellow lines and spots: the dorsal line is laciniated.
"C. talpa, the mole, has the back fawn-colour, with three zones of pale yellow; the base and sides sometimes nearly black. It comes from Madagascar.
"C. vitellus, the fallow-deer, is fawn-colour, covered with small white spots: from the Indian Ocean.
"The wasp, C. asellus, is white, with three brown bands.
"C. helvola, the star-cowry, has the sides dark orange; the fawn-coloured back studded with small spots. It comes from the Maldives.
"C. moneta, the money-cowry, is generally white, sometimes yellow.
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