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(Krauss). Very common in the Red Sea and on many 

 Indian and Indo-Pacific coasts. I have not met with it 

 among South African shells. 



CYPR.EACAPENSJS, Gray, Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 320, fig. 

 306. Port Elizabeth. Confined to the South-African coast. 



EDENTULA, Soiverby, Conch. Illustr. No. 102, 

 . 26; Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 320, figs. 313, 314. Pott 

 Elizabeth. Confined to the South African coast. 



CYPR.EA ALGOENSIS, Gray, Sowerby, Conch. Illust. 

 No. 101, fig. 26; The*. Conch/vol. iv. pi. 320, figs. 311, 312. 

 -This species is very rare in Algoa Bay. 



CYPR^EA SIMILIS, Gray, Sowerby, Conch. Illust. No. 103, 

 fig. 27; Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 320, figs. 300, 301. Var. 

 C. castanea (Higgins), Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 320, figs. 

 302, 303. I have only seen one specimen in perfect con- 

 dition of this species, but bleached ones turn up occasion- 

 ally. I am convinced that C. castanea (Higgins) is the 

 same species. 



CYPR.EA AMPHITHALES, Melvill, Mem. Manchester Lit, 

 and Phil. Soc. 1888, Ser. 4, vol. i. p. 221, pi. 2, fig. 19.- 

 Port Elizabeth (very rare). 



CYPR^EA FUSCO- DENTATA, Gray, Sowerby, Conch. Illust. 

 No. 103, fig. 27 ; Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 320, figs. 298, 299. 

 -Worn specimens are not uncommon at Port Elizabeth, but 

 the shell is seldom found perfect. 



CYPR^EA CRUENTA, Gmelin, Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 314, 

 fig. 385. = C. variolaria (Lamarck). This species, common 

 on the coast of Mauritius, and on various Indian and Indo- 

 Pacific shores, has, as far as I know, only been found dead at 

 Port Elizabeth. 



CYPR^EA CAPUT-SERPENTIS, Linn., Thes. Conch, vol. iv. 

 pi. 304, figs. 72, 73. This very common species is but rarely 

 found on the South-African coast, 



CYPR^EA FIMBRIATA, Gmelin, Thes. Conch, vol. iv. pi. 323, 

 figs. 390, 391. Natal coast (Krauss), Port Elizabeth 

 (Bairstow). Widely distributed from Mauritius to the Sand- 

 wich Islands, Japan, Borneo, and Australia. 



