901 Mr. Gray's Additions to a 



47*. Cyprcsairrorata. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, albido purpurascente, punctis fulvis minutis, ad 

 laterum extremitates copiosioribus, adspersa; basi alba complanata; 

 aperturaangusta,postic^ contracta; labio exteriore acuto, dentibus parvis, 

 interiore postic^ incrassato, dentibus longis conicis. 



*' Cypraea irrorata." Solander's MSS. Humphreys's Cabinet. 



Inhabits South Sea. Humph. Mus. nost. 



Shell ovate, oblong, purplish white, ornamented with numerous scat- 

 tered minute fulvous dots, more crowded on the extremities of the edges; 

 base white, flat; aperture narrow, contracted behind, rather widened and 

 shelving inwards in front; outer lip acute, teeth small, close, except in 

 front; inner lip thickened behind, shelving in front, with long conical 

 teeth covering the front of the columella. 



When worn, pale rose red; base white; extremities with one ormore 

 brown speckles; spire conical, mostly covered. 



Axis f, diameter J of an inch. 



Mr. Stutchbury informs me that the best specimens of this shell were 

 obtained from the stomach of Siphunculus edulis. 



48. Cypr(Eafelina, add. 

 Icon. Wood's Cat. t. 17,/. 26. 



49. Cypraa errones, add. 



Cypraea ovata. Gmel., Syst. Nat. 3405. 



Cypraea subflava. Wood's Cat. 



Icon. Rumph. t. 39,/. E.cop. inPetiver, Amb. t. 16,/ 10. Wood's 

 Cat. 1. 17, f. 32. 



In Mr. Stutchbury's collection there are two interesting varieties of this 

 shell. One has the thickened pale fulvous margin extended half way up 

 the back of the shell, so as only to leave a narrow speckled band; and in 

 the second the black spot, which appears to be a coat laid on before the 

 thickening of the margin, is extended, and forms a dark edge to each side 

 of the shell just above the margin. 



50. Cypr<Ba icterina^ to be erased, being the young of C. moneta. 



