i4 Mr. Broderip on some new and rare Shells, 



shell to be a Voluta, He has observed this to me, and as I 

 believe that the observation has not been publicly made by him, 

 I wish it io be understood that the correction is not mine but his 

 own. I owe the possession of the very fine specimen, from which 

 the accompanying figure and present description are taken, to 

 Captain Marryat, R.N., who brought it to (his country : nor do I 

 know of any other, save that from which Mr, Swainson designed 

 his plate. The locality of the shell does not appear to be ac- 

 curately known. 



CypRiEA NivosA. — Snow-Jlecked Cowry. 



C. test^ ovata, sub-ventricosa, fusca, guttis punctisque albis 

 adspers^, subtus subalbida ; line^ dorsali ad latus dextrum ap- 

 proximante pallida, undulata. 



Mus. nost. 



Habitat ? 



Icon. Tab. 4. fig. 1. 



Shell oval, rather ventricose, above brownish, flecked and 

 dotted with white, pearl-coloured below; the dorsal line pale, 

 undulated and approaching to the right side. 



A shell at first sight bearing some resemblance to C. Vitellus^ 

 but which on a nearer inspection, will be found io differ materially 

 from it, both in form and colouring. C. nivosa is less ventricose 

 than C. Vitellus^ and its dorsal line, which approaches the right 

 side, reminds the observer of C. Mappa, though it is not so much 

 branched. I am indebted to the liberality of Captain Marryat, 

 R.N., for the addition of this shell to my cabinet. Its locality 

 does not appear to be known. 



CypRiEA RuaosA. 



C. test^ ovato-globosS, ; dorso gibbo ; ventre, labio, margini- 

 busque valde rugosis. 



Habitat ? fossilis. 



Icon. Tab. 4. fig. 2. 



Shell ovately-globbse, gibbous ; the ventral disc, lip and mar- 

 gins very deeply wrinkled. 



