370 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cz/prceidcB. 



convex, and the margin of the outer lip slightly and abruptly 

 thickened ; the mouth is narrow, linear, curved at each end, and 

 rather longer than the body of the shell, extending a little 

 beyond the concealed spire; the teeth are small, close together, 

 and equal. 



Length f , breadth ^ of an inch. 



This shell is feasiiy distinguished by its pure white colour and 

 globular form. 



100. Cyprcea Pediculus. — Louse Cowry. 



Test^ ovata, ventricosa, albido-rubella, punctis sex fuscis ma- 

 culata; striis longi(udinalibus, confertis, subgranosis ; linea dor- 

 sali angusta, impressa; basi carnescente, planiuscula; apertura 

 lineari, postice subproductS, ; dentlbus aequaiibus. 



Cypraea Pediculus (Indica). Linn. Syst. Nat. 1180. Schroeter^ 

 Einl. i. 129. GmeliUy 3418. Schreiber^ Conch, i. 76. Fayrau^ 

 deau^ Cat. 171. 



Cypraea Pediculus. Var. a. Born.^ Mas. 193. 



Cypraea Pediculus. Lamarck^ Ann. Mus, xvi. 103. Hist. vli. 

 403. Blainville, Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 24. 



Cypraea sulcata. Dillizi/n, R.S. i. 466. 



Icon. Lister, Conch, i. 706. f. 56. Gualt. Test. i. 15. f. P. 

 Jirgenville^ Conch. 1. 18. f. L. Zoomorph. t. 3. f. I. K. Favanne^ 

 t. 29. f. H. 1. Knorr, Vergn. vi. t. 17. f. 6. Martini^ Conch. 

 i. t. 29. f. 310. 311. Ency. Method, t. 356. f. 1. a. 



1. Licompleta. Testa laivigat^, subliueata. 



2. Junior. Testa iaevissima, polita. 



0. suffusa. Maculis dorsalibus suffusis, confluentibus. 



Inhabits the West Indian Ocean. Jamaica, Barbadoes, Lister. 

 Mediterranean ? Blainville. Corsica, rare, Payraudeau. 



Shell ovate, ventricoso, reddish-white, with six irregular squarish 

 brown spots, three of which are on each side of the dorsal line ; 

 the central pair are the largest ; the longitudinal striae are close 

 together, and slightly beaded, especially near the dorsal groove, 

 where they end abruptly ; the dorsal line is narrow and deep ; 

 the base is flattish, shelving inwards on both sides ; the sides are 

 slightly margined, and flesh-coloured ; the aperture is linear, as 



