Wf£ Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prct;idce. 



Length 1 inch, breadth -^^ of an inch. 



This shell is very well described by Lamarck, under the name 

 of C. Oniscusy but his synonyma do not refer to it, and he has 

 confounded it with the figures of C. radians. A worn specimen 

 was also well described by Mr. Swainson, in the catalogue of Mrs. 

 Bligh's Collection of Shells. I do not remember to have seen 

 any perfect specimen, except those that were sold at the disper- 

 sion of the African collection, brought to this country by Capt.^ 

 White, and disposed of by auction in Piccadilly, in 1823, and 

 some which formed part of another African collection, brought 

 home by Capt. Heaviside, and lately sold in the same manner. 



110. Cyprcea lota. — Washed Cowry. 



'^ Testa ovata, subturgida, laevissima, alb^; margine exteriore 

 Bupra crenulato." Lam, 



Cypraea lota. Lamarck^ Ann, Mus. xvi. 99. Hist. 397. excl. syn^ 



Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Lamarck. 



" Length 7\ lines." Lam. 



I have an apparently worn shell of this division, which agrees 

 well with Lamarck's character above quoted. The figures repre-r 

 eented in Bom, t. 8. f. 4. 5. and Martini^ i. t. 30. f. 322. and 

 referred to by Lamarck, are certainly those of worn, or young 

 shells, of the denticulated division, probably of C. spurca, 



111. Cyprcsa albella. — Whitish Cowry. 



^' Testa ovata lateribus dilatata, laevi ; dorso ventreque albis ; 

 marginibus flavidis ; infima facie plana." Lam. 



Cypraea albella. Lamarck^ Hist, vii. 404. 



Inhabits the Isle of France. 



Rather shield-shaped ', the teeth shortened^ 



^^ Length 7\ lines." Lamarck, 



I have not seen any shell which appears to be referrible to this 

 species. 



