Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ct/prwidce. 575 



114. Cyprcea e/e of aw*.— Elegant Cowry. 



Tcsti tenui, subovato-oblong^, obtusa, alba, cancellata, costato- 

 striata ; striis numerosis tenuibus ; interstitiis concentrice striatis. 



Cypraja elegans. Defrance^ Diet. Set. Nat, xliii. 39. Sowerhif, 

 Genera of Shells. (Cypreea). 



Icon. Sowerby^ Gen. of Shells, t. Cyprcea. f. 7. 



Shell oval ventricose, thin, white, behind blunt, rounded, can- 

 cellated, that is to say, longitudinally rib-striated with numerous 

 narrow striae, with the interspaces between them finely concentri- 

 cally-striated ; the inner lip is thin, incurved, slightly produced, 

 and rounded behind. 



Axis ^*:j, diameter ^-^ of an inch. 



115. Cyprcearugosa.— WvmWed. Co\sr J. 



Test^ ovato-globosa, tenui, gibbosa, (laevi?,) infra longitodi 

 naliter costata ; marginibus subincrassatis. 



Cypraea rugosa. Broderipy Zool. Journ. iii. 84. 



Icon. lb. t. 4. f. 2. 



Fossil. Turin? Sowerby. Mus. Brit. 



Shell ovate globose, thin, back smooth (probably by the ribbed 

 coat being broken off) ; the base and sides with numerous raised^ 

 rather irregular, longitudinal ribs ; teeth large subequal. 



Axis 2| inches, breadth 1|. 



The specimen above described, which is in the British Museum, 

 is the same from which Mr. Broderip's lately published description 

 was made. It does not strike me as having much affinity with 

 C. guttata^ but appears to me evidently to belong to the Ovuli- 

 form group. 



116. Cyprcea Barcinensis. — Barcelona Cowry. 



Testa subovato-globosa, tenui, longitudinaliter costati, inter- 

 stitiis laevibus, 



Cypraea Barcinensis. Koenig., Icon. Foss. Sect. ii. 



A sulcated Cowry. Parkinson, Org. Rem. iii. 53. 



Icon. Koenig, Ibid. f. Park. Ibid. iii. t. 5. f. 24. 



Fossil. Barcelona. Verona, Park, Mus. Brit. 



Shell nearly spherical; slightly tapering in front, with several 



