Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidoe. 567 



Art. LXIV. Monograph on the C;i/prceidce^ a Family of 

 Testaceous Mollusca, By John Edward Gray, Esq,^ 

 F.G.S. 



|| Concluded from p. 371.] 



101. C^jprcea sphcericulata. — Spliaerical Cowry. 



*' Testa subglobosa, inflata, transversim striata ; sulco dorsali 

 nuUo ; labro exteriore marginato." Lam» 



Cypraea sphaericulata. Lamarck^ Ann, Mus, xvi. n. 14. Hist, 

 vii. 408. 



Fossil near Fiorenzola. 



This shell, according to M. Lamarck, resembles C. Oniscus^ but 

 it has not the dorsal groove, and the mouth is not dilated. Its 

 length, according to the same authority, is 22 millimeters. It may 

 perhaps be the C. Pediculus of Brocchi. 



1 02. CyprcBa pisolina.—Vea. Cowry. 



'' Testa globosa, pisiformi ; dorso laevissimo ; labro exteriore 

 marginato ; rima curva, plicato-dentata." Lam, 



Cypraea pisolina. Lamarck^ Ann. Mus. xvi. n. 17. Hist, vii. 408. 



Fossil. Angers. Menard, 



^' Length of the largest specimens 5 lines." Lam, 



In M. Defrance's duplicate collection, I observed a shell under 

 this name, and was satisfied on examination that it was only a 

 decorticated state of another shell that was considered as a variety of 

 C, pediculus^ in the same collection. When perfect it is very like 

 my C. scabriuscula^ but is smooth between the striae, and like it 

 has a narrow dorsal groove. 



103. Cyprcea coccinelloides, — Lady-Bird Cowry. 



Test^ ovato-sphaeroidea, longitudinaliter striata ; striis nume- 

 josis, acutis, continuis ; apertura parum arcuata. 



Cypraea coccinelloides. Sowerbi/^ Min, Conch, iv. 107. 

 Icon. Id. ib. t. 378. f. 1. 

 Fossil. Suffolk Crag. Leathes, 



