568 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prmidce, 



" Shell ovate, spheroidal, transversely" [longitudinally] ^' stri- 

 ated; striae numerous, acute, not interrupted ; aperture slightly 

 arched, not contracted in the middle. Size of a Pea." Sowerby, 



In the figures the axis is about -^^ diameter J-^ of an inch. 



M. Defrance is inclined to consider this as a variety of C. Eu' 

 ropcea, but it appears more closely allied to my C. scabriuscula, 



104. Cyprcea retusa. — Blunt Cowry. 



Testa obovato-sphseroidea, longitudinaliter striata, costata ; 

 striis elevatis continuis, remotis ; apertura ad extremitatem angus- 

 tam parum curvata. 



Cypraea retusa. Sowerby^ Min. Conch, iv. 107. 



Icon, Id. lb. t. 378. f. 2. 



Fossil. Suffolk Crag. 



" Shell obovate, sphaeroidal, transversely" [longitudinally] 

 <' striated; stride elevated, uninterrupted, remote ; aperture a little 

 curved at the narrowest end; size- of C. coccinelloides ; striae 

 seldom more than 8 on each side." Sowerby. 



The figure is -I of an inch in length. 



105. Cyprcea avellana, — Hazel-Nut Cowry. 



Testa obovato-sphaeroidea, longitudinaliter striata; striis nu- 

 merosis, remotis, elevatis ; linea dorsali impressa. 



Cypraea avellana. Sowerby^ Min, Conch, iv. 107. 



i8. minor. 



Icon. Id. lb. t. 378. f. 3. 



Fossil. Suffolk Crag. 



" Shell obovate, sphaeroidal, transversely" [longitudinally] 

 ** striated ; striae numerous, remote, elevated, interrupted by a 

 longitudinal sulcus; aperture a little curved at the narrowest 

 end ; size of an hazel-nut." Sowerby. 



The figure is ^ of an inch long, and |. broad. 



The variety is | of the length, and the ribs are close and slender. 



Cyprcea ovulata^ Lam. Ann. Mus. xvi. n. 18., (the C. ovuli- 

 formis^ Lam., Hist. vii. 409,) is a Marginella of the same section 

 as Voluta Icevis of Donovan, and somewhat like that shell, which 

 Montagu likewise placed iu the genus Cyprcea. 



