BY TIIE REV. DR. W00LLS, D.D., F.L.S. 817 



of their acrid properties cannot be used without roasting or 

 boiling. 



a list of the cypryeid^ found on the coast of new 

 Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. 



By Richard C. Eossiter.* 



In this paper I have brought together sixty species, some 

 never before recorded from this part of the world. Mr. H. 

 Crosse in 1869 published a list in the Journal de Conchyliologie 

 3rd series, Vol. XVII., p. 36-49, where he enumerated forty-five 

 species. But more specimens of some of these so called species 

 have been found, reducing his number to thirty-eight ; the other 

 seven being spurious species or monstrosities. 



Genus CYPEiEA. 



1. CvpRiEA Argus, Linn. 



Eeeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 3, fig. 8. 



North Coast of New Caledonia ; Isle of Pines and Loyalty 

 Islands. 



2. CyprjEA asellus, Linn. 

 Eeeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 18, fig. 98. 

 Noumea ; Loyalty Islands, found under stones and coral. 



3. Cypr^ea carneola, Linn. 

 Eeeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 6, fig. 19. 

 New Caledonia ; Loyalty Islands and Isle of Pines. 



Found very large, as large as C. talpa, and has often been taken 

 by non-scientific collectors for C. aurantia. 



*Communicated by Mr, J. Brazier, O.M.Z.S* 



