568 NOTES ON SPECIES OF CYPR.EA, 



individual which I have stated in the Appendix to the Tanker- 

 ville Catalogue to exist in ray own collection. It is much the 

 worse of the two, but it helps to establish the species; which, b}^ 

 the way, is more nearly allied to Cyp. pantherina than to Cy;;. 

 tigris." 



Fig. 1, (the lower figure) Plate xx., is that of a typical but 

 large Tasmanian specimen of C. umhilicata; spire deeply umbili- 

 cated, shell thickly spotted with chestnut; base white, highl}^ 

 enamelled; 4^ inches long. 



Hab. — jSTorthern Tasmania, towards Circular Head, where some 

 20 years back it was secured by Mr. W. F. Petterd, and more 

 recently by Mr. R. Thatchpr, in numbers after a gale. Since then 

 it has not been found so plentifully. It has also been dredged 

 up off the coast of New South Wales at a depth of 1900 fathoms 

 by the Challenger Expedition, but smaller and paler in colour 

 than the Tasmanian specimens thrown up on the beaches. 



Fig. 2, PL XX., is that of a specimen found on the beach at 

 Port Stephens, N. S. Wales, by Dr. A. E. Cox, and now in the 

 collection of Dr. James C. Cox, of Sydney; it is such a distinct 

 variety that I consider it worthy of illustration. Like all the 

 members of this species it has a deeply umbilicated spire, is 

 lighter in colour than the average Tasmanian shells, covered with 

 light chestnut spots; base white, but not so highly enamelled as 

 the southern forms found here; it is only 2| inches long. 



A very interesting variety of this species fi'om Circular Head, 

 Tasmania, also is to be found in Dr. Cox's collection; it has been 

 recorded by him in the Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Yol. iv. 

 1879, p. 386. It is pure white, and of a medium average size. 



Cypr^a angustata, Gray (PI. xxi. figs. 1-3). — The narrow 

 Cowry. This species was described by Gra}^ on p. 497 of 

 Zoological Journal, Vol. i. 1824. After pointing out that it was 

 figured by Gmelin, 3421 (1) — I presume in his Systema Naturae, 

 dated 1788— in Schreiber's Conch. Einl., j. 77, dated 1788, by 

 Schroeter, j. 150, in 1784, and in Gualtier's Icon, dated 1742, t. 

 13, f. 22, he says : — 



"Inhabits New Holland. Mus. Brit." 



