Genus Cyprcea. 2 1 1 



{b) siibsignaia (van nov.) ; cf. Sowb., ut stiprd, f. 24, 25,. 

 27. Base spotted with bright Hlac, and conspicuously 

 blotched with darker purple towards the centre ; teeth con- 

 spicuously orange. S. Brandon Shoals, Indian Ocean, etc. 



{c) nigricans (Mont.) ; suffused with black, extremities 

 rostrate. Var. vionstr. N. Caledonia. 



C. pantJieriiia (Sol). (Type, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. iii., 

 f. 7 ; Sowb. T. C, pi. xi., f. 69, 70). Five colour varieties. 



ia) badionitens (var. nov.). Shell smaller than the type, 

 somewhat transparent, dorsal surface partly suffused with 

 light golden brown, spots well nigh obsolete. A rare and 

 striking variety. 



{b) theriaca (var. nov.). Shell entirely, with the excep- 

 tion of the extremities and base, suffused with rich golden 

 red-brown, not disposed in blotches as (ci). Figured in 

 Sowerby, Thes. Conch., pi. xi., f. 71. Common. Some speci- 

 mens are almost, if not quite, blacky and a monstrous form 

 also occurs pretty frequentl}' with warty extraneous growth,, 

 principally at one or other extremity {theriaca distorta). 



{c) albonitens (var. nov.). Spots smaller, and more dis- 

 tant, giving therefore greater prominence to white body 

 colour of the shell. 



[d) juvenca (var. nov.). Very pale fawn colour, spots 

 almost obsolete, owing to the enamel being laid on more 

 thickly than is ordinary. This variety, which usually has 

 some tendency to distortion, often resembles C. nnibilicata 

 (Sowb.), the base, however,will at once show its specific affinity. 



ie) syrijiga (var. nov.). Shell with pale lilac tinge. Spots 

 dark purple. Uncommon. 



Note. — Weinkauff, in Kiister's •' Conchylien-Cabinet,'* 

 has figured this and many of the above colour varieties. 



C. tigris (L.). (Type, Reeve, C. I., pi. iv., f. 12, a and 

 b ; Sowb., T. C, pi. xxi., f. 172 — 3 — 4). The painting of this 

 well known species is most variable ; the principal colour 

 Y-arieties that stand out are as follows: — 



