238 Catalogue of Cypnea. 



(XVI I.) 

 A CATALOGUE 



OF THE SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF 



CYPRiEA [Linn. 1740— 1767], 



Arranged on a new circular system, in accordance with true sequence of affinity, 

 By JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A.. F.L.S. 



Syn. Porcellana (Rumphius), Erythrsea (Barrol), Peribolus (Adanson), 

 1705. 1714. 1787. 



Cypriarius (Dum.), Cyprea(Montf.).Trivia(Gray), Cypraeovula (Gray), 

 1806. 1810. 1824. 1824. 



Naria (Gray), Aricia (Gray), Luponia (Gray), Cyprcedia (Swainson), 

 1828. 1832. 1832. 1840. 



Pustularia (Swainson), Epona (H. & A. Adams), Gaskoinia (Roberts). 

 1840. 1858. 1869. 



1. C. Valentia (Perry), 1811. Syn. C. princeps (Gray). Zool. Persian Gulf. 



Jour. I, 75, 1824. N.Guin.(Cox). 



2. C. viappa (Linn.) Syst. Nat. (12 Ed.), alga Perry, 181 1. East Indies and 



1767. montosaRumph., 1705. Pacific Isles. 



a. panerythra (Melv.) 1888, cf. Sowb., Thes. Conch., f. 28. N. Caledonia. 



b. subsignata (Melv.) ,, „ ,, f. 24, 25, 27. St. Brandon 



Shoals, &c., 

 Paumotus Is. 

 (Garrett). 



c. nigricans (Montr.) 1875. J- ^^ Conch, p. 220, pi. 8, f. 5. N. Caledonia. 



3. C. aurantut7n (Mzxi.), 1782. Aurora (Solander), 1795. Tahiti, Friendly 



Aurora Solandri (Chemn.), Isles, Loyalty 



1795. Isles. 



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C. Broderipii (Gray). Descriptive Catalogue, 1832, p. 3. Madagascar. 



5. C. nivosa (Brod.). Zool. Jour. III., p. 84. IMauritius. 



Salita (Rumph.), 1705. 



6. C. vitelhis (L.), Syst. Nat. (12 Ed.), 1767. dania (Humph.), 1779. Eastern Seas, 



a. sarcodes (Melv.), 1888. subfuscula (Martyn), 1782. from E.Africa 



dama (Perry), 1811. to Japan and 



Australia, Pa- 

 cific Isles. 



7. (\ camelopardalis {Vt^xxy), \%\\. nielanostoma(Leathes), 1S25. Red Sea. 



