S4 CY V R JEA. 



out attempting to account for the fact adverted 

 to. 



The Cypraeae Hve deeply buried in the sand, from 

 whence it is said, at the full moon and during its 

 increase, these little lunatics, for such they have 

 been already proved, crawl forth to expatiate upon 

 the rocks, and leave there their shells for the be- 

 nefit and instruction of Conchologists. 



To the Cyprian Goddess this genus, including 

 certainly some of the most beautiful of species, is 

 very fitly, but, as to its orthography, very ill in- 

 scribed. From the original AvTrgioj will come 

 Cypria^ but not Cyprani. 



