CYPR/EA. 



Plate V. 



Species 13. (Mus. Cvuning.) 



Cypr^a Broderipii. Cijpr. testa ovatd, veniricosd, crm- 

 simcuh'i, (leutibus numerosis, couspicius, columdlarihus 

 lotiffiuscidis, regularibus; dorso rosea etJlavido-aWwante 

 obscure fasciato, reticuld irregulari aurantio-fiiseescente 

 macidkqne niveis latera versus omato, lateribus et ex- 

 tremitatibus fuscescentibus, basi fuscescefite, roseo-au- 

 rantio tinctd ; dentibus albidis. 



J3roderip's Cowry. Shell ovate, ventricose, rather thick, 

 teeth numerous, rather long and regular ; back ob- 

 scurely banded with yellowish white and rose-pink, 

 and ornamented with a pale orange-brown net-work, 

 with snow-white spots towai'ds the sides, sides and 

 extremities drab-brown, base of the same colour 

 tinged with a wann glow of rose-orange ; teeth white. 



Gray, Descriptive Catalogue (inedit). 



Sowerby, Conehological Illustrations, Cat. Cypraadee, 

 no. 20. f. 2. 



Ilai. Island of Madagascar (found on the reefs) ; Rev. 

 W. V. Hennah. 



Of this beautiful and very characteristic species oidy 

 three specimens have yet been discovered, two, now be- 

 fore me, from the coDections of Mr. Cuming and Miss 

 Saul, and one in some private collection, I believe, in the 

 United States. Although it partakes in some measure, 

 of the characters of the CyprcecB vitellm and nivosa, it is 

 perfectly distinguished from both by its fine coliuneUar 

 teeth, dehcate rose-pink and rose-orange colom-ing, and 

 superincumbent deposite of brown net-work. As in most 

 liiglily enamelled Cowries the base is radiated Avith fine 

 hair-Uke scratches. 



It is a beautiful species, and honours the name of a gen- 

 tleman higldy esteemed in the conehological world, and to 

 whose princely zeal our national collection is indebted for 

 the sri'eat treasui'cs of the genus. 



Species 14. (Mus. Saul.) 



CYPRyEA viTELLUS. Cypr. testd ovatd, ventricosd, crassd, 

 antice leviter attenuatd, dentibus fortiuscuUs, dorso 

 fulvo-spadiceo, guttis niveisvarice maguitudiuis adsperso, 

 lateribus olivaceo-fuscis, arenaceis, striatis ; lasi, ex- 

 treniitatibus, dmtibus, interstitiisque roseo-albicaniibus, 



The little calf Cowry. Shell ovate, ventricose, 

 thick, anteriorly sUghtly attenuated, teeth rather 

 strong, back fidvous bay colour, sprinkled with snow- 

 white spots of various sizes, sides oUve-brown, arena- 

 ceous, striated ; base, extremities, teeth, and the in- 

 terstices between them pinkish white. 

 Testa junior. 



Testa junior olimceo-cinerea, obscure fasciata, immaculata. 



Younger shell oKve-ash colour, obscm-elybanded, unspotted. 



LiNN/EUs, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1176. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



This species is strongly characterized by the ciu-ious 

 sand-Uke striaj with which the sides are coloured, and the 

 miniatiu'c fii'mament of spots, of different degrees of mag- 

 nitude, which adorn the whole of the dorsal surface. 



Wiether Linna;us named this shell fi-om vitellus, a lit- 

 tle calf, or vitellus, the yolk of an egg, I am xmable to de- 

 termine, for it resembles one as much as the other. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cimiing.) 



CYPRiEA stercoraria. Cypr. testa ovatd, subventricosd, 

 antice contractd, lateribus angulatis, basi concavo-de- 

 pressd, aperturd sinuosd, antice hiante, columellce con- 

 cavitate auticd ampld, profundd ; undique'livido-oliva- 

 ced, dorso castaneo-Jusco maculato et nebulato ; denti- 

 bus albidis. 



The soiled Cowry. Shell ovate, rather ventricose, con- 

 tracted anteriorly, sides angidated, base concavely 

 depressed, aperture sinuous, gaping anteriorly, ante- 

 rior concavity of the columella large, deep ; Hvid olive 

 colom- throughout, back spotted and clouded with 

 chesnut brown, teeth whitish. 

 Testa junior. 



Testa junior cinereo-fusca, fasciis olivaceo-fuscis quinis se- 

 nisve picta, immaculata. 



Younger shell ashy bro\\ai, painted with five or six oUve 

 brown bands, unspotted. 



LiNN^ns, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1176. 

 Cyprcea stercoraria and rattus, Lamarck. 

 CyprcBce olivacea, gibba, and conspurcata, Gmelin. 

 Testa antiquata, Cypraa cauteriata, Chemuitz. 

 Testa junior, Cyprcea fasciata, Chemnitz. 



November 1845. 



