C Y P R ^ A. 



Plate IX. 



Species 31. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CvPEiEA TURDUS. Cypr. testa depremo-ovatd, tiirgkld, 

 iau sitbplanuhta, extremitatibus products, apertiird 

 latmcttld, antice dilatatd, dentibits brevibus, snbdistan- 

 tibns; albidd, dorso gidtis pnnctisque fulvis maguali- 

 bus profuise asperso. 



The thrush Cowrey. Sliell depressly ovate, swollen, 

 rather flattened at the base, extremities produced, 

 apertm-e rather wide, dilated anteriorly, teeth short, 

 somewhat distant ; whitish, profusely sprinkled with 

 miequal small fulvous spots and dots. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. x. p. 520. 



Hob. ? 



The dots of this species on the anterior extremity, which 

 is slightly crenidated, assiune a dash-Uke character. 



Sjjecies 32. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cypr^a lurida. Ct/pr. testa oblongo-ovatd, extremltati- 

 Im plano-productis, basi subdepressd, dentibus brevibus; 

 dorso cinereo- aid caridescetde-ollvaceo, subobscnre tri- 

 fasciato, extremitatibus croceo-incarnatis, macula con- 

 spicud tiigricante utrinque tinciis, basi albicarde. 



The lurid Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, extremities 

 flatly produced, base a little depressed, teeth short ; 

 back ash or blueish oHve, somewhat obscm-ely three- 

 banded, extremities saiTron-flesh colom-, stained on 

 each side \vith a conspicuous blackish blotch; base 

 whitish. 



LiNNiEUs, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 1175. 



Eai. Adi-iatic and Mediterranean Seas. 



There are two very distinct varieties of this well-known 

 species, one a greenish-olive colour as figm-ed, the other 

 of a more blueish cast of eoloui-, which is more elevated at 

 the back, aud more contracted at the extremities. 



Species 33. (Mus. Gaskoiu.) 



CypEiEA LYTvX. Cijpr. testa oblotigo-ovatd, cra-ud, extre- 

 mitatibus retusis, aperturd siibangustd, dentibus interi- 

 orihus per colmnellam elongatis ; dorso albido,fidvo et 

 cmrulescente profuse nebulato et guttato, maculis niger- 

 rimo-fuscis inaqualibus Jdc illic uderspersis, kiatu dor- 

 sali augusto Uneari, lateribus dentibus Ijusique albican- 

 tibus, dentiuvi itderstitiis conspicue saiiguiiieo-rujis. 



The LYNX Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, thick, extre- 

 mities blunt, apertm-e rather narrow, inner teeth ex- 

 tended across the columella ; back whitish, profusely 

 spotted and clouded with fulvous brown and blue, 

 interspersed hero and there with unequal dark black- 

 ish-brown spots, dorsal hiatus narrow, linear, sides 

 teeth and base whitish, interstices between the teetii 

 bright blood-red. 



Testa junior. 



Testa jiiuior alba, fulvo prof usi guttata. 



Younger shell white, profusely spotted with yellowish 



brown. 

 LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 1177. 

 Testa junior. 



Cyprcea vanelli, Linnauis. 



Cypraa squalina, Gmelin. 

 Hal. Ceylon, Mauritius, Pacific Islands, &c. 



The fii-st coat of colouiing matter, in which there is no 

 dorsal openmg, is one of pale fulvous brown spots on a 

 white ground, the second is blueish aud of a more clouded 

 character, and the thii-d consists of a scattered deposite of 

 blackish-bro\ra spots, round, but of very unequal size. 

 The teeth are mostly developed simultaneously with the 

 first deposite of colom-, and the bright red colom-ing of the 

 interstices between the teeth Ijegins to make its appearance 

 at the same time. 



Species 34. (Mus. Said.) 



Cypr^a pulchra. Cypr. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, extre- 

 mitatibus suljcontractis, aperturd rectiusculd, aiigustd, 

 dentibus parvis, numerosis, liuearibus, subobsoletis, cu- 

 lumelld Icevigatd, concavitate subampld, lateribus Ijusi- 

 que rotundatis; dorso olivaceo, subobscwe trifasciato, 

 e.vtremitatibus maculd conspicud nigerrimo-fuscd utrin- 

 que tinctis, basi pallidissime olivaceo-rubidd, deutibus 

 lacco-fuscescentibiis, interioi-ibus mediauis iuterdum bi- 

 furcatis, per basem partim ftmentibus. 



The beautiful Cowrey. Shell eyhndrically oblong, ex- 

 tremities a little contracted, aperture rather straight, 

 narrow, teeth small, numerous, linear, somewhat ob- 

 solete, cohunella smooth, with a rather large conca- 

 vity, sides and base rounded ; back olive, rather ob- 

 scm-ely three-banded, extremities stained on each 



December 1845. 



