CYPRiEA. 



Plate X. 



Species 3G. (Mus. Curriing.) 



CypRjEA MILIARI3. Ci/pr. testd oblongo-ovatd, antice at- 

 teimatd, extremitatibm productk, subreflexis, laterilus 

 foveolaik ; dorso citniio-faresce)iti', oceUis nlbis prof use 

 asperso, lateribiis basique albis. 



The millet Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, attenuated 

 anteriorly, extremities produced, a little reflexed, 

 sides pitted ; back citron-vellow, profusely sprinkled 

 with wliite eyes of various sizes, sides aud base white. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3420. 



Hab. Japan (under stones) ; Dr. Siebald. 



Notwithstanding what has been said of this species by 

 M. Deshayes, I am inclined to thiuk -srith II. Kicner that 

 it is really the C. viiUark of Gmelin ; and that the follow- 

 ing, universlly regarded by collectors as C. Lamarckii, is 

 distinct fi-om it. 



Species 37. (Mus. Gaskoin.) 



Cyprj:a lajiarckii. Cijpr. testd ovatd, veiitricosd, extre- 

 viitatibus subobtuso-productis, reflexis, utrinque foveo- 

 latis ; dmtibus brevibus,/ortibus, siihdktantibm ; dorso 

 aurantio-favescente, ocellis albis, quorum, nommllis pu- 

 piUaiis, profuse asperso, lateribus punctis, extremitati- 

 bus liiieis aiirautio-castaneis, notatis, basi albi. 



Lamarck's Cowrey. Shell ovate, vcntricose, extremities 

 somewhat obtusely produced, reflected, pitted on both 

 sides ; teeth short, strong, rather distant ; back 

 orange-yeUow, pi'ofuscly sprinkled with white eyes, 

 some of which ai"e pupUled, sides marked with orange- 

 brown spots, extremities with lines, base white. 



Gray, Zool. Jom-nal, vol. 1. p. 506. 



Hab. Mozambique (imder stones) ; W. V. Hennah. 



The growth of this species, in which the former is included 

 by Ml-. Gray as a variety, seems to differ constantly in being 

 less obese, whdst the extremities are more produced aud 

 the outer teeth more in number. The difference in the 

 colouring is most conspicuous ; the sides and extremities 

 are dashed and dotted with orange-brown, whilst the gTOimd 

 colom' of the back is darker, and the eyes more or less pu- 

 pUled. 



Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CTPRiEA cruenta. Cypr. testd oblongo-ovafd, extremita- 



iibiis suhrectis, lateribus phis miinisve incrassatis, den- 

 iibus fortibus, subeloiigatis ; albidd, dorso Intescente, 

 fiisco marmorato, lateribus guttis incequalibus purpureo- 

 laccis ornatis, dentium interstitiis crocato-cocceis. 



The blood-spot Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, extre- 

 mities rather bhmt, sides more or less thickened, teeth 

 strong, rather elongated ; whitish, back marbled with 

 yellowish brown, sides ornamented with unequal pur- 

 ple-lake spots, interstices between the teeth safii'on- 

 scai-let. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3420 (?). 

 Cypi-aa variolaria, Lamarck. 



Hab. ? 



Although M. Deshayes ui'ges the propriety of following 

 Lamarck's name of this species on account of its doubtful 

 identity -nath the description published by GmeUn, he does 

 not show that description to refer to anything else. Mr. 

 DUlwj-n, Gray, Sowerby and all who have written upon the 

 genus in this country have imited in refemng the species 

 under consideration to the Cypraa cruenta of Gmelin. 



Species 39. (Fig.a. and b. Mus. Saul. Pig. c. Mus. Cuming.) 



CypRjEA onyx. Cypr. testd ovato-pyriformi, postice umbi- 

 licatd, aperturd latiusculd; dorso albicante, zonis binis 

 obscuris, exlremitatibm, basi, lateribusqne aterrimis, 

 aurantio-fusco supra marginatis, dentibus aterrimis. 



The onyx Cowrey. SheR ovately pyi'iform, umbUicated 

 posteriorly, apertiu'e rather wide ; back whitish, with 

 two obscme zones, extremities base and sides jet black, 

 edged above with orange-brown, teeth jet black. 



Variety /3 (Pig. 39 a.) 



Testa undiqiie castaneo-fusca, extremitatibus basi lateribusqne 



saturatioribus, dentibus erocato-rubris. 

 Shell chesnut-browTi tlu'oughout ; extremities, base, and 



sides the deeper coloiu', teeth safii'on red. 



Variety 7. (Pig. 39 i.) 



Testa imdique aurantio-lactea, extremitatibus basi lateribus- 

 qne saturatioribus. 



Shell of an orange cream-colom- throughout ; extremities, 

 base, and sides the darker. 



December 1845. 



