CYPR^A. 



Plate XL 



Species 41. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CYPR.SA Eeevdi. Cypr. testa ovatd, tenui, ventrieosd, 

 spirm apice suhprominente, dentihm parvis tennihits nt(- 

 merorn, per colmnellam, pracipm concavitatem anti- 

 cam, siibcouspicuis ; dorso Jlavicante- aut lavendulo- 

 fii.sco, obscure quadrifaiciato, basi albidd, spira apice 

 extremitatibusque roseis. 



Reeve's Cowkey. Shell ovate, thin, ventricose, apex of 

 the spu'e rather prominent, teeth small, thin, nimie- 

 rous, rather conspicuous across the columella ; back 

 yelloOTsh- or lavender-brown, obscm-ely fom'-banded, 

 base whitish, extremities and apex of the spii-e pink. 



Gray ; Sowerby,Cat. Cyprseadse, Conch. Illus. no. 15.f 53. 



H(i6. Garden Island, mouth of the Swan River. 



The back of this shell in a fine state of preservation is 



of a blueish lavender colour ; and in this and the delicate 



pink colouring of the extremities the species is peculiarly 



characteristic. 



Species 42. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cyprj;a pulchella. Ci/pr. testa eleganter pyriformi, an- 

 tice contractd et productd, dentibus elongatis, interiori- 

 bus in Uris basem percurrentibus ; albidd, dorso fulvo 

 minutisshiie punctata, macidis fiilvis semilunaribus bi- 

 fasciato, lateribus (jtdtis circitlaribus nigricante-fuscis 

 irregulariter aspersis, dentibus lirkque rnbidis. 

 The pretty Cowrey. Shell elegantly pear-shaped, an- 

 teriorly contracted and produced, teeth elongated, the 

 iimer teeth rimning over the base in ridges ; whitish, 

 back minutely dotted with fulvous specks, with two 

 bands of semilunar blotches, sides irregularly sprinkled 

 with round blackish brown spots, teeth and ridges 

 dark red. 

 SWAINSOX, Exotic Conch, p. 25. pi. 35. 

 Hah. China. 



The colouring of the back of this species is exceedingly 

 variable, being sometimes banded with semilunar spots as 

 in the specimen here figured, sometimes ornamented with 

 a large irregular splash of chesnut-brown. It is re- 

 markable for the novel and characteristic extension of the 

 teeth. 



Species 43. (Mus. Said.) 

 Cypr.ea ekosa. Cypr. testa ovatd, plus 7ninnsve depresso- 



pland, lateribus incrassatis, margiiie circa extremitate 

 rejtexo, foveolato et crenato, dentibus fortibus, exteri- 

 oribus basem inierdum percurreutihus ; dorso citrino- 

 fulvo,punctis minutis alb is profuse Motato,guttisfusces- 

 centlbiis obscuris asperso, lateribus albis, macula quad- 

 ratd fusco-nigricante in medio tinctis, castaneo-fusco 

 lineatis et punctatis. 



The eroded Cowry. Shell ovate, more or less depressly 

 flattened, sides thickened, edge reflected, pitted and 

 crenated, teeth strong, outer teeth sometimes running 

 across the base ; back citron-fulvous, profusely marked 

 with minute white specks, and sprhikled with obscure 

 browidsh ones, sides white, stained in the middle 

 with a squai'e brownish black spot Uneated and dot- 

 ted with chesnut brown. 



LiNN.EUS, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 1179. 



Hab. Ceylon, Mamitius, &c. 



An abimdant and extremely variable species of which 

 the specimen here figiu-ed may be regarded as the tyjje. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cimiiug.) 



Cypr^ea caput-seepentis. Cypr. testa subquadrato-ova- 

 td, depresso-pland, crassd, solidu, dorso subacuminato, 

 dentibus conspicuis, subelongatis ; nigricante-fuscd, dorso 

 gnttis 7uveis cireularibus vKequalihus asperso, extremi- 

 talibus albicantibus, dentibus et apiertura fauce fumeo- 

 albidis. 



The snake's-head Cowrey. Shell somewhat squarely 

 ovate, depressly flat, thick, solid, back a little acu- 

 minated, teeth conspicuous, rather elongated ; blackish 

 brown, back sprinkled with unequal roimd snow-white 

 specks, extremities whitish, teeth and apertm-e smoky- 

 white. 



Testa junior. 



Testa junior cinereo-carulescens fascia unicdfmcd latiusculd 



centrali. 

 Younger shell ashy -blue, with a single rather broad central 



band. 

 LiNN.^Ds, Syst. Nat. (13th edit.), p. 1175. 

 Eab. Taheite, Pacific Ocean (on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



I take especial notice of the younger state of this well- 

 known species on accomit of the gTcat difference in its 

 colour and appearance. 



December 1845. 



