CYPE^A.— Plate XI. 



Species 45. {Mas. Cuming.) 



Cypk^a scurka. Cypr. testa cyUnch-aceo-ohlongd, extre- 

 mitatibim declivibus, subretusis, aperturd aiigudd, den- 

 tibim temdbus numerosis, colmnellce concamtate mbam- 

 pld; dorso cinereo-carulescente, obscure qnadrifasciato, 

 reticuld fused gracili latiuscidd obtecto, kiaiu luieari, 

 lateribiis basiqne Jlavicante-fuscis, guttis fumeo-nign- 

 cantibus aspersis, deidibusfitsco-rubidis. 



The jestee Cowrey. Shell oylindi-icaUy oblong, extre- 

 mities steep, rather blunt, apertm-e nan-ow, teeth fine, 

 numerous, concavity of the columella rather large; 

 back ashy blue, obscm-ely forn- -banded, covered over 

 with rather open slender net-work of brown, with a 

 linear hiatus, sides and base yellowish-brown, sprinkled 

 with smoky black spots, teeth brownish red. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. p. 103. pi. 14-t. f. 1338. 



Eadem. Cgpraa Iiidica GmeUn. 



Hai. Isle of Annaa, Pacific Ocean (on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



Distinguished fi'om any varieties of the C. Arabica, to 

 wliich it is in most respects allied, by its straight cyliu- 

 di-ical fonn. 



Species 46. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cype.4;a caurica. Cypr. testa ovatd, vel oblongo-ovatd, 

 plm mhmsve depressd, laieribas pUrumqne incrassatis, 

 dentibus fortibm, basem utrhique percurrentibus ; dorso 

 albido, pimctis mimitissimis favica)ite-fuscis confuse et 

 creberrime picto, laterihus fulvo-albidis, guttis niger- 

 rimis conspicuis li'ic illic ornatis, bad subaurantio-fulvis, 

 dentibus albidis. 



The thick-edged Cowrey. Shell ovate, or oblong-ovate, 

 more or less depressed, sides generally thickened, teeth 

 strong, running partially over the base on each side ; 

 back whitish, confusedly and very closely painted mth 

 minute yellowish brown specks, sides fulvous white 

 ornamented here and there with very dark conspicuous 

 spots, base orange-tinged fidvous, teeth whitish. 



LiNNJSTJS, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 1179. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



This species is most abundant, varjdng fi'om long and 



rounded forms with thin sides, to short and depressed 



with thickened sides. 



