C Y P R ^ A. 



Plate XII. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CYPRiEA PHYSIS. Cypf- testa suhpi/rifonni, tenui, hijlatd, 

 aperturd latiiisculd, dentibiis teniiihm miimiis, interi- 

 oribm fere obsolefis ; dorso carulescente, zonis duabus 

 fuscescentibus ornato, Jlavesceiite-fusco confuse picto, 

 later ibiis et exlremitatlbusfulvo-auraiit'ds, basi albidd. 



The swollen Coweey. Shell somewhat pjTiform, tliiii, 

 inflated, apertm-e rather broad, teeth fine minute, 

 inner teeth almost obsolete ; back blueish, ornamented 

 with two light bro'ivn zones, yellowish, confusedly 

 painted with yellowish-brown dashes, sides and ex- 

 tremities fulvous orange, base whitish. 



Brocchi (in aetate fossiU), Conch. Foss. Subap. vol. ii. 

 p. 284. 111. 2. f. 3. 

 Cypraa acliatidea, Sowerby. 

 Cijprcea Grayi, Kiener. 



Hab. SicUy (found imder stones) ; Capt. Mott. 



A species comparatively new to collectors of recent shells, 

 wliich M. Deshayes first identified with one that has been 

 known for some time in a fossil state. It is of light iuflated 

 growth, vnih. verjj fine teeth, the inner row of which is al- 

 most obsolete, the sides and extremities are fulvous orange, 

 and the back is profusely splashed with yellowish brown. 



Species 48. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cypkjea sUBViiiiDis. Cypr. testa ovatd, turgidd, subpyri- 

 formi, extremitatibm leviter prodnctis, deidibus brevibits, 

 fortibus, suhdktantibus, iiderioribus piosterioribus plus 

 mitmsve obsoletis ; dorso subviridis obscure latfasciato, 

 pmictis palUdis mlnutissimis lentiginoso, raaculd per- 

 ampld cuManeofuscd 2)icto, de)dibus basi lateralibusque 

 subviridescente-albis, extremitatibiis incarnato-fuscescen- 

 tibus. 



The greenish Coweey. Shell ovate, turgid, somewhat 

 pyriform, extremities slightly produced, teeth short, 

 strong, rather distant, the inner posterior teeth more 

 or less obsolete ; back greenish, obscurely broadly 

 banded, painted with a very large chestnut-brown 

 blotch, and freckled with minute pale specks ; teeth 

 base and sides greenish white, extremities flesh-tinged 

 brown. 



Keeve, (mendatypographiea Lake), Pro. Zool. Soc, 1835. 



Cyprcea errones vcir., Sowerby, Conch. Illus. 



Hab. Dupuch's Island, North west coast of Australia (found 

 under stones at low water) ; Dring E. N. 



This is the first shell I ever ventured, as a youth, to 

 describe ; Uke most collectors my attention was first at- 



tracted by the Cowiies, and the specimen which struck 

 me as being specifically distinct from any other that I had 

 seen is now in the collection of Mi-. Cuming. The species 

 has been entu-ely disregarded by natm-aUsts ; one noticing 

 it as a variety of C. errones, another omitting mention of 

 it altogether. M. Kiener has certauily adopted the species, 

 but as his figiu-e is copied from Mr. Sowerby's, and his 

 comparison -with the C. pliysis is one of figui-es only, it 

 caimot be estimated as a record of opinion. 



Several specimens of the Cyjircra subviridis have fortu- 

 nately arrived fi-om the locabty above mentioned within 

 the last twelvemonth, and the species is now universally 

 esteemed by collectors in this country as one totally distinct 

 from any hitherto known. 



Species 49. (Mus. Gaskoin.) 



Cype^a lentiginosa. Cypr. testa oblongo-ovatd, extre- 

 niitatibus subproductis, dentihus magnis, subdLstaidibiis ; 

 dorso ccerulescente-albo maculis midatii obscure trifas- 

 ciafo, punctis mmutis fuscescentibus iindique lentiginoso, 

 extremitatihus nigricante-fmcis, lateribns guttis nigri- 

 catdefusck aspersis, basi albidd. 



The freckled Cowkey. Shell oblong-ovate, extremi- 

 ties a little produced, teeth large, somewhat distant ; 

 back blueish-white, with tlu-ee obsciu-e bands of waved 

 blotches, freckled over with small bglit bromi specks ; 

 extremities blaekish-brown, sides sprinkled with black- 

 ish-brown spots ; base whitish. 



Gray, Zool. Joui-nal, vol. i. p. 489. pi. 7 and 12. f. 1. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Although a shell of gi-eat rarity there are several speci- 

 mens in our difi'crent collections ; the one here figui-ed from 

 the cabinet of J. S. Gaskoin, Esq. which is by far the finest 

 I have seen, is ah-eady well kno^Mi to the pubhe by the 

 figures of Mr. Sowerby and M. Kiener. 



Species 50. (Mus. Saul.) 



CyprtEA Walkeri. Cypr. testa oUongo-ovatd, depressius- 

 culd, extremitatibus subretusis, dentibm parvis, teuuibus, 

 numerosis, preecipiw interioriius ; dorso caruleo-albi- 

 cante, trifasciato, fasciis latissimis fuscis, centrali sa- 

 turatiore, hi juniore undaio-maculat'is, punctis mimdis- 

 simis favido-fuscis undique lentiginoso ; laterihus sub- 

 flavis, guttis nigro-fuscis sparsirn, notatis, dentium inter- 

 stitiis baM-qtie pnrpureo-violaceis. 



Walker's Cowkey. Shell oblong-ovate, rather depres- 

 sed, extremities somewhat blunt, teeth small, finci 



December 1845. 



