CYPE^A.— Plate XII. 



numerous, esiiecially the inner ; back blueisli-white, 

 tkree-banded, bands unusually broad, brown, central 

 band darker than the others, marked in the younger 

 shell with waved sjiots, freckled throughout with mi- 

 nute yelloAvish-browTi specks ; sides yellowish, marked 

 here and there writh round blackish brown spots ; base 

 and interstices between the teeth pvu'ple-violet. 



Geay, Sowerby Concli. Ulus. Cat. Cypreeadse, no. 70. 

 f. 22.* 



Hab. New Holland. 



An extremely well-defined species named by Mr. Gray 

 after a zealous and intelligent collector of shells, now no 

 more, to whom I am indebted with many kind remem- 

 brances for my first introduction to conchological pursuits. 



Species 51. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cypr^a ISABELLA. Cyp7\ testd cylindraceo-oblongd, ex- 

 tremitutihiis decl'wibus, retusis, aperturd aiigustd, deri- 

 tiitts ten iiissimis numerosis, dorso chiereo tiut cinereo- 

 fulvo, obsiire trifasciato, punctis lineisque interruptis 

 atris, longitudinaliter plus miuusve notato ; extremita- 

 tiins crocato-rulris, ha-n nived. 



The tawn-colouked Coweey. SheU cylindricaUy ob- 

 long, extremities steep, blunt, aperture narrow, teeth 

 very fine and numerous ; back ashy or ashy fulvous, ob- 

 scurely tlu'ce-banded, more or less marked longitudi- 

 nally vpith inky black dots and dashes, extremities 

 saffron-red, base sno^vy white. 



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



Eadem, Ci/praa controverm. Gray. 



Hah. Mam'itius. 



A well-known species of the same oblong cylindrical 

 form as the C. scurra. 



Species 52. (Mus. Gaskoin.) 



Cype^a pyrifoemis. Cypr, testd pyi-iformi, temdculd, 

 subumbilicatd, extremitatibus produciis,pra;cipue anticd, 

 deidibns suhirregularibus pracipus hderloiibus, basi an- 

 tice depressiusculd ; dorso sitbvlridi,fascid ceidrali in- 

 terruptd fuscescente, punctis minutissimis fulvo-fuscis 

 undique lentiginoso, lateribus albidis,guttisfulvo-fusces- 

 ceutibus iiofatis, basi albidd, dentibus iiderioribus ritbidis. 



The peae-shaped Cowrey. SheU pear-shaped, rather 

 thin, a Uttle umbdicated, extremities produced, the 

 anterior especially, teeth somewhat iiTcgvdar, particu- 

 larly the interior, base rather depressed anteriorly ; 



back greenish, with a central interrupted pale brown 

 band, freckled thi'oughout with very minute fulvous 

 brown dots, sides whitish, marked with fulvous brown 

 spots, base whitish, inner teeth red. 



Gray, Zool. Joiu-nal, vol. 1. p. 371. 



Sab. Ceylon. 



Having two magnificent specimens of this very rare 

 species before me from the collections of Mr. Gaskoin and 

 Miss Said, 1 am enabled to fill up the characters that were 

 miwiUingly omitted by Mi\ Gray at the time of its intro- 

 duction. The back is of a delicate sea-green, fi-eckled with 

 very minute yellowish brown specks, having a broad inter- 

 rupted band of the same colour across the centre. The 

 teeth are deep red, and of the same remarkable character, 

 on a small scale, as those of the C. pnlchella. M. Kiener's 

 figiu'c gives a most inadequate idea of the species, being a 

 ivretched copy of a rather iudifferent figure in Sowerby's 

 ' Conchological Illustrations'. 



Species 53. (Mus. Saul.) 



CYPR.a;A TESSELLATA. Cgpr. testd crassissima, solidd, sub- 

 quadrcdo-ovatd, lateribus incrassatis, dorso paidulum 

 acmninato, extreimtatibus retusis, untied callositate suh- 

 obscurd munitd, aperturd angmtd, dentibus parois, 

 gracilibus ; dorso ferruginoso-cinereo, trifasciato, fas- 

 ciis latissimis, lateribus macidis quadratis fnscis et albis 

 tessellatis, macidis duabus snperioribus ad tdrumque 

 latiis vivide nigerrimo-castaneis, callositate alba, basi 

 fusco alboque tessellatim variegatd, dentibus aurantio- 

 fuscis. 



The TESSELLATED CowEEY. Shell very thick and solid, 

 somewhat squarely ovate, sides thickened, back a 

 little acuminated, extremities blunt, the anterior fur- 

 nished with a somewhat obscui'e callosity, aperttu-e 

 narrow, teeth small, slender, back feiTuginous ash- 

 colour, thi'ee-banded, bands very broad, sides tessel- 

 lated with square brown and white spots, the two 

 upper spots on both sides very dark bright chesnut, 

 callosity white, base tesseUately variegated with brown 

 and white, teeth orange-brown. 



SwAiNSON, Zool. Illustrations, 1st Series, vol. ii. pi. 3. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Tills species, like the preceding, has been but imper- 

 fectly described hitherto for want of a specimen in adequate 

 condition. The shell here figiu-ed from the collection of 

 Miss Saul is in the finest state imaginable, and quite a 

 gem to look upon. 



