CYPEJ:A.— Plate XIV. 



BoEN, Mus. p. 184. pi. 8. f. 10. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Pacific Islands ; New HoUand. 



The New Holland examples of this species are rounder 

 and less elongated, ajjproaching more to the form of the 

 Cyprcea errones. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cyprjea diluculum. Ctjpr. tedd mhpyriformi-ovata, 

 ventricosd, aperturd Jlexiwsd, dentibus brevibm fortiiis- 

 culis ; dorso violaceo-castaneo, zonis duabus aid pluribm 

 midulato-albis ornatis, laterVjiis basique albis, punctis 

 perpaucis fiiscis notat'm, extremitatibus nigricante-cas- 

 tmim-margbiatis. 



The day-beeak Cowkey. Shell somewhat pyriformly 

 ovate, ventricose, apertiu-e flexuous, teeth short, rather 

 strong ; back violet-chesnut, ornamented -udth two or 

 more zones of zigzag white, sides and base white, 

 marked with a very few brown dots, extremities 

 edged with dark chesuut. 



Cyprma ziezac (pars), Linnaeus, Martini. 



Cypr/ea imdata, Lamarck (not of Chemnitz.) 



nab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This ancient and well-kno^vn species requires to be dis- 

 tinguished by a new name in consequence of the word un- 

 data, appHed to it by Lamarck, having been abeady used 

 by Chemnitz in reference to a shell which proves to be the 

 young of the C. Mauritiana (Conch. Cab. vol. x. p. 103). 

 It was confounded by LinuEeus and Martini with the 

 C ziczac, and is extremely well figured by the latter in the 

 first volume of his 'ConchyUen Cabinet,' published in 1769. 



Species 66. (Pig. a, Mus. Cuming. Fig. b, Mus. Saul.) 



Iypr^a tabescens. Cypr. testa oblongd vel ovatd, um- 

 bilicatd, lateribus hicrassaiis, dentibus parviusculis ; 

 dorso albicante,Jlavldo-fii8cescente palllde lentiglnoso, 

 macidis semilimaribus medio subobsaire trizouato, late- 

 ribus fusco-guttatis, dentibus ba-sique albicantibus. 



The consumptive Coweey. Shell oblong or ovate, um- 

 bUicated, sides thickened, teeth rather small ; back 

 whitish, freckled with pale yellowish brown, and ra- 

 ther obscurely thi-ee-zoned across the middle with 

 semilunar spots of the same colour, sides spotted 

 vrith brown, teeth and base whitish. 



Solander, MSS., DiUwyn Cat. vol. i. p. 16.3. 

 Cyprma teres, Gmelin (?). 



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



The figm-es in Martini's ' Conch. Cab.' f. 294 and 395, 

 to which Mr. Gray and M. Dcshayes refer for this species, 

 are intended to represent, without doubt, the Cypraa cy- 



lindrica ; the Cypraa tabescens may be recognised in Fig 

 295 and 296 of the same plate. I have figured a curious 

 broad growth of this species from !Mr. Cuming's collection, 

 because it is one of extremely rare occmi'ence. 



Species 67. (Mus. Said.) 



Cypr^a stolida. Cypr. testa oblongo-ovatd, dorso ele- 

 vato, extremitates versus vtriyique declivi, lateribus 

 cum extremitatibus marginatis, subrefiexi^, aperturd 

 Jlexuosd, dentibus numerosis, per baaem, elongatis, inter- 

 stitiis subprofunde incisis ; dorso carulescente, punctis 

 minutissimis, maculd grandi quadratd centraU, maculd- 

 que semiquadratd ad utrumque angulmn aurantio-cas- 

 taneis vivide picto, basi albicante, dentibm et extremi- 

 tatibm aurantio-ca^taneis. 



The foolish Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, back ele- 

 vated, steep down each side to the extremities, sides 

 with the extremities marginated, a little reflexed, aper- 

 tm-e flexuous, teeth niunerous, elongated across the 

 base, interstices rather deeply cut ; back blueish, 

 brightly painted mth very miiuite oi'ange-ehesnut 

 dots, with a large central square spot, and ivith a 

 half-square spot at each corner, of the same colour, 

 base whitish, teeth and extremities orange-chesnut. 



Linneus, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 1180. 



Rubigo, Martini. 



Ci/preea rubiginosa, Gmelin. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



A carefid comparison of the above description with that 

 of the Cyprcea erythraensis, will show that there is a very 

 characteristic specific difl'erence between them, and one of 

 which I find no intermediate modification. 



Species 68. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cypk^a spurca. Cypr. testa ovatd, lateribus cum extre- 

 mitatibus marginatis, foveolatis, dentibus fortiuscidis ; 

 dorso kiteo nebulato et ocellato, lateribus Jlavicantibus, 

 foveolis fuscis, basi albicante. 



The dirty Cowrey. Shell ovate, sides with the extre- 

 mities marginated, pitted, teeth rather sti'ong, back 

 clouded and ocellated with fidvous yellow, pits brown, 

 base wliitish. 



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



Cypraa acicularis, Gmelin. 



Cyprcea Jlaveola, Lamarck, (not of Linnscus). 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



There is a ciu-ious variety of this well-kno«ii shell, in 

 which the base has a lai-ge dark splash upon i*. 



