CYPRiEA. 



Plate XVII. 



Species 84. (Mus. Gaskoin.) 



Cypb^a pdlicakia. Cypr. testa subci/lindraceo-oblonga, 

 antice mbdeclivi, latere dextro marghmto, leuter con- 

 tracto, aperturd angustd, dentil/us mi/mtis ; pellucido- 

 albd, vel luted, lateribus donoque putictii rubido-fuscis 

 svheompicuk aspersis. 



The flea-spotted Cowrey. Shell somewhat cyUndri- 

 eaUy oblong, somewhat steep anteriorly, right side 

 marginated, slightly contracted, apertm-e narrow, teeth 

 minute ; transpai-ent white or yellowish, sides and back 

 sprinkled with rather conspicuous reddish-brown dots. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1845. 



Hab. ? 



This is quite a distinct species from the Cypraa piperata 

 with wliich I have frequently seen it mingled in collections ; 

 it is of a smaller and more cylindiicaUy oblong fonn and is 

 not banded, whilst the dots are more conspicuous. 



Species 85. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cyprjea edentula. Cypr. testa snlpyrifonni-ovatd, in- 

 Jlatd, spirdplano-depressd, latere dextro marghmto, pos- 

 tice producto, aperturd latiusculd, colmnelld lubroque 

 edentnlis ; albidd, dorso rubldo-castaneo profuse picto, 

 lateribus punctatis. 



The toothless Cowrey. Shell somewhat pj-riformly 

 ovate, inflated, spii'c flatly depressed, right side margi- 

 nated, produced posteriorly, aperture rather wide, Hp 

 and coliuneUa toothless ; white, back profusely painted 

 with reddish-chesnut, sides dotted. 



Sowekby, Conch. Illus. Cat. Cyprseadae, no. 102. 

 Cypraa (Luponia) Algoensis, var. Gray. 



Hab. Southern Africa. 



This sheU, of which I have examined numerous exam- 

 ples, is specifically distinct from the Cyprcea Algoeiisis with- 

 out reference to the absence of teeth ; it is of a shorter and 

 more inflated gi-owth, and the back is more conspicuously 

 bedaubed with chesnut colour. 



Species 86. (Mus. Said.) 



CypRjEa Capensis. Cypr. testd ovatd, profundi unibili- 

 eatd, basi pecuUariter depressd, lateribus conspicue mar- 

 ginatis, extrei/iitatibuspracipue postieis productis, aper- 



turd semicirculari, cohmidld dorsoque liris rugaformi- 

 bus parvis numerosissimis confertis superficiariis, labri 

 denies versus convergentibus tectis ,- sordid^ Inteo-fus- 

 cescente. 



The Cape Cowrey. SheU ovate, deeply umbUicated, 

 peculiarly depressed, sides conspicuously marginated, 

 extremities, especially the posterior, produced, aperture 

 crescent-shaped, colimieUa and back covered ^vith very 

 numerous close-set smaU superficial wrinkle-like rid- 

 ges, converging towards the teeth of the Hp ; dii'ty 

 light yellowish-brown. 



Gray', Wood Index Testaceologicus Supp. pi. 3. f. 18. 

 Cypraovula Capensis Gray. 



Sab. Cape of Good Hope. 



The ridges of this remarkable and, now, weU-known spe- 

 cies are of a curious supei"ficial epidermal character, though 

 converging round the lip with some solidity. 



Species 87. (Mus. Said.) 



Cypr/Ea piperata. Cypr. testd subpyriformi-ovatd, latere 

 dextro marginato, dentibus parvis ; lutescente, dorso 

 fa^ciis quaternis pallide castaneis interruptis ornato, 

 obscure minute punctata, lateribus punctatis. 



The peppered Cowrey. Shell somewhat pyriformly 

 ovate, right side marginated, teeth small ; yellowish, 

 back ornamented wMi four inten'upted pale chesnut 

 bands, obscurely minutely dotted, sides dotted. 



SoLANDER, MSS. ; Gray, Zool. Journal vol. i. p. 498. 

 Cypraa angustata var. (f. 2. 6.) Kiener. 



Sab. New Holland. 



The two central bands of this species ai'e sometimes 

 amalgamated into one of double width. It is of a more 

 pyriform shape than that which I have distinguished by 

 the new title of Cyprcea puUcaria, and the painting and 

 dotting ai'e of quite a diS'erent character. 



Species 88. (Mus. Saul.) 



CypRjEA fusco-dentata. Cy2ir. testd subpyriformi-ovatd, 

 postice plano-depressd, subumbilicatd, marginibus sub- 

 incrassatis, dentibus baseni super rugoso-Uratis, colu- 

 melld lavigatd ; lutescente aut sordide albd, dentibus 

 fuscis. 



January 1846. 



