C Y P R /E A. 



Plate XVIII. 



Species 93. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cypr.tia fijibkiata. Cypr. testa oblovgo-ovafa, laterilms 

 subinaryi Ileitis, medio leviter contractis, Lasi plniw-de- 

 pressa, aperturd antice hiante, dentibus parviuscidin ; 

 albicanle, dorm olivaceo-fusco minutissime lentiginoso, 

 maeidd grandi centrali indistinctd, extretnitatibus ma- 

 cidd coi/spiciid nigricante-violaced utriuqne oruatis. 

 The fimbriated Cowkey. Shell oblong-ovate, sides some- 

 what marginated, slightly contracted in the middle, 

 rbase flatly depressed, aperture gaping anteriorly, teeth 

 rather small ; wliitish, back very minutely freckled 

 \1 with olive brown, with a large indistinct central blotch, 

 extremities ouamented on both sides with a couspi- 

 / cuous dark \-iolet spot. 

 Gmelin Syst. Nat. p. 2423. ? Gray,Zool. Journal vol. 1. 



p. 383, 

 Eab. Japan (under stones) Dr. Siebold. 



A species which is extremely variable in size, but always 

 distinguishable by the dark violet spots on each side of the 

 extremities. 



Species 93. (Mus. Gaskoin.) 



CYPE.EA teres. Ci/pr. testa elongato-ovatd, latere dextro 

 conspicue marginato, basi peculiariter depresso, extre- 

 mitatihtts prominulis subrostratis, aperturd augustd, 

 dentibus minutis ; allncante, dorso maciilis fiiscesceidi- 

 biis midatis. 

 The TAPERING CowREY. Shell elongately ovate, right 

 side conspicuously marginated, peculiarly depressed 

 at the base, extremities prominent, somewhat beaked, 

 apertm-e nan-ow, teeth minute ; whitish, back painted 

 with three bands of waved pale brown spots, right 

 side dotted with brown. 

 Gmelin ; Sowerby Conch. Llus. Cat. Cypraeadae, no. 72. 



f. 56. 

 Cypraa tabescens, var. Gray. 



Eab. ? 



I take this shell as the Cgpraa teres of Gmelin on the 

 authority of Mr. Sowerby, though it is somewhat doubtful ; 

 it is, however, a species distinct from the C. tabescens, and 

 one of great rarity. There are two specimens in the col- 

 lection of Jli-. Gaskoin. 



Species 94. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cypr.'ea albuginosa. Cypr. testa oblongo-ovatd, extremi- 

 tatibus subobtusis, dentibus brevibus ; dorso fidvo, viola- 

 ceo-fusco picto, ocellis, numero.sis albis,fusco-annulatis, 

 ornato, lateribus violaceis, purpurea punctatis, basi vio- 

 laceo-albd. 



The WHITE-EYED CowREY. Shell oblong-ovate, extremi- 

 ties rather obtuse, teeth short ; back fulvous, painted 

 with violet-brown, ornamented with numerous white 

 eyes encu'cled \\'ith brown rings, sides violaceous, 

 dotted with pm-ple, base violet-tinged white. 



Mawe ; Gray, Zool. Jomnial. vol. 1. p. 510. 



Hub. Califormia. 



A richly painted violet and brown shell, closely studded 

 with white eyes encircled with brown rings which are 

 mostly thicker on one side than the other. 



Species 95. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cypr/EA flaveola. Cypr. testa oblongd, lateribus margi- 

 7iatis et foveolatis, basi depressd, dentibus subelongatis ; 

 dorso luteo-fusco, ocellis albis variis profuse ornatis, 

 margiiiibus atro-fusco tinctis et punctatis, basi alba. 



The yellowish Cowrey. Shell oblong, sides margined 

 and pitted, base depressed, teeth somewhat elongated; 

 back yellowish bi-own, profusely ornamented with 

 white eyes of various sizes, margins stained and dotted 

 wth blackish brown, base white. 



LiNNEUs, Syst. Nat. p. 1179. (not of Born, or Lamarck.) 



Hab. ? 



Very closely allied to the following species, but differing 

 by its more straightly oblong forai, and absence of black 

 rings. Care must be taken not to confound this shell with 

 the C. flaveola of Lamarck, which is the C. spurca, or the 

 C.Jlaveola of Born, which is the C. rufa. 



Species 96. (Fig. a Mus. Cuming, Fig. b. Mus. Gaskoin.) 



CYPR.fiA G.VNGRENOSA. Cypr. testd subpyriformi-ovatd, la- 

 teribus marginatis et foveolatis, basi subplanulatd, den- 

 tibus subelongatis ; dorso olivaceo, ocellis minutis albis, 

 ammlisque perpaucis fuscis ornato, extremitatibus atro- 

 fusco tincfk, basi alba. 



January 1 846. 



