CYPE^A.— Plate XIX. 



with this. There is a marked variety of the C. Mrundo in 

 wliich the blue painting is obsolete and the brown dots 

 more conspicuous and numerous; the C. Owe?; « Sowerby, 

 which name he afterwards cancelled. The C. ttrsellus of 

 Gmelin is thought to be a worn specimen of the C. hirimdo. 



Species 105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cype^a felina. Cypr. testa oblongo-ovatd, laterihus suh- 

 marginatis, basi depressiMseuld, dentibus fortimculis, 

 subdistantibus ; dorso viridi-caruleo, late trifasciato, 

 punctis olwaceis ubique lentiginoso, laterihus flavicunti- 

 bus, maculis nigris conspicue oriiatis, basijlamcante. 



The cat Cowrey. Shell oblong-ovate, sides slightly mar- 

 gined, base somewhat depressed, teeth rather strong ; 

 back greenish-blue, disposed in thi-ee broad bands, 

 freckled aU over with olive dots, sides yellowish, 

 conspicuously ornamented with black spots, base 

 yellowish. 



Variety ^ (Fig. b.) 



Testa abbreviata, gibbosa, dorso elevato. 

 Shell shortened, gibbous, back elevated. 

 Gray. Zool. Journal, vol. 1. p. 384. 

 Variety fi. Cyprma fahula, Kiener. 



Eab. ? 



The Variety was specially noticed by Mi-. Gray on his 

 first introduction of the species in the Zoological Journal. 

 It is a variation of gi-owth common to many other species 

 of the genus. 



Species 106. (Fig. a Mus. Cuming; Fig. b Mus. Saul.) 



CYPRa:A CLANDESTINA. Cypr. testa ovatd, umbilicatd, den- 

 tibus fortibus subconspintis ; dorso incarnato-lacteo, 

 obsolete trifasciato, lineis rufis exilissimis, hie illic an- 



gxdatim convergentibits, tratisversim ornato, lateribus 

 basique eburneis. 



The CLANDESTINE CowREY. ShcU ovate, umbUicated, 

 teeth strong, rather conspicuous ; back fleshy cream- 

 colom-, obsoletely three-banded, ornamented trans- 

 versely with extremely faint red hnes converging here 

 and there to a point, sides and base ivory-white. 



LiNNEUS, Syst. Nat. (13th edit.) p. 1177. 

 Cypraa moniliaris, Lamarck. 



Rab. Ceylon. 



The faint transverse red hair-lines, converging here and 

 there to a point, form an extremely characteristic feature 

 in this species. 



Species 107. (Mus. Saul,) 



CYPRiEA auADRiMACCLATA. Cypr. testd subcyUtidraceo- 

 ovatd, utrinque attemmto-rostratd, dentibus subpromi- 

 nulis; dorso pallide ccBrulescente, olivaceo minutissime 

 lentiginoso, extremitaiibics macula nig ricante-f used con- 

 spicue ornatis, basi albd. 

 The four-spotted Cowrey. Shell cyUndricaUy ovate, 

 attenuately beaked at each end, teeth rather promi- 

 nent ; back pale blue, very minutely freckled vdth. 

 ohve, extremities conspicuously ornamented ^\'ith a 

 blackish brown spot on each side, base white. 

 Gray, Zool. Joinnal. vol. 1. p. 377. 



Eab. ? 



Although the Cypraa hirundo, cylindrica, and a few 

 others ai-e characterized by the appearance of two dark 

 spots at each extremity, they have not the same conspicu- 

 ons aspect as in the species under consideration, on account 

 of the pale delicate colom-ing of the shell. The Cypraa 

 qnadrimaculata is moreover peculiarly distinguished by the 

 attenuated growth of its extremities. 



