CYPE^A.— Plate XXI. 



dilated, base depressed, extremities blunt, back ratber 

 broadly impressed down the middle, nodose on each 

 side, with ribs diverging from the nodides ; ash-brown, 

 back stained with a blackish blotch. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 540. 



Hah. St. Elena, West Columbia (under stones) ; Cuming. 

 Characterized by its depressed growth and dilated 



margin. 



Species 118. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cypr^a globulus. Cypr.testdc>/lindraceo-oblongd,dorso 

 lavi, sulco obsoleio aid nulla, aperturd angimtd, dmti- 

 bus subelongatls, extremilaiihm rodrath, produdu ; 

 dorso fulvo-luteo, fusco mbobscitre punctaio, lateribus 

 extremitatibmque rufo-aurantiis. 



The little globe Cowkey. SheU cyUndrically oblong, 

 back smooth, dorsal groove obsolete or entu'ely want- 

 ing, aperture narrow, teeth rather elongated, extremi- 

 ties beaked, produced ; back fulvous yeUow, rather 

 obscurely dotted with brown, sides and extremities 

 reddish orange. 



LiNN^TJS, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1181. 



Hob. East Indies. 



FuUy distinguishable from the Cypraa cicercula, to 



which it so nearly approximates in general appearance, by 

 the absence of the dorsal groove, the granides, and the 

 fom- chesnut spots of the base ; it is also of a more oblong 

 cylindrical form. 



Species 119. (Mus. Saul.) 



Cypr^a MAUGERI.a:. Cypr. testa suhpyrifonni-ovald, 

 latere dextro marginato, postice mihproducto, midique 

 transversim creberrhne codatd, costis mbirregulariter 

 flexuom, ittterstitiis scabriusculis, dorso medio litieari- 

 impresso ; fulvo-rosaced, dorso macula grandifusces- 

 eente obscure tincfo, latere dextro rosacea. 



Mauger's Cowrey. Shell somewhat pyriformly ovate,' 

 right side margined, a Little produced posteriorly, 

 transversely very closely ribbed throughout, ribs 

 somewhat ii-regularly flexuous, interstices roughish, 

 back impressed down the middle with a nai-row 

 gi-oove ; fulvous rose colour, back obscm'ely stained 

 with a large faint brown blotch, right side pink. 



Gray; Sowerby, Conch. lUus. Cj-prEeadse, no. 111. f. 30. 



Sab. Gallapagos Islands ; Cuming. 



An extremely delicate species of which the fine example 



here figured from the collection of Miss Saul is larger than 



any other specimen I have seen. 



