cyprjEA. 437 



Cypraea exanthema. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1172. Martini, 



i. p. 368. t. 28. f. 289, t. 29. f. 298 to 300, and t. 26. f. 



257 and 258. Born Mus. p. 172. Schroeter Einl. i. 



p. 94. Inn. Bau. Conch, p. 5. Chemnitz, x. p. 108. 



t. 145. f. 1343. Gmelin, p. 3397. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 52. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 71, and Ann. du 



Mus. xv. p. 447. 

 Cypraea Gervus. Lin. Mantissa, p. 548. Lamarck in 



Ami. du Mus. xv. p. 447. 

 Cypraea oculata. Gmelin, p. 3403. 



Cypraea Leucopis. Shaw Nat. Misc. xv. t. 6 19- lower fig. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 257 and 267, and Kirch, f. 256 and 266. 



Lister Conch, t. 697- f. 44, t. 698. f. 45, and t. 699. f. 



46. Petiver Gaz. t. 153. f. 11. Seba, iii. t. 76. f. 4, 



5, 16, and 18. Knorr, i. t. 5. f. 3 and 4, ii. t. 24. f. 2. 



Regenfuss, t. 10. f. 38. Favanne, t. 29. f.Bl. En- 



cyc. Method, t. 349, and t. 353, f. 3. 

 Junior. Cypraea Zebra. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1174. Born 



Mus. p. 177. t. 8. f. 3. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 101. t. 1. 



f. 6. Gmelin, p. 3400. Shaw's Nat. Misc. xiv. t. 



583. 

 Cypraea bifasciata. Gmelin, p. 3405. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 60. 

 Cypraea plumbea. Gmelin, p. 3403. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 58. 

 Cypraea dubia. Gmelin, p. 3405. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 1 16. 

 Lister Conch, t. 669. f. 15- Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 0.66, and 



Kirch, f. 265. Gualter, t. 16. f. O. Argenville, t. 18. 



f. G. &?6a, iii. t. 76. f. 16. Martini, i. t. 26. f. 256. 



Favanne, t. 29- f. C 2. 

 Inhabits the American and Atlantic Oceans. Gmelin. Coasts 

 of Jamaica. Lister. Caribee Islands. Regenfuss. Santa 

 Cruz, and St. Thomas. Martini. 

 Shell from two to five inches long, and about half as broad ; 

 of a ferruginous, russet brown, or coffee colour, marked 

 with whitish eyes or spots varying in size and number : some 

 of the spots are frequently ocellated and others plain in the 

 same specimen. In the first stage of its growth it is repre- 

 sented by Martini, ii. t. 65. f. 730, and has been confound- 

 ed with Conus bullatus. When the shell is more advanced, 

 and first assumes the form of a Cypraea, it is of a bluish colour 

 with brown bands, in which stage it is the Linnaean C. Zebra, 

 and the spots also do not appear till the last coat of its enamel 

 has been thrown over. In the Encyclopedic Methodique it is 



