438 CYVRMA. 



represented under all these different appearances on the same 

 plate. 



mappa. 2. Shell ovate, inscribed with characters, 

 and the dorsal streak broad, branched, and 

 sinuated. 



Cypraea Mappa. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1173. Martini, i. 



p. 340. t. 25. f. 245 and 246. Born Mus. p. 172. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 95. Gmelin, p. 3397. Schreibers 



Conch, p. 53. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p, 449. 

 Rumphius Mus. t. 38. f. B. Argewcille, t. IS. f. B. Peti- 



ver Ami. I. 1(3. f. 2. Seba, iii. t. 76*. f. 3, 13 and 17. 



Knorr, i. t. 26. f. 3. Favanne, t. 29. f. A 3. Encyc. 



Method, t. 352. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the African Seas. Linn&us. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. 

 Shell usually two and a half inches long, and the breadth is al- 

 most two thirds of the length. The sides are irregularly 

 marked with crowded brown characters, and along the back 

 is a broad, branched, sinuated streak of dirty white. Teeth, 

 saffron colour. Born mentions a Variety with the back and 

 base of a rose colour, and the markings rufous. 



arabica. 3. Shell ovate-oblong, inscribed with 

 brown marks like Arabic characters, and the 

 dorsal streak simple. 



Cypra?a Arabica. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1173. Martini, 

 i. p. 398. t. .31* f. 328 to 330. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 95. 

 Inn. Bau. Conch, p. 5. t. 3. f. 5. Born Mus. p. 173. 

 Gmelin, p. 3398. Schreibers Conch, p. 54. Shaw's 

 Nat. Misc. xvi. t. 648. lower figure. Lamarck Ann. du 

 Mus. xv. p. 449. 



Lister Conch, t. 608. f. 3. Rumphius, t. 38. f. M. Gualter, 

 t. 16. f. V. Knorr, vi. t. 20. f. 2. Favanne, t. 29. f, 

 A 2. Enc. Method, t. 352. f. 2 and 5. 

 Variety. Shell much smaller, and the teeth white. 



Cypraea Arabicula. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 100. 

 Junior. Cypraea amethystea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1174. Mar- 

 tini, i. p. 343. t. 25. f. 247 to 249. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 

 102. Gmelin, p. 3401. Schreibers Conch, p. 56. 



Cypraea fragilis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1175. Schroeter Einl. 

 i. p. 106. Gmelin, p. 3404. Shaw's Nat. Misc. xvi. 

 t. 648. upper fig. 



Lister ConcL t, 662. f. 6. Rumphius, t. 39. f.-Q. P& 



