442 cypRjEA. 



Cyprasa Aurora. Solanders MSS. Portland Catalogue, 

 p. 10. lot 197. Chemnitz, xi. p. 34. t. 180. f. 1737 and 

 1738. Lamarck Ann. du Mas. xv. p. 452. 

 Cypraea Aurantium. Martyn Univ. Conch, ii. t. 59. Gme- 



lin, p. 3403. Schreibers Conch, p. 1 15. 

 Favanne, t. 30. f. S. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Otaheite. Solander. Friendly Islands. 



Martyn. New Zealand. Chemnitz. 

 This scarce and beautiful species is about four inches long, and 

 rather more than half as broad, and the height when standing 

 on its base, is two inches and a quarter. The sides are ven- 

 tricose, and rounded at the margin. It constitutes part of the 

 ornaments worn by the chiefs of the Friendly Islands. 



carneola. 9. Shell ovate-oblong, pale, with flesh- 

 coloured bands, and the teeth violet. 



Cyprcea carneola. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1 174. Martini, i. p. 

 366. t. 28. f. 287, 288. Schroder's Einleitung, i. p. 100. 

 Born Mas. p. 176. t. 8. f. 2. Gmelin, p. 3400. Schrei- 

 bers Conch, p. 56. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p, 

 454. 

 Cypraea crassa. Gmelin, p. 3421. 



Lister Conch, t. 664. f. 8. Rumphius, t. 38. f. K. Petiver 



Gaz. t. 80. f. 8. Gualter, t. 30. f. H. Argenville, t. 



18. f. O. Knorr, vi. t. 17. f. 4. Favanne, t. 29. f. C 5. 



Enc. Meth. t. 354. f. 3. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Asia. Linnccus; 



East Indies. Humphreys. 

 Shell varies from an inch to two inches and a half long, and in 

 all stages of its growth may be readily known by its pale 

 yellowish hue, and flesh-coloured or reddish transverse bands. 

 The base is white, and the teeth violet. Lamarck under the 

 name of C. sordida, has described a species, which he says, 

 differs principally from this in being smaller and more ven- 

 tricose, and in not having the aperture at all tinged with 

 violet, but it appears to me to be only a variety. 



talpa. 10. Shell oblong, sub-cylindrical, brownish 



yellow, with paler bands ; thickened, and 



blackish at the base. 



Cypraea Talpa. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1174. Martini, i. p. 



356. t. 27. f. 273 and 274. Born Mus. p. 177. Schroe- 



ter Einl. i. p. 102. Gmelin, p. 3400. Schreibe/s 



Conch, p. 56. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 453. 



