cypr^a. 443 



Lister Conch, t. 668. f. 14. Rumphiits, t. 38. f. I. Pe- 

 *K>er Amb. t. 16. f. 1. Gualter, t. 16. f. N. Argenville, 

 t. 18. f. H. 2v«o/t, i. t. 27. f- 2 and 3. Regenfuss, i. 

 t. 10. f. 37. Favanne, t. 29- f. C 1. Ewe. Method, t. 

 353. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Madagascar. Lister. Amboyna. Rum- 



phius. Fredericksburg on the coast of Guinea. Regenfuss. 



Asia. Linnmis. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches long, and one broad, fiuely polished ; 



above liver colour, or light brownish yellow, with three paler 



bands, and the lower parts of a dark rich blackish brown. 



The inside is white. 



lurida. 11. Shell ovate-oblong, lurid, and obso- 

 letely barred transversely; extremities pale 

 yellow, with two black spots. 



Cypraea lurida. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1175. Martini, i. p. 



386. t. 30. f. 315. Born Mas. p, 178. Schroeter Einl. 



i. p. 103. Gmelin, p. 3401. Schreibers Conch, p. 57. 



Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 89- 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 251, and Kirch, f. 250. Lister Conch. 



t. 671. f. 17, and t. 673. f. 19- Gualter, t. 13. f. E, I. 



Argenville, t. 18. f. C. Adanson Senegal, t. 5. f. D. 



Favanne, t. 29. f. C 4. Encyc. Method, t. 354. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Island of Ascension. Lister. Sicily. 

 Bonanni. Senegal. Adanson. Brazil. Martini. Naples. 

 Ulysses. 

 Shell one or two inches long, and about half as broad, gene- 

 rally on the upper part of a mouse colour, with two or three 

 paler or sometimes with darker transverse bands, and vary- 

 ing considerably in this respect. The base is always white, 

 and the extremities are yellowish, with two black spots at 

 each. 



vanelli. 12. Shell ovate-oblong, with pale irregu- 

 lar spots, and two blackish marks at each 

 extremity ; throat saflrou colour. 



Cypraea Vanelli. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1175. Gmelin, p. 



"S402. 

 Cypraea squalina. Gmelin, p. 3420. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 79. 

 Cypraea, No. 3. Schroeter's Einleitung, i. p. 134. 

 Lister Conch, t. 684. f. 31. Petiver Gaz. t. 95. f. 13. 

 Knorr, iv. t. 9. f. 6. Martini, i. t. 25. f. 250, 251. 



