CYPR&A. 445 



and a quarter broad, of a reddish yellow colour, with a few 

 large scattered round white spots. It may not improbably 

 be a Variety or some other species in an immature state. 



sanguinolenta. 15. Shell oblong-ovate, livid, with 

 brown bands, and the margin light purple 

 with darker spots. 



Cypraea sanguinolenta. Gmelin, p. 5406. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 59. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 97. 



Cypraea purpurafa. Solander's MSS. 



Cypraea, No. 15. Schroder's Einleitung, i. p. 137. 



Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 234. Argenville, X. 18. f. 

 It. Martini, i. t. 26. f. 265, 266. Enc. Meth. t. 356. 

 f. 12. 



Inhabits 



Shell near an inch long, and the breadth rather exceeds half 



the length. The colour on the back is livid or dingy drab, 



with two obsolete brown bands, and the sides as well as the 



base are of a very pale purple, marked with dark purple 



spots. The inside is violet. 



undata. 16. Shell ovate, yellowish white, with 

 longitudinal brownish waves, and transverse 

 dark bands. 



Cyprasa undata. Chemnitz, x. p. 102. t. 144. f. 1337. 

 Cypraea undulata. Gmelin, p. 3406. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 62. 



Inhabits the Mauritius. Chemnitz. 



Shell about three inches long, and the size of a hen's egg. It 

 is said to be thin, and is represented with the spire project- 

 ing, as well as every other indication of immaturity, so that it 

 may be doubted whether C. undata is more than the young 

 of some species already described. 



teres. 17. Shell cylindrical, milk white, with three 

 brownish waved bands ; on one side the 

 margin is thickened, and marked with a few 

 brownish yellow spots. 



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



116. 

 Cypraea, No. 110. Schroeter's Einleitung, i. p. l6l. t. 1. 

 f. 7. 

 Inhabits — — 



