cypr#:a. 449 



Inhabits the American and Mediterranean Seas, Gmelin. 

 Coasts of Carthagena. Linnccus. Guinea. Humphreys. 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and one inch broad. Be- 

 sides an irregular row of spots on each side the dorsal line, 

 there is generally a large blotch of black by the end of the 

 spire, but both these markings are wanting in young shells. 



Tigris. 23. Shell ovate, ventricose, whitish, with 

 large dark brown spots, and a yellowish 

 straight dorsal line. 



Cypraea Tigris. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 1 176. Martini, i. p. 



330. t. 24. f. 232 to 234. Bom Mm. p. 182. t. 8. f. 7. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 111. Gmelin, p. 3408. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 64. Lamarck Ann. da Mas. xv. p. 452. 

 Cypraea Pardalis. Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, vi. 1. 193. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 231 and 232. Lister Conch. 



t.6S2. f. 29. Rumphius Mus. t. 3$. f.A. Gualter, t. 14. 



f. G, I, L, and t. 16. f. S, Seba, iii. t. 76. f. 7, 9, and 14. 



Knorr, vi. t. 21. f . 4 and 5. Favanne, t. 30. f. L 2. Enc. 



Method, t. 353. f. 3. 

 Variety. Shell with waved yellow spots. 

 Cypraea flaniinea. Gmelin, p. 3408. 

 Cypraea, No. 52. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 148. 

 Valentyn Abhandlung, t. 4. f. 30. 

 Junior. Cypraea faeminea. Martini, i. p. 333. Gmelin, 



p. 3409. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 65. 

 Cypraea tigrina. Gmelin, p. 3404. 

 Cypraea seriata. Solandet's MSS. Portland Catalogue, 



p. 133. lot 2965. 

 Cypraea, No. 87. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 155, and No. 10. 



p. 136. 

 Lister Conch, t. 748. f. 42, and t. 672. f. 18. Seba, iii. t. 



76. f. 8 and 12. Knorr, v. t. 8. f. 2 and 3. Favanne, 



t. 30. f. L 3 and L 4. 

 Inhabits the Red Sea. Bonanni. Coasts of Madagascar. Lis- 

 ter. Amboyna. Rumphius. Java. Linnaus. 

 Shell from three to four inches long, and more than half as 

 broad; the colour is either pure or dull purplish white, and 

 the upper surface is beautifully marked with numerous large 

 rich dark brown spots varied with a reddish or a yellowish 

 tinge. 



pantherina. 24. Shell ovate-oblong, reddish, with 

 small dark spots ; base white, and the dorsal 

 line undulated. 



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