CYPR^A. 455 



Cyprsea zonata. Chemnitz, x. p. 107- t. 145. f. 1342. La- 

 marck Ann.du Mus. xvi. p. 90- 

 Cyprzea zonaria. Gmelin, p. 3414. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 66. 

 Inhabits the coast of Guinea. Chemnitz. 

 Chemnitz describes this species to be the size of a pigeon's 

 egg, and to have a white margin spotted with brown ; the 

 base also is white. 



hirundo. 37. Shell oblong, bluish, with two ob- 

 solete white bands, and two black spots at 

 each extremity. 



Cyprzea Hirundo. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1178. Martini, i. 



p. 361. t. 28. f. 282. Born Mus. p. 184. t. 8. f. 11. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 11 6. Gmelin, p. 3411. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 1 16. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 95. 

 Lister Conch, t. 674. f. 20. Petiver Gaz. t. 30. f. 3. 



Knorr, iv. t. 25. f. 4. Enc. Method, t. 356. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Maldives. Lister. The Antilles. 



Muller. 

 Shell about three-quarters of an inch long, and half as broad, 

 of a lively cinereous or pale blue colour, with two irregular 

 rather obsolete transverse white bands, and two very dark 

 spots at each extremity. The sides and the base are white, 

 and the former generally, but not always spotted with brown. 



ursellus. 38. Shell oblong, pale reddish brown, 

 with two white irregular bands, and two 

 brown spots at the upper extremity. 



Cyprsea Ursellus. Gmelin, p. 3411. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 68. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 98. ? 

 Cypraea, No. 2. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 133. 

 Rumphius, t. 39. f. O. Gualter, t. 15. f. L. Martini, i. 

 t. 24. f. 241. 



Inhabits 



Shell hardly half an inch long, of a pale reddish brown colour 

 on the back, with two broad irregularly curved transverse 

 white bands, and the base white : There are sometimes two 

 chocolate 5 brown spots at each extremity, but those by the 

 umbilicus are the most distinct. Dr. Solander considered 

 it to be a Variety or damaged shell of C. Hirundo, but be- 

 sides the difference in colour, C. Ursellus is smaller and 

 more beaked at the upper extremity. 



