456 cyprjEA. 



lutea. 39. Shell oblong, brownish, with two 

 white bands ; base yellow and spotted with 

 brown. 



Cypraea lutea. Gronovius Zooph. t. 19. f. 17- Schroeter 

 Einl. i. p. 168. Gmelin, p. 3114. Schreibers Conch. 

 p. 71. 



Inhabits 



The shell is larger than the last, but it is not a well defined, 

 and seems to be a doubtful species. 



asellus. 40. Shell oblong, white, with three trans- 

 verse dark brown bands. 



Cypraea Asellus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1178. Martini, i. p. 



359- t. 27. f. 280. Born Mus. p. 185. Vign. at p. 171. 



f. D. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 117- Gmelin, p. 3411. 



Schreibers Conch, p. 68. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. 



p. 98. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. S. f. 236. Lister Conch, t. 666. 



f. 10. Rumphius, t. 39- f. M. Petiver Gaz. t. 97. f. 



11, and Amb. t. 16. f. 18. Gualter, t. 15. f. M. Ar- 



genville, t. 18. f. T. Adanson Se?iegat, t. 5. f. H. Knorr, 



iv. t. 25. f. 3. Favanne, t. 29. f. P. Encyc. Meth. t. 



356. f. 5. 

 Variety B. With the bands yellow. 

 Gualter, t. 15. f. CC, and DD. Martini, i. p. 36 1. t.27. 



f. 281. 

 Variety C. With the bands flesh-coloured. 

 Cypraea moniliaris. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 98. 

 Petiver Gaz. t. 97. f. 10. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Maldives. Lister. Amboyna. 



Rumphius. Senegal. Adanson. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell eight lines long, and four broad, white in every part ex- 

 cept the three dorsal transverse bands. 



errones. 41. Shell oblong, ovate, greenish, mot- 

 tled with brown; margin thickened, white, 

 and spotless. 



Cypraea Errones. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1178. Born Mus. 



p. 185. Gmelin, p. 3411. Solander's MSS. 

 Cypraea ovum. Gmelin, p. 3412. Schreibers Conch, p. 69. 

 Cypraea olivacea. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 95. 



