460 CYPR^A. 



caurica. 47. Shell ovate, cinereous, speckled with 

 brown ; margin tumid, nodulous, and spotted 

 with purplish brown. 



Cypraea Caurica. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1179- Martini, i. p. 



375. t. 29. f. 301 and 302. Bom Mus. p. 188. Schroe- 



tjer Einl. i. p. 122. Gmelin, p. 3415. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 73. Lamarck in jinn, du Mus. xvi. p. 93. 

 Lister Conch, t. 677. f. 24. Rumphius, t. 38. f. P. Gual- 



ter, t. 15. f. A A. Favanne, t. 30. f. E 1. Enc. Meth. 



t. 356. f. 10. 

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

 phius. 

 Shell most commonly an inch and a quarter long, and about 

 half as broad ; the back is pale cinereous, thickly speckled 

 with brown, and obsoletely marked with three transverse 

 bands, of which the center one has sometimes a four-sided 

 patch of darker brown dots ; the margin is very tumid, with 

 an uneven knotted surface, and marked with dark brownish 

 purple spots ; the base is reddish brown with whitish teeth. 



DRAO/Ena. 48. Shell oblong, cinereous, speckled 

 with brown ; margin slightly tumid, smooth, 

 and spotted with purple. 



Cypraea Dracaena. Born Mus. p. 189. t. 8. f. 12. 

 Cypraea stolida. Martini, i. p. 372. t. 28. f. 292, 293. 



Schroeter Einl. i. p. 125. Gmelin, p. 34 \Q. Schreibers 



Conch, p. 77. 

 Cypraea corrosa. Gronovius Zooph. p. 291. t. 18. f. 10. 

 Cypraea derosa. Gmelin, p. 341 6. 

 Rumphius, t. 39- f. E. Seba Mus. iii. t. 55. f. 12 and 14, 



Enc. Method, t. 356. f. 10. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 This shell is of the same length as C. Caurica, but is nar- 

 rower in proportion, and of an oblong form : the colour 

 and the markings are similar, but the margin is comparatively 

 very little thickened, and has a level surface. The four-sided 

 brown mark in the center of the back is not, as Born sup- 

 posed, peculiar to this species, but is also occasionally ob- 

 servable in C. Caurica, of which Dr. Solander considered it 

 to be only a Variety. 



cruenta. 49- Shell ovate, pale glaucous, speckled 

 with ferruginous; margin slightly tumid, with 

 bright red spots. 



