CYPRiEA. 461 



Cypraea cruenta. Gmelin, p. 3420. 



Cyprzea variolaria. Lamarck in Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 91. 



Cypraea morbillosa. Solander's MSS. 



Cypraea Caurica, Var. Gmelin, p. 3415. Schreibers Conch, 



i. p. 122. 

 Cypraea, No. 30. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 142. 

 Rumphius, t. 38. f. O. Petiver Amb. t. 8. f. 8. Gualter, 



t. 15. f. E. Favanne, t. 30. f. E 3. Martini, i. t. 29. 



f. 303. Enc. Meth. t. 353. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Shell an inch and a quarter or inch and a half long, and about 

 two thirds as broad ; the margin is slightly tumid and level, 

 and is flesh-coloured with pink red spots ; the aperture yel- 

 low, with white teeth. 



erosa. 50. Shell oblong-ovate, yellowish, with 

 white dots ; margin toothed and marked with 

 a large brown spot on each side. 



Cypraea erosa. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1179. Martini, i. p. 

 392. t. 30. f. 320 and 321. Born Mus. p. 189- t. 8. f. 

 13. Schroeter Mini. i. p. 122. Gmelin, p. 3415. 

 Schreibers Conch, p. 73. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. 

 p. 93. 

 Lister Conch, t. 692. f. 39- Rumphius, t. 39. f. A. Pe- 

 tiver Gaz. t. 97- f. 19, and Amb. t. 16. f. 12. Gualter, 

 t. 15. f. H. Knorr, vi. t. 20. f. 4. Favanne, t. 30. f. 

 E 2. Enc. Method, t. 355. f. 4. 

 Junior. Cypraea miliaris. Gmelin, p. 3420. Lamarck in 

 Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 91. 



Cypraea erosa, Var. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 75. 

 Cypraea, No. 34. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 143. 

 Lister Conch, t. 701. f. 48. Gualter, t. 15. f. G. Martini, 

 t. 26. f. 260. and t. 30. f. 323. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Mauritius, Ascension Island, and 



Bengal. Lister. Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Shell near an inch and a half long, and the breadth is about 

 three fifths of the length ; the colour on the back is pale 

 brownish yellow, with numerous round white dots ; the mar- 

 gin is white, tumid, and toothed, and on each side is a very 

 large purplish brown spot, extending to the base, which 

 is white. Kaemmerer in the cabinet Rudolstadt, has sug- 

 gested that Gmelin's C. miliaris may be the young of this 

 species, and I have a series of specimens which compleatly 

 establish the truth of this conjecture. Gmelin, under the 

 name of C. ferruginosa, has constituted a species from the 



