cypr#:a. 463 



Cypraea rubiginosa. Gmelin, p. 1721. 



Cypraea Arabica, Var. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 54. 



Cypraea, No. 32. Schroeter Einleitung, i. j>. 142. 



Pettier Gaz. t. 97. f. 19- Argenville, t. 18 f. Y. Mar- 

 tini, i. t. 29- f. 305. Favanne, t. 29. f. S. 

 Inhabits the Eastern Ocean. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch long, and half as broad, of a pale bluish 



colour, with a large square ferruginous spot in the middle, 



and checquered with smaller ones on the sides. 



tabescens. 54. Shell sub-cylindrical, glaucous, with 

 somewhat tessellated bands, and sprinkled 

 with ferruginous dots ; margin thickened on 

 one side. 



Cypraea tabescens. Solander's MSS. 

 Cypraea stolida, Var. /?. Gmelin, p. 3417. 

 Cypraea, No. 26. Schroeter Einleitung, i. p. 141. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Mas. Kirch. 3. f. 237. Rumphius, t. 



39. f. F. Pettier Amb. t. 16. f. 13. Martini, i. t. £8. 



f. 294 and 295. 

 Variety. Shell broader and more oblong. 

 Cypraea stolida, Var. y. Gmelin, p. 3417. 

 Lister Conch, t. 678. f. 25. Martini, i. t. 28. f. 296 and 



297. 

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

 phius. 

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

 glaucous, sprinkled with ferruginous dots, and marked with 

 obsolete bands, somewhat tessellated with reddish brown. 

 The margin is thickened principally on one side, and is white 

 spotted with brown. The inside is of a violet colour. The 

 shell figured by Martini, 296 and 297, appears to differ only 

 in being broader and of a more oblong shape. 



angustata. 55. Shell ovate, reddish brown, with 

 the margin and base white, and the former 

 spotted with dark brown. 



Cypraea angustata. Gmelin, p. 342 J . Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 77. 



Cypraea, No. 62. Schroeter Einleitung, i.-p. 150. 



Gualter, t. 13. f. QQ. 



Inhabits 



Shell about an inch long, and rather more than half as broad, 



