464 CYPR^A. 



of a pale reddish brown or fawn-colour on the back without 

 any markings ; the margin is thickened on one side only, and 

 is white with dark reddish brown spots ; base white without 

 any markings. 



helvola. 56. Shell ovate, mottled with brown 

 and white spots, and the base plain brownish 

 yellow ; margin jagged behind. 



Cyprsea helvola. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1 1 80. Bom Mus. p. 

 191. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 126. Gmelin, p. 3417. 

 Schreibers Conch, i. p. 75. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. 

 xvi. p. 100. 

 Lister Conch, t. 691. f. 38. Rumphius, t. 39. f. B. Pe- 

 ttier Amb. t. 16. f. 17. Gualter, t. 15. f. BB. Knorr, 

 vi. t. 14. f. 6 and 7. Martini, i. t. 30. f. 326 and 327- 

 Enc. Method, t. 356. f. 13. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Maldives. Lister. Amboyna. 



Rumphius. 

 Shell rather less than an inch long, and about half an inch 

 broad, covered with mottled white and reddish brown spots, 

 of which the latter are increasingly numerous towards the 

 margin ; the base and margin are of an uniform brownish 

 yellow or saffron colour, and the two extremities are often 

 tinged with violet. Dr. Solander in his MSS. has quoted 

 Lister, t. 656. f. 1. for ' C. helvola senissima,* and from the 

 same figure Schroeter has constituted a species which is the 

 C. livida of Gmelin, p. 3403. 



ocellata. 57. Shell ovate-gibbous, yellow with 

 white spots, and black eyes ; margin slightly 

 thickened. 



Cypraea ocellata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1180. Martini, i. p. 

 402. t. 31. f. 333 and 334. Born Mus. p. 192. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. i. p. 127. Gmelin, p. 3417. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 75. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 94. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 247. Lister Conch, t. 696. f. 43. Pe- 

 ttier Gaz. t. 9. f. 7. Favanne, t. 29- f. B 5. Enc. 

 Method, t. 355. f. 7. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Martini. Coasts of China. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell about ten lines long, and six broad, yellow, covered with 

 small round white spots, of which some are ocellated with 

 black dots ; the margin and base white spotted with brown. 



