CYPR^A. 465 



poraria. 58. Shell ovate, livid, with white spots 

 encircled by brown rings, and the upper edge 

 of the margin crenated on one side. 



Cyprsea poraria. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1180. Born Wins, p. 



192. t. 8. f. 16. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 97. 

 Cyprzea poraria, Var. /3. Gmelin, p. 3417. Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 75. 

 Cypraea, No. 1. Schroeter Mini. i. p. 133. 

 Lister Conch, t. 694. f. 41. Seba, iii. t. 55. f. 19, No. 5. 

 Martini, i. t. 24. f. 237 and 238. Enc. Method, t. 356. 

 f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Martini. 

 Shell about eight lines long, and five broad, of a pale livid co- 

 lour with a faint tinge of violet, and covered with white 

 spots, of which some of the larger are encircled by a brown 

 ring. The base is white with a slight tint of purple towards 

 the margin, and has no spots. Born, though he has figured 

 this shell, has erroneously quoted the C. poraria of Martini, 

 which is a different species, and is the C. gangrajiosa of So- 

 lander. 



gangranosa. 59. Shell oblong, bluish, with scat- 

 tered white and ferruginous spots, and two 

 brown spots at each extremity. 



Cyprasa gangranosa. Solanders MSS. 

 Cypraea poraria, «. Martini, i. p. 394. t. 30. f. 324, 325„ 

 Schroeter Einl. i. p. 128. Gmelin, p. 3417. Schreibers 

 Conch, i. p. 75. 



Junior. Martini, i. t. 26. f. 26 1 and 262. decorticated. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Humphreys. 



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

 a livid bluish colour, with white and ferruginous spots, and 

 the upper edge of the margin as well as the extremities spot- 

 ted with brown ; base white except at the upper extremity 

 which is yellow. 



fimbriata. 60. Shell oblong, with minute dots, and 

 obsolete pale brown bands ; the extremities 

 spotted with violet. 



Cypraea fimbriata. Gmelin, p. 3420. Schreibers Conch, 



i. p. 79. 

 Cypraea tenella. Solander's MSS. 

 Cypraea, No. 14. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 137. 

 Martini, i. p. 350. t. 26. f. 263, and 264, decorticated. 

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