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could the specialist in each or any group have made 

 better selections. No wonder then that the favorite of 

 favorites is superb. Cypraeidae ! Many men have 

 devoted their lives to Cypraea alone without excelling 

 these groups. Indeed several life achievements have 

 actually gathered here by that law of accretion which 

 draws like things unto themselves, for the choicest 

 specimens of several well known collections of Cypraea 

 find here their resting place. Lest these words seem 

 extravagant, let the list of species be their justification. 

 It is practically a catalogue of every described variety 

 of Cypraea, and represents a money outlay that would 

 startle the uninitiated. 



CYPRAEA 



adamsoni, Gray. Isle of Bourbon 



adelinae, Roberts 



adusta, Chem. (onyx, Linn., var.) Ceylon 



albonitens, Melv. (pantherina, Sol., var.) 



albuginosa, Mawe. Gulf of California 



algoensis, Gray. Algoa Bay 



ambigua, Gmel. (tigris, Linn., juv.) 



amphithales. Melvill. South Africa (very rare) 



angustata, Gmel. South Australia 



annae, Roberts (semiplota, Alighels, var.) Oahu 



annulata, Gray. Mauritius 



annulus, Linn. Indian Ocean 



arabica, Linn. Australia, Indian Ocean, Samoa (Eight 



stages and two pigmy specimens.) 

 arabica, Linn, brilliant vellow var. 



