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thema, it reminds one also of cervus, which Linneus did not 
at first distinguish from the present species: as to figure 16 of 
the same iconography, it must assuredly be expunged from the 
synonymy, since it bears more likeness to a young Mauritiana. 
Cyprea mappa. 
The Cyprea mappa of authors (Sowerby, Conch. Tl. Cyp. f. 
70) is marked for this species in the Linnean cabinet, and 
Martini’s figures (i. t. 25, f. 245, 246) of that shell are cited in 
the revised copy of the ‘Systema.’ The reference to the ‘Ga- 
zophylacium’ of Petiver (omitted in the ‘Museum Ulrice’) 
must be excluded from the synonymy, the remainder of which 
is correct. 
Cvprxa Avabica. 
The Cyprea Arabica (Sowerby, Conch. Ill. Cyp. f. 2) of au- 
thors is marked for this species in the Linnean cabinet. The 
reference to Seba must be omitted from the synonymy, as the 
shell (mappa) represented by him does not suit the described 
features. ‘‘ Pet. Gaz. 538, f.6” and “ Mart. Syst. 397, t. 31, f. 
328, 330” are added by Linneus in his revised copy of the 
‘ Systema.’ 
Cvprza Argus. 
The correctness of the synonymy insured an early recogni- 
tion for this strongly-featured Cowry, of which an example (Cy- 
prea Argus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Cyp. f. 8) is still preserved in 
our author’s cabinet, and alone suits the combined pictorial and 
descriptive definition. ‘List. Conch. 705,” and “ Mart. Syst. 
363, t. 28, f. 285, 286,” are correctly cited in the revised copy 
of the ‘ Systema.’ 
