CYPREA. 183 
Cwvprxa carucola. 
A reference to the first volume of Martini (“t. 28, f. 287, 
288’) in the revised copy of the ‘Systema’ confirms that de- 
termination of the species which had been arrived at by natural- 
ists from the figure in Rumphius, and the perusal of the ‘Mu- 
seum Ulrice,’ a decision corroborated by the younger Linné, 
who has rightly quoted “ List. Conch. t. 664, f. 8” as illustra- 
tive. Although specimens are to be found (Sow. Conch. III. 
Cyp. f. 165) in the Linnean cabinet, they cannot be regarded 
as of authority, since the presence of the species is not 
asserted in our author’s list of his T’estacea. The shell figured 
by Petiver is a young Cowry, which reminds one of carneola in 
marking, though probably not designed for that species: it was 
not referred to in the ‘Museum Ulrice.’ 
Cvprxa sebra. 
A not perfectly mature example of the Cyp. exanthema (Sow- 
erby, Conch. Illus. Cyp. f. 6, a) is marked for this species in 
the Linnean cabinet. This circumstance confirms the conclu- 
sion arrived at by Deshayes, &c., from the published synonymy. 
Seba and Bonanni represent the shell in question ; Argenville’s 
drawing is less satisfactory. 
Cyprxa talpa, 
The Cyprea talpa of authors (Kiener, Coq. Viv. Cyp. pl. 12, 
f. 2) is marked for this species in the Linnean cabinet. Plate 
27, f. 273, 274 of the first volume of Martini’s Conchology is 
correctly cited, and the erroneous reference to Lister erased in 
the revised copy of the ‘ Systema.’ The figure of Barrelier 
(Arabica) suits not the description, and must be omitted from 
a synonymy which is otherwise correct. Perhaps when origi- 
nally referring to the old edition of Lister, our author may not 
