CYPR2/EA. 187 
Cyprvea writs. 
As the Cyprea mus of authors (Reeve, Conch. Icon. Cyp. f. 
24) has been delineated by both Seba and Rumphius, the only 
iconographies cited in the ‘Museum Ulrice,’ and the fuller de- 
scription in that valuable publication harmonised accurately 
with the shell delineated, that Cowry has been justly selected as 
the representative of the Linnean species. A reference in the 
revised copy of the ‘Systema’ to figures 222, 223 of the twenty- 
third plate of Martini’s first volume, supports the received de- 
termination. As to the queried engraving in Argenville, it 
looks much more like C. onyx, which is assuredly the Cowry 
delineated by Lister: both references must be ejected from a cor- 
rect synonymy. 
Cyprxa tigrts. 
The Cyprea tigris of authors (Sowerby, Conch. Ill. Cyp. f. 
90) is marked for this species in the Linnean cabinet. The 
f confirmatory synonyms of “ Mart. Syst. t. 24, f. 232—234,” 
and “ Knorr, Conch. 6, t. 21, f. 4,” are added in the respective 
copies that belonged to the father and the son. ‘The references 
to the letter H of Gualtier’s engraving, to 1325 of Barrelier, and 
to Lister’s 681 (the modern numbering), must be suppressed, 
as they represent the C. pantherina: the figure referred to in 
Petiver should have been 7, not 17. Although pantherina was 
manifestly confused, Linnzus clearly did not regard it as the 
typical variety, otherwise he would have quoted the figures of 
it in Martini (235, 236), in Bonanni [(258, 256), in Argenville 
(21, 8), doc. 
Cvprxa pur. 
The Cyprea lynx of authors (Reeve, Conch. Icon. Cyp. f. 38) 
is marked for this species in the Linnean cabinet. In the 
