96 CYPREA. 



spotted over with numerous white circular 

 marks. 



*' C. mauritania, the moor, is a fine species, 

 with very black sides, and tawny-yellow back with 

 spots. It is a native of Java. 



** C. capiit-serpentis, the serpent's-head, has 

 dark sides, with white fauces : the back is co- 

 vered with net-work colouring : the fauces, you 

 must remember, are the narrow entrances at each 

 end of the shell. 



" C. Isabella, the orange-tip, with pale flesh- 

 colour back, and the fauces orange-colour. 



*' C. Arabica is a common species in collections. 



" C. mappa is varied with deep brown or yel- 

 low lines and spots : the dorsal line is laciniated. 



" C. talpa, the mole, has the back fawn- 

 colour, with three zones of pale yellow ; the base 

 and sides sometimes nearly black. It comes from 

 Madagascar. 



" C. mtelliis^ the fallow-deer, is fawn-colour, 

 covered with small white spots : from the Indian 

 Ocean. 



" The wasp, C asellus, is white, with three 

 brown bands. 



" C. helvola, the star-cowry, has the sides 

 dark orange ; the fawn-coloured back studded 

 with small spots. It comes from the Maldives. 



" C. monetaj the money-cowry, is generally 

 white, sometimes yellow. 



