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Shell ovato-globose, almost round, of an uniform, semivitreous, 
shining, white appearance; base convex, aperture rather narrow, 
slightly curved inwards its whole length, edges thick; teeth even, 
rather thick, prominent, about thirty on the lip and twenty on the 
columellar side, where they traverse the columellar groove and ser- 
rate its nearly straight inner edge; the groove is broad and very 
shallow, and nearly equal in width and depth the whole length of 
the aperture; the teeth continue to form the ribs, which are large, 
even and prominent, and terminate at the dorsal impression, with 
the exception of two or three on each side; the false ribs all form 
denticulations; dorsal line impressed, extending from the apices 
formed by the joining of the false ribs ; extremities obtuse, thick and 
short; margin very thick, none on the inner side; spire not per- 
ceptible in the adult shell, being thickly covered by the false ribs. 
Hab. Philippines. 
Length, ;25,ths of an inch ; width, ,2,ths ; height, 2°, ths. 
Differs from Cyprea globosa of Gray in the anterior extremities 
being of an equal length, aperture much narrower and less curved, 
base rounder, its semivitreous shining appearance, &c. 
Cabinet of Gaskoin. 
8. Cypraza cranpo (Hail-stone Cowry). Cyp. testd ovato-globosd, 
nitidd, nived; basi rotundatd, sine varice; aperturd latiusculd 
anticé latiori, subspirali ; sulco columellari longitudinem columelle 
a@quante, lato et profundo ; dentibus minimis, equalibus, labit 
circa quadraginta-octo, columelle circa triginta-quatuor ; costellis 
tenuibus et equalibus, e dentibus continuis ; interstitiis longitudi- 
naliter tenuiterque crenulatis ; lined dorsali impressd ; extremitate 
posticd valde productd ; spird prominente et flavescente. 
Shell ovato-globose, shining, of a clear snow-white colour ; base 
round, being a continued convexity with the body of the shell, there 
being no margin on either side; aperture widest at its anterior half, 
rather wide generally ; the columellar side spiral, edge of the lip but 
very slightly so; columellar groove extends the entire length of the 
columella, and is continuous at beth ends with the channels; it is 
broad and deep, particularly at the anterior half; its outer and inner 
edges spiral, the outer edge angular and somewhat projecting; 
teeth very minute, numerous and even, about forty-eight on the lip, 
and about thirty-four on the columellar side, which traverse the co- 
lumellar groove to notch its inner edge; the ribs delicate and even, 
and are continuations from the teeth; many terminate on the sides of 
the shell (the teeth being so numerous, the outer portion could not 
contain their prolongation), the rest end mostly in fine points at the 
dorsal impression, alternately from either side; a few are united 
with those of the opposite side; interstices between the ribs finely 
crenulated longitudinally ; dorsal line impressed ; extremities, the 
anterior very slightly, the posterior much produced ; spire prominent 
and tinged with a light yellow colour; margins none. 
This shell differs from the Cyprea vitrea, just described, in the 
minuteness and number of the teeth and delicacy of the ribs ; in the 
