Monograph on the Cj/preeidete, hy Mr. Gray. 79 



I am not certain that my shell is the same as Lamarck describes, 

 though it agrees with all his characters, for my own has certainly 

 more affinity to C. Mauri tiana than C. arabica. Lamarck obseives 

 that the dorsal line is rather branched ; in my specimen, which is 

 perhaps not quite so full grown, I cannot observe any. It is in- 

 stantly to be distinguished from all the other Cyprasae by its promi- 

 nent spire, flat base, and very deep groves between the hinder teeth. 



CyprcEa Mauritiana. 



Testa ovalo-ovata gibboffa flavescens ; fulvo-fusco-reticulata, 

 flavido-guttata, basi plana, nigerrima; lateribus iocrassatisangula- 

 tis, nigris ; aperturS, albidi ; dentibus obtusis, nigris. 



Cypraea Mauritiana, Lin. Sys. Nat. 1176 ,• Martini 1 , 388, Born. 

 Mus. 180; Schroder Einl. 1. 107; Gmelin 3407; Schreiber\-i 

 Conch. 1. 63 ; Lamarck Jnn. Mus. xv, 449, Hist. 377 ; Dill- 

 v>yn R. S. 447. 



Icon. BonnanniMus.Kirch.ni^f.^Gll List. Conch, t. 703j 



f. 52 ! Rumphius t. 58, /. 2 ; Fet. Gaz, t. 96, /. 8 ! Guaiiier 



t. 15. /. S. T. ! Seba iii, /. 76,/. 19 ! Knorr. i. t. 13, /. 1 ! ii, 



/. 27, /. 5 ! Favanne t. 30, f. F. 2 ; Martini i. i. 30, f. 317 ! 



Emy. Method, t. 350, /. la.b.X 



1. Junior. Testa oblongi elliptic^, marmorata, subfasciata. 

 Periboli — Adanson, tab. b, f. 1. Sow. Gen. Shells f. 1. 



2. Juvenis. Testa ovat^, gibbosa, brunnea, quinque-fasciatsl, 

 Tindati. 



Bulla ovata Gmelin 3432. 



Bulla Ovum Var. Schreiber^s Conch, i. 81. 



Cypraea Regina Chemnitz x. 101. Gmelin 3406. Schreiber^s 

 Conch, p. 49. 



Cyprjea torbinata. Gmelin 3404 (1). Schreiber^s Conch. \. 59. 



Cypra-a fragilis, Born. Mus. 179 (1). 



Cypraea nebulosa, Soland.MSS. 3432. Portland Catal. — Cypra*a 

 venerea Gmelin 3404 (3) Schreiber's Conch, i. 60. Icon. Bonanni 

 Rec. 8( Kirch, iii, 262, (2). Martini 1, t. 22, /.207, 208. Chem- 

 nitz x, t. 144, /. 1335, 1336. Born. Mus. t. 8, / 601. (1). Sow. 

 Gen. Shells, f. 2. 



2. Incompleta. Testi ovat^, gibbosi, bruuneil, fasciati, sub- 

 margiuati. 



