142 Monograph on the Ci/prccidce, hy Mr. Gray- 



Petiver. African Ocean, hinneus. Coast of Guinea, Regen/tiss. 



Mus. Brit. Sowerb. Nost. /3. N. A. Vigors. 



Shell oblong elliptical, nearly cylindrical, pale yellowish white, 

 obscurely three-banded, ornamented with many variously sized 

 fulvous rings; sides pale, scarcely thickened ; base pale, whitish, 

 shelving toward the aperture, marked with two large chesnut 

 brown, squarish spots on each side; aperture rather larger in front, 

 teeth smallish, close, pale, with a brown edge on each side; colu- 

 mella deep, front concave, plaited; spire small, concave; inside 

 white ; axis 2 f , diameter 1 | of an inch. 



12. Ci/prcea Talpa. 



Testa oblongo-elliptica, subcylindrica, subumbilicata, flavescens, 

 obscure trifasciata; basi lateribusque fusco-nigris ; marginibus 

 subincrassatis, subangulatis ; apertura pallida, dentibus nigris. 



Cypraea Talpa. Lin. Sys. Nat. 174. Martini'^. 356. Born. 

 Mus. 177. Schroeter Einl. j. 102. Gmelin 3400. Schreiber's 

 Conch. ]. 56. Lamarck Jnn. Mus. xv. 453. Hist. 383. Dillwyn 

 R. S. 442. 



Icon. List. Conch, i. 658, f. 114 ! Rumphius t. 38, f. 1. Pet. 

 Amb. t. 16, f. 1. Guallier t. 16, f. N. Argenville t. 18, f. H. 

 Knorr. j. t. 27, f. 2, 3. Regenfuss j. t. 10, f. 37. Favanne t. 29, 

 f. 6, 1. Martini j. t. 27, f. 273, 274. Encj/. Method. 353, f. 4. 



2. Decorticata. Testa flavo-basi fulvo-fusca. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Lister. Amboyna, 

 Rumphius. Coast of Guinea, Regenfuss. Asia, Linn. China, 

 Humphreys. Mus. Brit. J. Sowerb. Nost. 



Shell oblong elliptical, nearly cylindrical, yellowish, obscurely 

 banded; base and sides very dark brown black ; the edge thickened, 

 slightly angularly margined, especially at the extremities; aperture 

 rather narrow, yellowish, teeth narrow, distinct, black ; columella 

 smooth, front concave, slightly plaited ; spire Hat; inside purplish 

 white ; axis 2 f, diameter 1 | of an inch. 



13. Cyprwa Isabella. 



Testa oblonga elliptica, subcylindrica, cinerco-fulva, obscure 

 fasciata,lineolis punctulisquc nigris, ornata : basi liiteribusque albis; 

 cxtreraitatibuK aurantio maculatis, dentibus minutis albis. 



