Monograph on the Ci/prcBidce, by Mr. Gray. J43 



Cypraea Isabella. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1177 ! Martini j. 357. Born. 

 Mus. 183. Schroeter Einl. j. 113. Gmelin 3409. Schreiber's 

 Conch, j. 65. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 94. Hist. vii. 390. 

 Dillwyn R. S. 451. 



Icon. Lister Conch, t. 660, f. 4 ! Runiphius t. 39, f. G. Petiver 

 Amb. t, 16, f. 16. Argenville t. 18, f. P. Knorr. h. t. 9, f. 5. 

 Martini j. t. 27, f. 275. Enci/. Method. 355, f. 6. 



2. Decorticata. Flava, obscure fasciata; basi alb^; extremitatibus 

 luteis. 



Asiatic Ocean., Madagascar, and Mauritius, Lister. Amboyna, 

 Rumphius. Red Sea, Lord Valentia. Mus. Brit. J. Sowerb. Nost. 



/3. fulva. Testa fuWo-flavescens, pellucida ; extremitatibus 

 aurantiis. Mus. Dom. Mawe. 



Shell oblong elliptical, nearly cylindrical, grayish fulvous, 

 obscurely three-banded, ornamented with small transverse black 

 lines and very small spots ; side white, scarcely margined, rounded ; 

 extremities rounded, orange yellow; base flat, with a concavity 

 near the centre of the inner lip ; aperture narrow, linear, scarcely 

 wider in front, teeth small, close, blunt; columella smooth, front 

 slightly concave, smooth, innermost edge denticulated ; spire small, 

 flat; inside white; axis 1 i, diameter | of an inch. 



When rubbed, it is plain yellow with three obscure bands. Mrs. 

 Mawe pointed out to me a specimen brought from the Red Sea, 

 by Lord Valentia, that is pellucid yelk yellow. 



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14. Cyprau pulchella. ^'' /'* 



Testa oblongo-elliptica, subcylindrica, pallide fusca, obscure 

 trifasciata ; basi lateribusque roseis ; marginibus incrassatis rotun- 

 datis ; extremitatibus nigro bimaculatis ; apertura angusta, denti-. 

 bus fuscis minutis. 



Inhah. Red Sea, Lord Valentia. Mus. Dom. Children, MawCj 

 et GoodalL 



Shell oblong elliptical, nearly cylindrical, very pale brown, 

 with three obscure broad bands, and two dark blackish-brown 

 kpots at each extremity ; base and sides rose-coloured ; margin 

 thickened, rounded, slightly prominent in the front; base flattish, 

 nith a concavity near the centre of the inner lip ; uperturu 



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