Monograph on the Cyprceidce^ hy Mr. Gray. 151 



guttulis puDctisque niveis adspersa; basi albida ; lateribus fuscis 

 arenaceis substriatis. 



Cypraea Vitellus. Lin. Si/s. Nat. 1176. Martini j. 3^7. Born. 

 Mils. 181. Schroeier Einl. t. 109. Gmelin 2407. Schreiber^s 

 Conch, j. 63. Lamarck Ann. Mas. xvi. 89. Hist. vii. 385. 

 Dillizyn R. S. 448. 



? Cypraea subfuscula. Marty n n, c. t. QQ. (DiUwi/}i). 



Icon. Bonanni Rec. S( Kirch, iii. f. 254. Lister Conch, t. 693, 

 f. 40 ! Gualtier t. 13, f. T. V. Knorr. vi. t. 20, f. 3. Favanne 

 t. 30, f. I. 2. Martini'], t. 23, f. 228 ! Ency. Method. 354, f. ! 



1. Junior. Testa ovata fulva tvifasciata. 



2. Incompleta. Testa submarginata, guttata. Lister Conch. 

 t. 675, f. 23 ! 



3. Decorticata. Testa dorso purpurea, marginibus fuscis. 

 Martini i. t. 23,.f. 229. 



Inhab, ludian Sea, Amboyna, Rumphius. Suuda, Lister. 

 St. Onio, Martini. Mus. Brit. Sowerb. Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, rather ventricose, fulvous, with tbree ob- 

 scure rather darker bands, scattered with large and small white 

 spots; sides rather thickened rounded, brownish, rather streaked, 

 and mottled with paler, giving it a sandy appearance ; base whitish, 

 or very pale brown,. rounded ; aperture rather broad, brownish 

 white; teeth white, rather blunt; columella plaited, front rather 

 concave; spire small, hid ; inside purplish ; axis 2, diameter •!§ of 

 aa inch. 



It varies considerably in the darkness, but not in the distribu- 

 tion of the colour, and iu size. The figure of Lister of the incom- 

 plete shell has been referred to for C. guttata^ a very dilTerent and 

 remarkably rare siitli. The !>ubfuscula of Martyn, from what 

 Dillwyn observes, appears only to be a line coloured specimen of 

 this species, and 1 have not seen the figure. 



27. Cyprwa Lynx. 



Testa ovalo-ovafa, ventricosa, alba, guttis nigro-fuscis raris 

 sparsis ornata, dorso ina-qualiter ca;riilescente-punctata, linca 

 dorsali (lavesccnte ; basi denlii)usf|uc albis, apertura crocea. 



Cypraea Lynx, Lin, Sys. Nut. l\76. Martini, ]. 330. Born. 

 Mus. IH.J. Schrcibcr Kinl/i.M'i. Grnelin, 3409. Srhreibcr's 



