368 Mr. Grav's Monograph on the Ct/prceidoe. 



Cypraea tigrina. Gmelin 340-1. 



Cypraea seriata, Solander's Mss. Portland Cat. 133. lot 29S5. 



Cypraea, n. 87. Schroet. Einl. i. 155. 



n.lO 1. 136. 



Icon. Lister Conch, t. 748, f. 42! 672, f. 18 ! Seha iii. t. 76, 

 f. 8, 12. Knorr. v. t. 8, f. 2, 3. Favatme t. 30, f. L. 3, 4. 



Inhabits Indian ocean, Red Sea, Bonanni. Madagascar, Lister. 

 Amboyna, Rumphius. Java, Linnwus. Isle of France and Mo- 

 lucca, Lamarck. Mus. Brit. Sowerby. Nost. 



Shell ovate, veutricose, rounded behind, bluish white, orna- 

 mented with numerous rather large black spots; dorsal line ferru- 

 ginous; sides white, spotted with black, thickened, the outer one 

 slightly angular above ; base white, concave near the aperture, 

 slightly groved near the centre of the inner lip ; aperture scarcely 

 dilated in front; teeth large, distinct; — outer larger; back of 

 columella smooth, front rather concave, plaited; spire hid, and 

 slightly concave over it; inside white; axis 4, diameter 2-^ inches. 



This shell is very common, and varies exceedingly in colour and 

 size ; but it may always be distinguished from the next by the 

 hinder part being rounded, the spots larger, and the inner lip 

 smoother. 



28. Cyprcea Pantherina, 



Testa oblongo-ovata, ventricosa, postice sub-umbilicata, pro- 

 ducta, albido-carnea, arenacea, guttis atro-rubentibus, parvulis, 

 numerosis, ornata ; linea dorsali flavescente ; basi alba, planulata ; 

 lateribus carneis rufo nigroque maculatis. 



Cypraea Pantherina. Solander^s Mss. Portland Cat. 156. lot 

 3407. Dillzoi/n R. S. 450. 



Cypraea guttata. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xv. 453 ! 



Cyprae tigrina. Lamarck. Hist. y'n. SS5\ 



Icon. Bonajini Rec iii. f. 256. Kirch iii. f. 255. Lister Conch. 

 t. 681, f. 281 ! Gaultier, t. 14, f. H. Jrgenville, t. 18. f. F. 

 Knorr, i. t. 26, f. 4. Martini, i. t. 24, f. 235, 236 ! Favanne, 

 t. 30, f. L. 6. Encyc. Method, t. 353, f. 5 ! 



^. Testa castaneo-rubri, obscure maculata. 



Lihabils Mediterranean, Lister. Adriatic, Martini. China 



