Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidae. 379 



' Icon. F ether Gaz. t. 97, f. 18. (1) ! Argenville t. 18, f. Y. 

 (!) Martini i. t. 29, f. 305 ! Favanne, t. 29, f. 3. Born. Mus. 

 t. 8. f. 15 ! Chemnitz xi, 1. 1 80. f. 1743, 1744 ! 



Inhabits, East Indian Seas ; Eastern Ocean. Chemnitz. Mus. 

 J. Sowerby Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, greyish-white, with a square, irregularly 

 edged, perforated fulvous spot on the centre of the back, which 

 gives oif at each angle an irregular long transverse band towards 

 the ends ; spire slightly concave, covered ; base whitish, spotted 

 with small fulvous spots, rather convex, edge thickened ; outer lip 

 and extremities slightly margined ; extremities produced, with 

 two pale fulvous spots on the upper part of each end ; teeth large, 

 blunt, extending half way over each of the lips, into nearly equal 

 fib-like striae, which are white, with a brown line on each side of 

 ttieir centres; columella slightly plaited and concave the whole 

 length, innermost part denticulated ; inside pale violet. Axis 

 -^, diameter -'^ of an inch. 



This is a very beautiful species, which has generally been re- 

 garded as rare. Considerable confusion has existed in respect 

 to it among authors, by whom it has been usually considered to 

 refer to imperfect specimens of C. caurica ; which have therefore 

 been frequently taken for C. slolida of Linnasus. 



42. Cj/prcea pulchella. — The Pretty Cowry. 



Testa ovati, albida, obscure fasciata, fulvo punctata maculis 

 dorsalibus duobus fulvis irregularibus signata ; lateribus albido-fla- 

 Vescentibus, nigro-fusco guttatis ; basi convexa, striata, striis elo- 

 vatis spadicis. 



Cyprma pulchella. Swainson Phil. Mag. Ixi. 376. 



Icon. Exotic Conch, t, 



Inhiibils China. Mus. Dom. Mawe. 



Shell ovate or sub-oblong-ovate, white, Avith three very obscure 

 "broad purplish bands ; the back irregularly clouded witli minute 

 yellowish fulvous dots, and ornamented with two irregular squarc- 

 isli fuscous dorsal spots, sides yellowish-white, with a few largc- 

 "n\\ round, blackish-brown spots, and dark brown at the ends ; the 

 spire concave, covered J the base convex, the teeth narrow, small, 



