380 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ct/prceidce. 



distinct, brown, extending like ribs nearly to the margin of the 

 outer halfway over the inner lip : front part of the columella ra- 

 ther concave, plaited. Axis -lAj diameter ,*^. 



This very beautiful Cypraea I have only observed in the posses- 

 sion of Mrs. Mawe, to whose liberality I am indebted for permis- 

 sion to take the above description. 



Mr. Swainson having described this species a few months before 

 the publication of the species which I have called C. pulchella, it 

 is necessary that the name of the latter species should be changed. 

 I propose therefore, to call it in future Cyprcea Pulchra^ the Beau- 

 tijitl Cowry, 



43. Ct/prma punctata. — The Dotted Cowry. 



Testa oblongo-ovata,umbilicata, albido-carnea, maculis inaequa- 

 libus fulvo-fuscis sparsis ; basi albida, fusco-lineata, semi-sulcata. 



Cypraea punctata. Lin, Mantiss 548. Gmelin 3414. Solan- 

 der's Mss. Dillvcyn R. S. 458. 



Cypraea antomaria. Gme/m. 3412. Schreiber''s Conch, 59. 



Cypraea n. 25. Schroeter Einl. j. 140. 



Cypraea Stercus Muscaruna. Lamarck An. Mus. xvi. 98. Hist, 

 396. 



Icon. Martini, j, t. 28. f. 290, 291 I Encyc. Method, t. 355, 

 f. 10. 



/3. Decolorata. Basi dentibusque albis. 



y. Maculata. Extremitatibus nigris fuscis maculatis. 



Inhabits. Mus. Brit. 



Shell oblong ovate, white, with a tinge of flesh colour, sprin"» 

 kled with irregular roundish bright fulvous brown spots, which are 

 smaller towards the sides; spire concave, covered, white with a 

 brown spot at the base ; the base scarcely thickened, whitish 

 lined with brown ; aperture narrow ; teeth minute, extended rib- 

 like over the base, nearly to the margin, edged with brown ; colu- 

 mella front rather concave, plaited, outer lip slightly shelving inr 

 wards in front. Axis y*^, diameter ^ of an inch. 



The teeth and base are sometimes white ; and also the hinder 

 extremity just over the spire is sometimes convex, with two large 

 spots. 



