384 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cj/prceidce. 



teeth even, close, small, except the two front ones of the inner 

 lip; columella flat, plaited ; inside purplish-white. Axis j*^, dia- 

 meter -Jj of an inch. 



This Shell is instantly to he known by the purple spots at the 

 extremities. It sometimes varies to twice the size above-men- 

 tioned. 



48. Cyprosafelina, — The Cat Cowry. 



Testa oblonga-ovata, albido-c£Brulescente, obscure fusco trifas- 

 ciata, punctulisque fulvis nebulata ; basi convexiuscula,marginibu3 

 luteis nigro guttatis. 



Cypraea n. 24. Schroeter Einl. j. 140. 



Cypraea felina. Gmelin 3412. ! Dillzsyn R. S. 450. 



Cyprasa Asellus var. Schreiber's Conch. 68. 



" Cypraea olivacea. Solander^s Mss." Dillwyn. 



Cypraea hirundo, b. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xvi. 93. Hist. vii. 

 393. 



Icon. Lister Conch, t. 680. f. 27 .' Encyc. Method, t. 356. f. J. 



/3. Gibbosa. Testi ovata, caeteris priori simili. 



y. Listeri. Testa oblongo-elliptic^ albido-coerulescente, fasclis 

 quinque obscuris fuscis interruptis ornata, punctisque fulvis nebu- 

 lata; basi plana ; marginibus albis nigro guttatis. 



Icon. Martini y t. 28. f. 283. 284 ! 



y. 2. Decorticata. Testa, casrulescente, quinque fasciata* 



Icon. List. Conch. i.Q7 A. i.lW 



Inhabits^ Indian Ocean and African Seas. Maldives. Lister 

 Mus. J. Sowerby, Nost. /S. Mus. Bennett, y. Must Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, blueish-white, clouded with fulvous brown 

 spots, with three obscure brownish bands, the two anterior of 

 which seem to be divided longitudinally in the middle, so as to 

 appear like five bands; spire flat, covered by the front of the 

 margin; base rather convex, flat, in front yellow ; edge thickened, 

 rounded, yellow, with a few large purplish-brown spotsj two of 

 ■which are always at the extremities, and the others appear to be 

 placed at the ends of the bands, with sometimes one or two smaller 

 in the intervening spaces ; aperture rather large, whitish ; teeth on 

 the inner Up rather small, distant ; columella plaited and rather 



