Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cj/prceidce. 501 



several old cabinets which has just taken place, I am not aware. 

 I am indebted to the kindness of Thomas Johnson, Esq. for the 

 loan of the specimen which I have described. 



*** CYPRiEiE Veka:. — Shell, when young, smooth, banded ; 

 when perfect, polished, smooth, edge denticulated ; inner lip close 

 to the columella, lea\ing scarcely any concave space ; tlie plaits 

 continued over the columella. 



Obs. The shells of this section are instantly to be distinguished 

 from those which I have before described, by the upper edge of 

 their margin being more or less dentated ; but they are very nearly 

 allied to, and almost imperceptibly pass into the last section, from 

 which they are distinguished by their smooth and polished back. 



70. Cyprwa Tardus. — The Thrush Cowry. 



Testa ovata, ventricosa, turgida, albido-virescens ; punctis 

 fulvis, insqualibus, sparsis ; basi albida ; apertura antice dilatala; 

 marginibus incrassatis, albidis, fusco-guttatis, cxtrcmitatibus foveo- 

 latis, fuscoque lineatis. 



Cypraja turdus. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 95. Jlisl. vij. 

 392, (1). 



Cypraja Vanelli Junior ? Dillwjjn, II. S. 462. 



Icon. Lister, t. 685, f. 32. Enci/. jMclliod, t. 355. f. 9, (1). 

 Zool. Jour. t. 7. f. 3. & t. 12. f. 3. 



Inhabits Indian Ocean, Bay of Sunda, Lister. Persian Gulpli, 

 Bennett, 



Shell ovate, ventricose, turgid, whitish green, ornamented with 

 unequally sized, fulvous spots ; margin thickened on both sides, 

 spotted with brown, and foveoiated on (he upper part of both the 

 extremities; the anterior end is lined with brown; base white; 

 moulh mthcr large, especially at the front ; teeth large, nearly 

 similar, with the grooves slightly extended towards the edges; 

 inside bluish white. Axis ^, diameter I of an inch. 



71. Cyprwa spurai, — The dirty Cowry. 



Testa ovata, albida; punctis oct llistpie llavis oniala ; oci-Ilis 

 circulo albido circuiiivallatis; basi convcxa semisulcata ; niargi- 

 iiibus iucrassutis, supra fusco-fuvcolatis. 



