Mr. Gray's Monograph an the Cj/proiidce. 503 



confertis oruata; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis; basi alba convexi- 

 uscula ; marginibus subincrassatis, supra foveolatis, atro-fusco- 

 maculatis; dentibus obtusis. 



CypriEa flaveola. Lin. Sj/s. Nat. 1179 .^ Gmelin 3416.^ 

 Dillisyn^ R. S. 462 ? 



Icon. Zool, Jour. t. . f. 



Decorticata. Testa dorso purpureo-albido. 



Mus. Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, brownish yellow, ornamented with crowded 

 white spots, some few of which have a small, obscure, brown pupil 

 in their centre ; base white, rather convex, and slightly margined 

 on the outer, and on the extremities of the inner side ; margin 

 above denticulated, marked with crowded black, brown, roundish, 

 unequally sized spots; dorsal line nearly central, simple, pale ; aper- 

 ture rather narrow, slightly dilated in front ; teeth nearly equal, 

 blunt, with the grooves slightly extended towards the margin ; in- 

 side purplish white. Axis f , diameter ^ of an inch. 



When worn, purplish white. 



I have only seen one perfect specimen of this shell, which ap- 

 pears very distinct from the former. It agrees very well with the 

 characters of Linnaeus, except that the brown spots on the margin 

 are not obscure ; I have therefore adopted the Linneau name. 



73. CyprcBU gangrenosa. — The ulcerated Cowry- 

 Testa ovato-oblonga, viridi-grisea, marginata, punctis ocellisque 



albidis sparsis; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis; basi convcxiuscula 



alhidil, margine supra dcnticulata j extremitatibus brunncis, supra 



bimaculatis. 



Cypraea gangrenosa. " Solander, Mss." Dilltsi/n, R. S. 465. 

 Cypraja poraria. (a.) Martini^ j. 394. Schroeler, EinLj. 148. 



Gmelin, 3417. Schreiber Anch. j. 75. 

 Icon. Martini, j. t. 30, f. 324, 325. 

 Inhabits Coast of China, Humphreys, Mus. Brit. Nost. 

 Shell ovate, oblong, greenish grey or yellowish brown, orna- 



m«?nted with crowded white spots, some of which are surrounded 



willi a brown ring, !>o as to form brown eyes with white pupils; 



base while, murgiued ou the outtr, aud ou the extremities of the 



