504 Mr. G raj's Monograph on the C^prceida. 



inner side ; margin above denticulated, and sometimes with a few 

 small, obscure, brown spots ; the dorsal line nearly central, 

 simple ; the extremities yellowish brown on the inside, and with 

 two irregular brown blotches on the upper part of each end ; 

 aperture narrow, slightly dilated in front; teeth close, blunt, with 

 the grooves slightly extended ; the front ones of the inner lip 

 largest ; columella front plaited ; inside purplish. Axis |., di- 

 ameter ^ of an inch. 



This shell is very distinct, and to be directly distinguished by 

 tl:e vcllow extremities, and two spots on the end of the back, 

 in which character it agrees well with the Dillwyn species. 



74. Cyprwa erosa. — The eroded Cowry. 



Testa oblongo - ovata, marginata, luteo-virescens, punctis 

 albldis, ocellisque raris ornata ; marginibus incrassatis albis, 

 macula quadrata fusco-purpurea notatis, supra fusco-lineatis ; basi 

 alba, costata. 



Cyprffia erosa. Lin. Sijs. Nat. \\7^\ Martini, j. 392. Born 

 Mus. 189. Schroet. Einl. j. 122. Gmelin, 341.5. Schrie/jer's 

 Conch. 73. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 93 ! Hist. vij. 389! Dillwyn, 

 li. 6'. 461. 



Cyprffia ferruginosa. Gmelin, (n. 1.) 



Cypra;a miliaris. Gmelin, 3420. (2.) 



Cypraja n. 34. Schroeler Einl. 143. (2.) 



Icon. Lister, Conch, t. 692. f. 39 ! and t. 780. f. 47. (2.) 

 Rumphius, t 39. f. A. Pet. Amb. t. 16. f. 12. Gaz. t. 97, f. 19 ! 

 Cualt. 1. 1 5. f. H. Knorr. vi. t. 20. f. 4. Favanne, t. 30. f. E. 2. 

 Martini, j. t. 30. f. 320—321 ! and t. 26. f. 260. (2.) Born, Mus. 

 t. 8. f. 1 3 ! Ency. Method, t. 355. f. 4. a. b 1 



i3. Inocellata. Ocellis subnuUis, lateribus sub-immaculatis. 



2. Dccorticatu. Testa dorse purpureo. 



Inhabits Indian Ocean, Isle of France, Lamarck. Mauritius, 

 Ascension Island, Lister. Amboyna, Rumphius. 



Shell, ovate, oblong, margined ; back greenish yellow, orna- 

 mented with numerous white spots, and scattered brownish eyes 

 with white pupils ; the dorsal line impressed, greenish, nearly 

 central ; the margin thickened, white, with a squarish brown spot 



