506 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ct/prcetdce. 



all the other species ; but they are sometimes scarcely visible ; 

 it may, however, be known by its large and distant, nearly equal 

 teeth ; the base varies considerably in colour. I have specimens 

 which are pure white, and others nearly fulvous brown. 



76. Cyprwa Latnarckii. — Lamarck's Cowry. 



Testa ovata ventricosa, luteo-livida, punctis ocellisque albis 

 confertis ornata; ocellis pupillo purpureo livido notatis ; basi alba 

 laevi ; marginibus incrassatis albidis, fulvo-fusco-guttatis; extremi- 

 tatibus supra foveolatis, fusco-lineatis. 



Cypraja n. 34. Partly, dchroeter Einl. j. 143. 



Cypraea miliaris ? Partly. Gmelin^ MIO. {l.) 



Cypraea miliaris. Lamarck^ Ann. Mus. xvi. 91 ! Hist. vii. 

 317! 



Icon. Guallier, t. 15. G. ? 



p. Inocellata. Testa luteo-fulva, punctis maculisque albis 

 ornata. 



Icon. Martini, t. 30, f. 323. (1.) 



Inhabits Indian Ocean, Mus. Brit. Nost, p. Mus. Nost. 



Shell ovate ; back ventricose, pale fulvous yellow, ornamented 

 with numerous white spots and larger eyes, with a purplish pupil ; 

 the dorsal line impressed, pale greenish ; the base white, smooth, 

 nearly flat ; the margin thickened on both sides, brownish white, 

 with unequally sized, fulvous, brown spots ; the upper edge of 

 the extremities is pitted on the side, and lined with brown ; the 

 mouth is rather wide ; teeth nearly similar, large, distant, and 

 not extending into ribs towards the edge ; the columella plaited, 

 and the inside purplish. Axis ^ , diameter |. of an inch. 



This species is very distinct from the last by the form of its 

 teeth, and its lined extremities. It varies in not having any eyes on 

 the back, but in being furnished in their place with large white 

 spots ; and in having a few apparently eyed spots on the sides oi 

 the extremities, which are occasioned by some of the brown spots 

 being deposited over the white ones. 



I am indebted to the kindness of my friend Mr. Edward Turner 

 Bennet, for the loan of an exceedingly fine specimen of the type of 

 this species, for description. The variety is not unusual. 



