Mr. Gray's Monograph an the Cvprcnidce. 513 



ber's Conch. \. 76. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 100. Hist. vii. 399. 

 Dillwtjn. 469. 



Icon. List. Conch, t. 708. f. 58. Gualt. t. 14. f. F. Argeu' 

 ville, t. 18, f. S. Kfiorr. iv.t. 16. f. 2. Martini j. t. 29. f. 313, 

 314. Born. Mus. t. 8. f. 18. E7ici/c. Method, t. 356, f. 9. 



Decorticata. Testa polita, fusca, albido punctata, basi semi- 

 sulcata. 



/3. Limacina. Testa major, pallida ; pustulis majoribus sparsis. 



Cyprasa limacina. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. 101. Hist. vii. 400. 



Cypraea Oryza. Solunder''s MSS. 



Cypraea Nucleus. Martini j. 3S3. 



Cypraea Nucleus Var. Dilhcyn R. S. 468. 



Icon. Regenfus Conch, j. t. 12. f. 75. Martini j. t. 29. f. 312. 



1. decorticata. Testa grisea, albida maculata. 



y. atrata. Testa extremitatibus nigris. 



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

 iS. Brit. Nost. y. Brit. 



Shell ovate, greyish-brown, with numerous small elevated white 

 pimples ; the dorsal line impressed, narrow, as long as the shell j 

 base white or whitish brown, convex, ribbed with elevated yellow- 

 edged ribs, which are sometimes forked ; margin above crenulated 

 with white teeth ; aperture linear ; teeth close. Length J^, 

 diameter -^ of an inch. 



The larger variety, which may be, as Lamarck considers if, a 

 distinct species, only differs from the former in having fewer and 

 larger white convex spots; for I have specimens, the base of which 

 are as completely ribbed as that of C. staphylwa; and when both 

 sorts are partly worn, the ribs near the edge disappear. 



85. Cyprcea pustulata. — The pimpled Cowry. 



Testa ovata, cinereo-plumbea, albo-lineata, sub-costato-striata ; 

 tuberculis rotundatis croceii, brunneo circumdatis, costis coadu- 

 natis, exasperatis ; linea dorsali sub-impress^, basi brunnei, albo- 



COatat^. 



Cypraea n. 47. Schrocter Einl. j. 146. (1) 



Cypri-a pubtulata. Solander^s MSS. Portland Cat. 101. Lot 

 !330. Lamarck Ann. Mus. \s\. \0\. Hist. \\\. 400. DiUwyn 

 R.S. 469. 



