76 Monograph on the Cj/prceidece, by Mr. Gray. 



Cypraea Mappa. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1173/ Martini p. 340. Born. 

 Mus. 172. Schroet. Einl. p. 95. Gmelin 3397/ Schreiber's 

 Conch. 53. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xv. 449 / Hist. vii. 378 

 Hillwyn, R. S. 438 / 



Icon. Rumph. t. 38, f. B. ! Pet. Amb. t. 16, f. 2. Argenville 

 t 18, f. B. Seba hi. t. 76, f. 3, 13, 17. Knorr. t. 26, f. 3. Fav- 

 anne t. 29, f. A. 3. Martini t. 25, f. 245, 246. Ency. Meth. 

 t. 353, f. 1 . 



b. rosea. Testa alba lineolis brunneis ornata, linea dorsali lata 

 centrali, lateribus purpureo-guttatis, fauce aurantia. 



Cypraea Mappa /3. Born. 1. c. Sow. Genera ! 



Inhabits Indian Ocean. African Seas, Linneus. Amboyna, 

 Rumphius. @. Mus. Sowerby. 



Shell ovate, elliptical convex, yellowish, back ornamented with 

 fulvous lines, leaving pale roundish spots, dorsal line branched, 

 sinuated, with brown lunate spots at the side of the spire, the base 

 flat, margin at the sides rounded, at the extremities slightly pro- 

 duced, spotted with brown ; teeth yellowish, of the inner lip small, 

 close ; columella deep, rather concave, plaited ; of the outer larger 

 and more distant; spire visible, conical, convex; inside white; 

 axis 3, diameter 2 inches. 



This shell varies considerably in being white, with the lines 

 reddish brown, and the dorsal line broad and placed on the side, 

 the base and sides spotted with purple, the teeth and mouth 

 bright yellow, and the extremities pale violet. 



Cypraea arabica. 



Testa ovato-elliptica, albida, lineolis fuscis guttisque albidis 

 sparsis ornata, linea dorsali simplici ; basi incarnata planulata ; 

 lateribus incrassatis, fusco maculatis, obsolete angulatis ; dentibus 

 fuscis. 



Cypraea arabica, Lin. Sys. Nat. 1173. Martini f. 398. Schroet. 

 Einl. f. 95. Inn. Bau. Conch. 5. Schreiber's Conch. 54. 



a. arabica. Testa lineolis distinctis subrectis fuscis ornata. 



C. arabica. *. Born. Mus. 173. Gmelin 3398. 



C. arabica, Lamarck Ann. Mus. xv. 449. Hist. vii. 378. 

 Dillwyn R. S. 438. 



Icon. List. Conch. 658, f. 3. Rumph. t. 38. f. m. Guallier 



