Monograph on the Cyprceidce, by Mr. Gray. 151 



guttulis punctisque niveis adspersa ; basi albida ; lateribus fuscis 

 arenaceis substriatis. 



Cypraea Vitellus. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1176. Martini j. 327. Born. 

 Mus. 181. Schroeter Einl. t. 109. Gmelin 3407. Schreiber's 

 Conch, j. 63. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 89. Hist. vii. 385. 

 Dillwyn R. S. 448. 



? Cypraea subfuscula. Martyn n. c. t. 96. (Dillwyn). 



Icon. Bonanni Rec. 6( Kirch, iii. f. 254. Lister Conch, t. 693, 

 f. 40 ! Gualtier t. 13, f. T. V. Knorr. vi. t. 20, f. 3. Favanne 

 t. 30, f. I. 2. Martini j. t. 23, f. 228 ! Ency. Method. 354, f. G ! 



1. Junior. Testa ovata fulva trifasciata. 



2. Incompleta. Testa submarginata, guttata. Lister Conch. 

 t. 675, f. 23 ! 



3. Decorticata. Testa dorso purpurea, marginibus fuscis. 

 Martini j. t. 23,. f. 229. 



Inhab. Indian Sea, Amboyna, Rumphius. Sunda, Lister. 

 St. Omo, Martini. Mus. Brit. Sowerb. Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, rather ventricose, fulvous, with three ob- 

 scure rather darker bands, scattered with large and small white 

 spots; sides rather thickened rounded, brownish, rather streaked, 

 and mottled with paler, giving it a sandy appearance ; base whitish, 

 or very pale brown,.rounded ; aperture rather broad, brownish 

 white; teeth white, rather blunt; columella plaited, front rather 

 concave ; spire small, hid ; inside purplish ; axis 2, diameter \^ of 

 an inch. 



It varies considerably in the darkness, but not in the distribu- 

 tion of the colour, and in size. The figure of Lister of the incom- 

 plete shell has been referred to for C. guttata, a very different and 

 remarkably rare shell. The subfuscula of Martyn, from what 

 Dillwyn observes, appears only to be a fine coloured specimen of 

 this species, and I have not seen the figure. 



27. Cyproea Lynx. 



Testa ovalo-ovata, ventricosa, alba, guttis nigro-fuscis rarh 

 sparsis ornata, dorso inaequaliter casrulescente-punctata, linea 

 dorsali flavescente ; basi dentibusque albis, apertura crocea. 



Cypraea Lynx, Lin. Sys. Nat. 1176. Martini, j. 330. Born. 

 Mus. 183. Schreiber Einl, j. 112. Gmelin, 3409. Schreiber's 



