Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cyprmdoz. 375 



time that Linnaeus first described it from the note of Mr. J. Zolga. 

 Dr. Solander, according to Mr. Dillwyn, supposed it to be a va- 

 riety of Cyprosa ziczag, figured by Martini, which is C. undata of 

 Lamarck, and which has a spotted base. It was described by 

 Lamarck as a new species, under the name of C moniliaris, with- 

 out his taking any notice of the yellow lines; but he refers to the 

 excellent figure of Petiver, in which they are very evident. 

 Dillwyn placed this species as a variety of C.Asellus, to which both 

 Linnaeus and Lamarck had compared it, but from which it has 

 several very peculiar differences both in colouring and form of 

 teeth. 



37. Cyprcea Asellus.~The Wood-Louse Cowry. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, alba, dorso fasciis tribus fusco-nigris or- 

 nata ; basi inaequaliter subcostata. 



Cypraea Asellus. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1178. Born. Mus. 185. 

 Schroeter Einl. j. 117. Gmelin 3411. Schreiber's Conch. 68. 

 Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 98. Hist. 396. Dillwyn R. S. 456. 



Icon. Bonanni t. 39 f. M. Lister Conch, t. 666, f. 10 ! 

 Rumphius t. 39, f.M. Petiver Gaz. t. 97. f. 11. Ami. t. 16, 

 f. 18. Gaultier t. 15. f. M. Argenville t. 18, f. F. Adanson, 

 Senegal, t. 5. f. H. Knorr. iv. t. 23, f. 3. Favanne t. 29. f. P. 

 Martini j. t. 27, f. 280. Born. Fig. 171. f. D. Encyc. Method. 

 t. 58. f. 5. ! 



/3. Jlavescens. Fasciis lutescentibus. 



Gaultier t. 15. f. CC and DD. Martini j. t. 27. f. 281. 



2. Decorticata. Testa pallide rosea, obscure albido-fasciata. 



Inhabits Asiatic and African Oceau ; Maldives, Lister. Am- 

 boyna, Rumphius. Senegal, Lister. China, Humphries, Mus. 

 Brit. J. Sowerby, Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, white, the back ornamented with three 

 brownish or yellowish black bands ; spire flat, covered ; base 

 white, rather cylindrical ; edge rather thickened, and slightly 

 margined on the outer side and extremities ; teeth smallish, partly 

 extended over the base, especially at the hinder part of the inner 

 lip, where they are slightly tubercular ; columella, front flat, 

 plaited ; inside purplish-white , axis t 7 q, diameter T 4 5 of an inch. 



