82 Mr. Grab's Monograph on the Cyprceidce. 



bescens. It also resembles the figures given by Martini of this 

 species, which appears to be very obscure. 1 have therefore united 

 them together and adopted the oldest name. 



45. Cyprcea cylindrica. — The cylindrical Cowry. 



Testa oblongo-elliptiea, sub-cylindrica, albido caerulescente, 

 (obscure fusco trifasciata, punctisque fulvis nebulata ;) spira 

 plana; basi sub-cylindrica, semisulcata, alba; labro margiuato ; 

 dentibus maximis ; columella convexiuscuhl. 



Cypraea cylindrica. Bom. Mus. 184. ! Gmelin 3405. Schrei- 

 ber's Conch, j. 77. Dillwyn R. S. 452. 



Cypraea n. 109. Schroeter Einl.y 160. 



|3. Decorticata. Testa albido-purpurea, extremitatibus fusco- 

 rufescente bimaculatis. 



Icon. Bom. Mus. t. 8. f. 10. So'werb', Gen. f. 



Inhabits. Mus. Nost. 



Shell oblong elliptical, nearly cylindrical, blueish white, (mot- 

 tled with small yellowish spots, and with three obscure brownish 

 bands ;) spire large, fiat; base white, nearly cylindrical, flattened 

 and sharply margined on the outer lip and at the extremities, 

 which in worn shells have each two brown spots ; aperture rather 

 large; teeth white, those of the inner lip partly extended rib- 

 like over the base, narrow and close, except the three or four an- 

 terior ones which are rather large and distant ; columella plaited, 

 rather convex ; outer lip rather broad ; teeth large, distant, ex- 

 tended rib-like not quite to the edge; inside purplish white. 

 Axis -tl, diameter T 6 ^ of an inch. 



The only specimen which I possess of this species, is decorti- 

 cated, which appears to be the only state in which it has been 

 seen by those naturalists who have described it. I have however, 

 seen a specimen, some time ago, in a perfect state, from the re- 

 collection of which I have given in a parenthesis an account of its 

 colour. 



46. Cyprwa cribraria. — The Sieve Cowry. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, sub-umbilicata, albida, late luteo reticu- 

 lata, maculis albidis rotundis sub-a?qualibus confertis picta ; linea 

 dorsali laterali ; labro marginato, flavo punctato. 



