384 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cj/prceidce. 



teeth even, close, small, except the two front ones of the inner 

 lip ; columella flat, plaited ; inside purplish-white. Axis j 5 ^, dia- 

 meter -j^ of an inch. 



This Shell is instantly to be known by the purple spots at the 

 extremities. It sometimes varies to twice the size above-men- 

 tioned. 



48. Cyprceafelina. — The Cat Cowry. 



Testa oblonga-ovata, albido-caerulescente, obscure fusco trifas- 

 ciata, punctulisque fulvis nebulata ; basi convexiuscula, marginibus 

 luteis nigro guttatis. 



Cypraea n. 24. Schroeter Einl. j. 140. 



Cypraea felina. Gmelin 3412. ! Dillzsyn R. S. 450. 



Cypraea Asellus var. Schreiber's Conch. 68. 



" Cypraea olivacea. Solander's Mss." Dillwyn. 



Cypraea hirundo, b. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xvi. 95. Hist. vii. 

 393. 



Icon. Lister Conch, t. 680. f. 27 / Encyc. Method, t. 356. f. ] . 



j3. Gibbosa. Testa ovata, caeteris priori simili. 



y. Listeri. Testa oblongo-elliptica albido-caerulescente, fasciis 

 quinque obscuris fuscis interrupts ornata, punctisque fulvis nebu- 

 lata ; basi plana ; marginibus albis nigro guttatis. 



Icon. Martini j. t. 28. f. 283. 284 ! 



y. 2. Decorticata. Testa caerulescente, quinque fasciata. 



Icon. List. Conch, t. 674. f. 21 ! 



Inhabits^ Indian Ocean and African Seas. Maldives. Lister 

 Mus. J. Sowerby, Nost. /S. Mus. Bennett, y. Must Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, blueish-white, clouded with fulvous brown 

 spots, with three obscure brownish bands, the two anterior of 

 which seem to be divided longitudinally in the middle, so as to 

 appear like five bands; spire flat, covered by the front of the 

 margin; base rather convex, flat, in front yellow ; edge thickened, 

 rounded, yellow, with a few large purplish-brown spotsj two of 

 which are always at the extremities, and the others appear to be 

 placed at the ends of the bands, with sometimes one or two smaller 

 in the intervening spaces ; aperture rather large, whitish ; teeth on 

 the inner lip rather small, distant ; columella plaited and rather 



