Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cyprceidce. 387 



I have not seen this species, and as it does not agree exactly with 

 any of those which I have described, I have inserted it on the 

 authority of Lamarck, whose character I have copied. 



51. Cyprcea punctulata. — The speckled Cowry. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, subumbilicata, albida caerulescente, obscure 

 fasciata, punctisque fulvo-fuscis nebulata ; basi albida, convexa ; 

 marginibus luride carneis, nigro maculatis ; extremitatibus sub- 

 bimaculatis ; columella antice concaviuscula, plicata ; labiidenti- 

 bus mediis majoribus. 



Icon. Zool. Journal) t. f. 



Inhabits New Holland ? Mas. J. Sowerby, Nost. 



Shell ovate oblong, back convex, and as it were keeled in the 

 middle, with three obscure purplish brown bands, and speckled 

 with numerous bright fulvous brown specks, which are more 

 crowded in the centre ; spire convex, covered ; base convex, 

 whitish-pink, with a few scattered purplish-brown spots towards 

 the margin ; edge thickened, rounded, and very slightly extended 

 on the sides of the anterior extremity, livid flesh-colour, with 

 scattered small purplish-brown spots, and two largish dark 

 blotches on each extremity; aperture rather large, white, and 

 slightly concave in the front ; teeth of the inner lip large, blunt, 

 and distant, especially the central ones ; columella, hinder part 

 convex, smooth; front concave, deep, plaited; teeth of the outer 

 lip blunt, rather close, with the front ones slightly larger ; inside 

 purple ; axis ^., diameter T 6 3 of an inch. 



This species is allied by the form of the columella to the pre- 

 ceding section, to which I should have referred it, had it not been 

 so nearly connected with the three following species; it has 

 somewhat the appearance of C. arabicula, but is easily distinguished 

 from it by its rounded sides and less convex back. 



52. Cyprwa pallida. — The pale Cowry. 



TestS, ovata, subumbilicata, albido-cinerea, punctis fulvis et 

 maculis fuscis nebulata ; basi albida ; marginibus pallide, fuscis 

 nigro maculatis ; extremitate anteriori marginata ; columella 

 plana antice plicata ; labio dentibus mediis minoribus. 

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