388 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cyprceidce. 



Icon. %ool. Journal, t. f. 



Inhabits. Mas. Nost. 



Shell ovate, back very convex, greyish white, speckled with 

 numerous distinct small fulvous dots, and marbled in the centre 

 of the back with chesnut brown irregular spots ; spire convex, 

 covered ; base rather convex, whitish; edge thickened, rounded, 

 except at the sides of the front extremity, where it is distinctly 

 margined, very pale brownish yellow, with a few scattered small 

 purplish brown spots ; aperture rather wide, white; teeth of the 

 inner lip small, rather close, except the three or four which are 

 placed in the front, which are large, distinct, and extended over 

 the columella ; the columella convex, smooth in the hinder part, 

 and flat and plaited in front ; teeth of the outer lip blunt, rather 

 distant, the front ones larger ; inside pnrple ; axis -|-§, diameter 

 T 6 ^ of un inch. 



I have only seen one specimen of this shell, which I at first 

 supposed to be a pale specimen of the former species ; but on 

 farther examination I have considered it as distinct, on account of 

 the difference in the teeth over the columella, the extended margins 

 of the sides of the anterior extremities, and its pale colour. 



53. Cypreea zonata. — The zoned Cowry. 



Testa ovata-oblonga, subumbilicata, albida caerulea, obscure 

 quadrifasciata, punctis maculisque fuscis nebulata ; basi-albido 

 carnea ; marginibus livido-purpureis, nigro punctatis ; extremi- 

 tatibus nigro bimaculatis; apertura, aurantia ; labii dentibus dis- 

 tantibus, aequalibus; columella laevi concaviuscula. 



Cyprsea zonata. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 80. Hist. vii. 386. 



Icon. Zool. Journal, t. 7. f. 8. 



2. Incompleta. Testa cinereo cierulescente, interrupts fasciata, 

 marginibus albido lividis, guttatis. 



Cyprasa zonata. Chemnitz Conch, x. 107. Dillzvyn R. 5.455. 

 Icon. Chemn. I. c. t. 145, f. 1342. 



3. Decorticaia. Testa caerulea interrupts quadrifasciata, mar- 

 ginibus lividis, nigro punctatis. 



Inhabits Africa, Humphreys. Mus. Nost. 2. Mus. Mawe. 

 Shell ovate oblong, blueish white, ornamented on the back with 



