Mr. Grab's Monograph on the Cj/prceidce. 501 



several old cabinets which has just taken place, I am not aware. 

 I am indebted to the kindness of Thomas Johnson, Esq. for the 

 loan of the specimen which I have described. 



*** Cyprjem VeRjE. — Shell, when young, smooth, banded ; 

 when perfect, polished, smooth, edge denticulated ; inner lip close 

 to the columella, leading scarcely any concave space ; the plaits 

 continued over the columella. 



Obs. The shells of this section are instantly to be distinguished 

 from those which I have before described, by the upper edge of 

 their margin being more or less dentated ; but they are very nearly 

 allied to, and almost imperceptibly pass into the last section, from 

 which they are distinguished by their smooth and polished back. 



70. Cyprcea Tardus. — The Thrush Cowry. 



Testa ovata, ventricosa, turgida, albido-virescens ; punctis 

 fulvis, inaequalibus, sparsis ; basi albida ; apertura antice dilatata ; 

 marginibus incrassatis, albidis, fusco-guttatis, extremitatibus foveo- 

 latis, fuscoque lineatis. 



Cypraea turdus. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 95. Hist. vij. 

 392, (1). 



Cyprasa Vanelli Junior ? Dillwyn, R. S. 462. 



Icon. Lister, t. 685, f. 32. Ency. Method, t. 355. f. 9, (1). 

 Zool. Jour. t. 7. f. 3. & t. 12. f. 3. 



Inhabits Indian Ocean, Bay of Sunda, Lister. Persian Gulph, 

 Bennett. 



Shell ovate, ventricose, turgid, Avhitish green, ornamented with 

 unequally sized, fulvous spots ; margin thickened on both sides, 

 spotted with brown, and foveolated on (he upper part of both the 

 extremities; the anterior end is lined with brown; base white; 

 mouth rather large, especially at the front ; teeth large, nearly 

 similar, with the grooves slightly extended towards the edges; 

 inside bluish white. Axis |, diameter f of an inch. 



71. Cyprcea spurca. — The dirfy Cowry. 



Testa ovata, albida; punctis ocellisque flavis ornata; ocellis 

 circulo albido circumvallutis; basi convexa semisulcata ; margi- 

 nibus incrassatis, supra fusco-fovcolatis. 



