Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cyprteidce. 505 



on the middle of each side, extended partly up the back, and with 

 the upper part denticulated and lined with brown, especially on 

 the extremities and outer side ; the base white, grooved; the aper- 

 ture rather large; teeth large, with the grooves of the anterior and 

 hind ones of the inner lip, and those of the outer, extended to 

 the margin, so as to leave raised ribs, thus rendering the edge of 

 the base irregular; the columella plaited, inside purple. Axis 

 *-f , diameter £ of an inch. 



The spot on the side of the margin, which at once distinguishes 

 this species, is generally brown, but it is sometimes reddish or 

 violet, and is often only visible on the base of the shell. The eyes 

 also vary much in regard to their number and distinctness. 



75. Cyprwa ocellata. — The eyed Cowry. 



Testa ovata, ventricosa, marginata, fulva, punctis ocellisque 

 albis confertis ornata, ocellis pupillo nigro notatis; ventri lateribus- 

 que fusco-albidis, rufo-fusco-punctatis ; margine supra denticulata ; 

 dentibus extremitatibusque sub-brunneis. 



Cypraea ocellata. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1180. Martini, j. 402. 

 Born Mus. 192. Schroeter, EM. j. 127. Gmelin, 3417. 

 Schreiber, Conch, j. 75. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 94. Hist. vij. 

 391. Dillwyn, R.S. 464, 



Icon. Bonanni, Rec. iij. f. 347. Lister Conch, t. 696 j f. 43 ? 

 Petivers Gaz. t. 9. f. 7. Favanne, t. 29. f. B. 5. Martini, j. 

 t. 31. f. 833, 334. Ency. Method, t. 355. f. 7. 



@. brunnea. Testa marginibus brunneis, fusco-punctatis. 



Inhabits Indian Ocean, Martini. China, Humphreys. 



Shell ovate, ventricose ; back fulvous, ornamented with crowded 

 small, white, round spots, and scattered eyes, marked with a deep 

 black pupil ; dorsal line pale, nearly central ; sides and base 

 whitish, or pale brown, with reddish brown spots; the upper edge 

 of the margin is denticulated all round, the aperture rather wide, 

 and the teeth about fourteen on each side, nearly similar, large, 

 distant, with the ribs of the end ones, which extend to the margin, 

 pale brown ; the tips of the anterior end brown ; columella 

 plaited ; inside purplish white. Axis f-, diameter £ of an inch. 



The black pupilled eyes of this shell at once distinguish it from 



