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79. Cyprcea citrina. — The citron-coloured Cowry. 



Testa ovato-elliptica, fulva, maculis punctisque rotundis, albis, 

 sparsis ; basi lateribusque rufo-fulvis ; margine exteriori in- 

 crassata supra crenulata ; basi convexa laevi • dentibus approxi- 

 matis. 



Icon. Zool. Journ. t. . f. 



Inhabits Madagascar, Humphreys. Mus. Nost. 



Shell ovate, elliptical, fulvous, pale livid brown, ornamented 

 with many small and largish round, whitish spots ; margin 

 thickened, orange ; the upper part of the sides of the extremities 

 denticulated ; the base convex, smooth, orange ; the aperture 

 rather dilated in front; teeth pale, small, close, nearly similar, 

 with the grooves scarcely extended ; the inside violet white. Axis 

 ^L, diameter T 5 ^ of an inch. 



For the first knowledge of this shell I am indebted to the 

 liberality of Mrs. Mawe, who was so kind as to lend it to me, that 

 I might describe it. She had it from the collection of Mr. 

 Humphreys, under the name of the Small false argus, of Mada- 

 gascar. I have since become possessed of a specimen, and have 

 seen many others, all which have all been in the country for many 

 years. 



80. Cypraea poraria. — The dotted Cowry. 



Testa oblonga, elliptica, fulva, punctis ocellisque albis ornata, 

 ocellis circulo fusco circumvallatis; basi violacea albida, semi- 

 suleata; marginibus incrassatis, violaceis, obscurissime purpureo- 

 punctatis; supra foveolatis ; apertura alba. 



Cypraea poraria. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1180? Born. Mus. 192. 

 Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 97 ! Hist. 395 ! Dillwyn, R. S. 465. 



Cypraea poraria. j§. Gmelin, 3417. Schreiber, Conch, t. 75. 



Cypraea n. 1. Schroeter, Einl.j. 133. 



Icon. Lister? Conch, t. 694. f. 41 ! Seba. iij. t. 55. f. 19. n. 5. 

 Martini,), t. 24. f. 237! 238. Born, Mus. t. 8. f. 18. Ency , 

 Method, t. 356, f. 4. 



Inhabits West Indian Ocean, Jamaica, Martini. Senegal, 

 Lamarck. 



Shell oblong, elliptical, fulvous brown, ornamented with many 



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