512 Mr. G raj's Monograph on the Cyprceidce. 



Cypraea guttata. Gmelin 3402. Schreiber's Conch, j. 58. 

 DiUwtfn, Ji. S. 444. 



Icon. Gaultier. t. 16. f. 1. Martini, j. t. 25. f. 252, 253 ! 



Inhabits. Mus. Dom. Mawe. 



Shell ovate fulvous ; yellow, ornamented with many small 

 and a few rather large white spots ; base convex, whitish, lined 

 and suffused with red. Edge whitish, slightly thickened, acutely 

 margined on the upper part of the outer and on the ends of the 

 inner side ; aperture rather large ; teeth large orange-red, with 

 the ribs, which are continued from them passing over the base 

 and edge, forming long filiform processes on the sides above the 

 margin. Spire covered ; columella nearly smooth, with the an- 

 terior part flattish, with three plaits. Axis 2 inches, diameter 

 1| of an inch. 



For the sight of this rare, and I believe unique, shell, I am 

 indebted to the liberality of Mr. Mawe. It was originally in the 

 fine collection of Mr. Jennings. 



**** Cyprcew Verce. — Shell, when young, smooth-banded ; 

 when perfect, tuberculated or costato-striated, the ribs which 

 form the teeth being expanded over the shell. Inner lip distant 

 from the. columella, leaving a smooth or plaited concavity in the 

 front part. 



Obs. Cyprcea Globulus is the only species of this division which 

 has not a papillated or rib-striated back ; but it is so nearly allied 

 to the C. cicrcula and others of that section, that I cannot place 

 it in any other division. Some of the first species, as C. limacina 

 &c. have very great affinity to the former section, but may be 

 instantly distinguished from them by their pustulated back, and 

 rather concave anterior part of the columella. 



* Pustulata. 



84. Cyprwa staphyloma. — The mortified Cowry. 



Testa ovata subrostrata, spadicea vel pallida, pustulis albidis 

 elevatis ornata ; linea dorsali impressa, extremitatibus fuscis ; 

 basi albida, convexa, luteo costata ; margine supra crenulata. 



Cypraea staphylaea. .Lin. Sys. Nat. 1181. Martini}. 384. 

 Born. Mus. 194. Schroeter Einl.j. 131. Gmelin 3419. Sckrei- 



