516 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prxidce. 



tulis elevatis sparsis exasperatis, linea dorsali impressa ; basi con- 

 vexa, semisulcata ; extremitatibus rostratis ; sub-margiuatis. 



Cypiaea cicercula. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1181. Martini, j. 339. 

 Born. Mus. 195. Shroet. EmJ.j. 132. Gmelin, 3419. Schreiber's 

 Conch. 1. 77. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 99. Hist. vii. 397. 

 Billwyn, R. S. 470. 



Bonanni, Rec. 3. f. 243. and Kirch, f. 242. List. Conch. 

 t. 710. 660. Rumph. t. 39. f. K. Pet. Amb. 16. L 1\. Mar- 

 tini, j. t. 24. f. 243. 244. Borra, Jl/w*. t. 8. f. 19. Ency. Method. 

 t. 36. f. 1. 



? /3. Timorensis. " Testa laeviuscula, postice non rostrata, lac- 

 tea." Lamarck. 



Cyprasa cicercula. b. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xix 99. Hist. vii. 

 397. 



Inhabits Mediterranean, Linnceus. Amboyna, Rumphius. 

 China, Humphreys. /3. Timor, Lamarck. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



Shell ovate, globose, turgid, yellowish white, marbled, and ir- 

 regularly spotted with fulvous, and roughened with many small 

 elevated scattered pustules ; the dorsal line impressed, leav- 

 ing a deep groove over each extremity, and a slight one in the 

 centre of the back; the extremities beaked and slightly recurved, 

 and margined ; the base convex, and half ribbed-striated ; the 

 aperture narrow, linear; the columella plaited, very deep, slightly 

 concave iu front ; inside purple white. Axis i 7 - 5 , diameter -^ of 

 an inch. 



89. Cyprwa Margarita. — The Pearl Cowry. 



Testa ovata-globosa, turgida, albida, polita, concentrice striata ; 

 basi convexa semi sulcata; extremitatibus rostratis. 



Cypraea Margarita. SolandeT , s MSS. ? Dillwyn, R. S. 474.? 



Rumphius, t. 39. f. N. Pet. Amb. t. 16. f. 23 ? Guult. t. 14. 

 f. M. ? Martini, t. 24. f. 242. ? 



Inhabits Japan, Sloane. Mus. Brit. 



Shell globose, with a small produced and slightly recurved beak 

 at each end, white, polished, smooth, except towards the outer 

 edge, where it is finely and sharply concentrically striated ; base 

 slightly thickened, polished, scarcely extended to the sides; 



