cypris. £83 



Gen. 155. CYPKIS, Mullet, 



Lower or feet-like antennae furnished with a pencil of 

 long hairs. Animal swims freely in the water. 



Cypris tristriata, Baird. — Shell oval, somewhat kidney- 

 shaped, hind part with three narrow bands or streaks. Shell 

 in front deep-green, behind paler-green. 



Hab. Near London, and in Berwickshire. 



Cypris vidua, Miiller. (Plate XVI. fig. 5.)— Shell oval, 

 dull white, with three waved black fasciae ; shell all round 

 furnished with fine, short hairs. 



Hab. Near London, etc. 



Cypris monacha, Miiller. — Shell rhomboidal, surface 

 reticulated, upper part white, lower part dark, shaded with a 

 yellow-green. 



Hab. Near London, etc. 



Cypris fusca, Strauss. — Shell oval, brown, covered with 

 fine hairs. 



Hab. Near London, Hampstead, etc. 



Cypris compress a, Baird. — Shell rounded, compressed, 

 brownish-grey at each end, with fine hairs, surface dotted. 



Hab. Yetholm, and near London. 



Cypris ovum, Jurine, sp. — Shell oval, light-brown tinged 



