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162. Cypraea caurica, Linn. Dwarfed variety. 



163. " cruenta, Gmelin. : 



164. " stolida, Linn. 



165. " mauritiana, Linn. Very common. 



166. " tigris, Linn. Very large and fine. 



167. " undata, Lam. 



168. " clandestina, Linn. 



169. " punctata, Linn. Very small. 



170. '•' cribellum, Gask. 



171. " esontropia, Duel. 



172. " Menkeana, Desh. 



173. " tabescens, Sol. 



174. " nucleus, Linn. 



175. " cicercula, Linn. 



176. " Adansoni, Gray. Very rare. 



177. Trivia oryza, Lam. 



178. " tremeza, Duclos. 



Of the two hundred described species of the family, fifty have 

 been reported from this region and twenty-two are included in this 

 catalogue. In examining a collection from New Caledonia I was very 

 much astonished to find a number of species of the Cyprasidae, (as 

 well as other groups) common to both localities ; this is quite a range 

 of geographical distribution. 



Family STROMBIDiE. 



179. Strombus (Euprotomus) lentiginosus, Linn. 

 Very common. 



180. Strombus (Monodactylus) auris-Dianae, Linn. 



181. " (Canarium) haemastoma, Sowb. A beau- 

 tiful species ; the surface is closely set with spiral lines and the longi- 

 tudinal costse are small and numerous. The columella is of a bright 

 red. A common form. 



