DESCRIPTION OF SHELLS. 189 
Cyprea Bowerbankii. (Tab. VIII. figs. 1 & 2.) 
Spec. Cuar.—Ege-shaped, smooth ; beak short, moderately wide; aperture 
narrow, curved, without a posterior canal; outer lip incurved, a little flattened 
towards the beak, with about thirty to thirty-five teeth, nine or ten of which are 
elongated on the flat part. 
Length 3, width 2. 
This large Cyprea is named after J. S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.R.S. &c. 
Cyprea globosa. (Tab. VIII. fig. 3.) 
Sprc. Cuar.—Globose, smooth, with a small inversely conical, straight beak ; 
aperture narrow, nearly straight, without a posterior canal ; outer lip incurved 
with about thirty-five to forty small, equal teeth. 
Nearly as wide as long, excluding the beak. A very distinct and rare shell. 
Ancillaria fusiforms. (Tab. VIII. fig. 16.) 
Srrc. Cuar.—Fusiform ; aperture narrow, less than half as long as the shell ; 
basal notch small. 
Length 5, width 2. 
Well-distinguished by the short aperture, which but slightly exceeds the width. 
Ancillaria obtusa. (Tab. VIII. fig. 15.) 
Spec. Cuar.—Subcylindrical, obtuse ; aperture broad, with the lip nearly 
parallel to the columella, above half as long as the sheil. 
Length 5, width 2. 
The only specimen we have seen of this is much worn. 
Conus pyriformis. (Tab. VIII. fig. 18.) 
Spec. Cuar.—lInversely conical; the flat spire and pointed base are striated 
spirally, the rest of the surface is nearly smooth ; aperture narrow. 
The width nearly equals the length. 
A very simply formed shell; there are a few obscure striz on the upper part 
of the whorl, and about ten, rather distant, about the pointed base. Conus brevis, 
collected by Captain Grant in Cutch (Trans. Geol. Soc. 2nd ser. vol. v. p. 329, 
t. 26. f. 33), is a very similar shell. 
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