514 Miscellaneous. 
Another ophiophagous species, with the Cobra hood, is Hamadryas 
hannah of Cantor, or Maia vittata of Elliot ; a specimen of which 
(9 feet long, and now mounted in the Museum) I obtained in the 
Midnapore jungle. 
Mr. Layard some time ago informed me of a popular notion among 
the natives of Ceylon respecting a “horn” which is said to grow 
sometimes, but very rarely, on the forehead of the jackal; and this 
horn is regarded by them as a specific of innumerable virtues. 
Strange to say, the same notion is equally current among the natives 
of Bengal, who believe that it ensures the prosperity of its possessor, 
and success in every undertaking.—K. B.—Journal of the Asiatic 
Society of Bengal, No. 206, Aug. 1849. 
On Cypreea umbilicata and C. eximia of Sowerby. 
By J. E. Gray, Esq. 
Cyprea umbilicata was described from a single specimen which 
was formerly in the Tankerville Collection and is now in the British 
Museum. From its external resemblance to some specimens of Cy- 
prea Pantherina, some peculiarities m its formation, and especially 
from certain apparent irregularities in its teeth, it has been thought 
that it might be a monstrosity or irregular growth of that species. 
The discovery of the habitat by Mr. Gunn, who has kindly sent 
two specimens of the species to Europe, has removed this impression, 
and shown that it is a distinct species; and that what was regarded 
as the irregularities in the plaits of the front of the pillar, is im fact 
the normal form of the species. 
Such being the case shows that the species should be removed 
from the genus Cyprea, as restricted in my monograph in the Zoo- 
logical Journal, and placed in the genus Cyprovula, first described in 
that work. 
The shell, instead of having the single large plait in front of the 
inner lip separated from other plaits by a wide space, has the front 
of the inner lip covered with several oblique plaits, nearly up to the 
front edge of the notch. 
It also agrees with Cyprovula in the spire bemg concave or sunken, 
forming a deep umbilicus. 
Cyprea eximia, figured in Strzelecki’s ‘New South Wales and 
Van Diemen’s Land,’ is a very nearly allied species, and equally a 
Cyprovula (eximia). It differs in the body bemg more globular and 
the canal longer. Both these species are to be distinguished from 
the other Cyprovule by the canal at each end of the mouths being 
more developed and produced: they also both have a somewhat an- 
gular depression across the upper part of the anterior canal, at the an- 
terior extremity of the dorsal line, evidently formed by the junction 
of the two expansions of the mantle in this part. 
The elongation of the canals, and the depression above referred to, 
are more developed in Cyprovula eximia than in Cyprovula umbilicata. 
They are, especially the latter, the giants of the genus. The original 
specimen of C. eximia is in the cabinet of Mr. John Morris of Ken- 
sington. 
