THE 
LEOPARD COWRY, 
DOTS 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal refembling a Limax. 
Shell univalve, involute, obtufe, ovate. 
Aperture linear, longitudinal, toothed on both 
fides. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c, 
FERRUGINOUS CYPR/EA, fpotted with deep- 
brown, with a yellowifh dorfal line; white 
beneath. 
THE COMMON SPOTTED COWRY, 
THE TIGER OR LEOPARD COWRY. 
Common as is this fhell in every collection, and 
for that very reafon confidered as of little value, 
there fcarcely exifts a more beautiful fpecies. It 
varies much in intenfity of colour, as well as in the 
number of the fpots with which it is fo elegantly 
adorned, but the characteriftic marks of the fpecies 
are always readily afcertained. The name Cyprea is 
given 
