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excavata ; dorso pallide quadratirn rnaculato, postice urubili- 

 cato, antice subsulcato; basi subcoraplanata; columella brevi, 

 obtusa, antice contracts, postice callosa, brevi, dentibus de- 

 pressis castaneis sinuatis elongatis per basim currentibus ; 

 apertura latiuscula ; labio postice elevato, columellam super- 

 ante, recurvo, dentibus elongatis depressis, nonnunqiiam 

 intermediis, ad rnarginem acutis. 



111. Capensis, Gray, (f. 306, 307, 308).— C. testa ovato- 

 pyriformi, profunde umbilicata, pallide fusca, macnlis casta- 

 neis dorso ornata ; latere dextro depresso, marginato ; mar- 

 gine ad terminum posticurn rotundato ; basi depressa, ; co- 

 lumella antice concava, ; margine dentato ; dorso basique 

 liris rugasforrnibus, numerosis, labri dentes versus convergen- 

 tibus, striatis ; labio postice elevato, semilunari ; dentibus 

 depressis, ad rnarginem internum paucioribus, ad rnarginem 

 externum duplicatis divergentibus. 



Note. — Fvsco-denf.ata and Capensis. The similarity in form 

 and in the dentition of the outer lip, is remarkable in these 

 two S. African shells, although the transverse fine ridges 

 crossing the base and back in Capensis, not only separate it 

 specifically, but, as some think, generically from the rest of 

 the group. In that respect it forms a connecting link be- 

 tween the Trivia and the rest of the cowries. 



A**. Later o- dorsal margins Ivrated or pitted. 



112. cribraria, Linn., (f. 161-164). — C. testa oblongo- 

 subovata, solida, politissima, alba, ; dorso subdepresso, vivide 

 castaneo-aurantio foraminibus rotundis conspicuis magnis 

 perforato picto; terminis obtusis, reflexis, ad latera cre- 

 nato-foveolatis, posticis iuasqualibus ■ latere dextro albo, re- 

 flexo, raro punctis castaneis ornato ; basi incrassata, con- 

 vexa; dentibus circa 20 et 21, validis, rotundis, columellas 

 medio minoribus, anticis 4 majoribus tumidis, interstitiis 

 profundis, plica, termiuali reruota, subtruiicata ; apertura 

 lata, ; labio angusto, incrassato, postice elevato, antice sub- 

 truncato. 



113. Pbasei, 7ns., (f. 167, 168). — C. testa C. cribrarice 

 affini ; testa tenuiori, pallidiori ; terminis angustis, approxi- 

 matis, acuminatis, foraminibus magis approximatis. 



114. esontropia, Duclos, (f. 169, 170, 171).— C. testa C. 

 cribrarice affini, crassiori, breviori; dorso ad medium elevato ; 



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