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described; many of them from the 

 chalk cliffs in Hampshire. 



In Turton's Linne seventy-one spe- 

 cies of cones are described; none of 

 this genus have been found to inhabit 

 the British seas. 



Genus 21st.— CYPRvEA (or Cow- 

 ry.) Animal a Slug; shell univalve, 

 involute, sub-ovate, smooth, obtuse at 

 each end ; aperture effuse at each end, 

 linear, extendinor the whole leno^th of 

 the shell, and dentated or toothed on 

 each side. Linn. St/st. 320. Plate 

 8th, fig. 21. 



Linne divides the genus Cypra^a 

 into four families : *mucronat8e, or 

 pointed ; "^^obtuse, and without any 

 manifest spire ; ***umbilicated, or with 

 a small perforation ; ****marginated. 



The genus Cypraia consists of beau- 

 tifully coloured, and very highly polish- 

 ed shells. It is said, that all the Cy- 

 pra3a leave their shells annually, and 

 construct new and larger ones. But 



