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Poinnosa, and Japan. Eaiiiy generally diffused over the East Indian islands, including 

 New Caledonia, the Kiugsiuill Group, as far north as the Marianne Isles. Lastly, the 

 E. African coasts, with Madagascar and the Mascarene Isles, harhour it, ranging to 

 Socotra I. and the Red Sea, at this last rarely. It does occur, too, in Natal and at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



134. Cyprcea hirundo, L. 

 Loc. Coetivy I. 



Chagos Archipelago. 

 Eenanied by Hidalgo C. kieneri*, as he considers C. nefflecta, Sowh., to be tlie true 

 C. hirundo, Linn. 



135. Cyprcea histrio, Meusch. 

 Loc. Coetivy I. 



Cliagos Archipelago. 

 From the latter station a fine variety was collected, Avith blurred and confused dorsal 

 pattern. 



Var. gillei, Jousseaume. 

 Cypreea intermedia, Redfield (non Kieneri. 



Zoc. Seychelles : Praslin I. 



I hardly agree with Prof. Hidalgo that C r/illei, Jouss., can stand on its own merits, 

 specifically speaking. It appears to be an abbreviated variety only, much tbickened 

 laterally with free deposit of enamel, the markings dorsally being those of histrio. 



136. Gyprcen isahella, L. 

 Loc. Chagos Archipelago. 



137. Cypraa lynx, L. 

 Loc. Coetivy I. 



Chagos Archipelago. 

 Erom Coetivy came only small examples : they are finer in every way at Chagos. 



138. Cyprcea moneta, L. 

 Loc. Providence I. : Station D. 



Seychelles : Praslin I. 



Chagos Archipelago : Diego Garcia, Barachois Maurice (var. icterina, Lam.). 

 The varieties of tbis abundant cowrie so run into each other that it is well nigh 

 impossible to catalogue them correctly, though the attempt has been made by 

 itochebrune f. At Chagos, besides the var. icterina. Lam., which is a large, smooth, 

 oblong, whitish form, there occurs a smaller, yellow, wrinkled variety, and one with 

 uniform deep yellow-brown glaze. 



* Hidalgo, i[onografia Ksp. viv., gen. CijprcKa, 1906, p. 392. 



t " Monograjiliie dcs i'i)rme.s appartenant au genre Mnncl/irio." Rull. Soc. Mai. France, tome i. pp. 73- 1C2 (1884). 



