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139. Cyprcea neglect a, Sowb. 

 Log. Coetivy I. 



Chagos Archipelago. 

 As already mentioned, according to Prof. Hidalgo, this is the true C. Mrundo, L., 

 the species which is generally known under that name, being rc-uumcd G. hleneri, Uid., 

 1906 (Mon. Gyp. viv. pp. 177, 379, 392). 



140. Cyprcea onyx, L. 



Loo. Cargados Carajos : Station B 24, 30 fathoms. 



Amirantes : Stations E 5, 32 fathoms, E 12, 32 fathoms, coral-rubljle. 

 Tliis is C. adusta, Cheum. 



141. Cyprcea reticulata, Marty n. 

 Loc. Seychelles : Praslin I. 



Chagos Archipelago. 

 Intermediate between C. arabica, L., and liistrio, Meusch. 



142. Cyprcea scurra, Chemn. 



Cypraa scurra, Chemn. Conchyl.-Cab. x. p. 103, tab. Irt4. fig. 1338 (1788). 

 Cyprcea amarata, Meusch. Mus. Gevers. p. 401 (1787). 

 Cypraa indica, Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. xiii. p. 3412 (1790). 



Log. Chagos Archipelago, rarely. 



Hidalgo gives jirecedence to C. amarata, Meusch,, over the well-known name scurra; 

 but it is a question whether Meuschen's species wei'c properly diagnosed, and many 

 authors do not recognise them. 



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143. Cyprcea tabescens. Dillw. 



Cypraa tabescens, Dillwyn, Cat. Shells, i. p. 166 (1817). 



Cyprma punctulata, Gmel. Syst. Nut. ctl. xiii. ]). 3104 (1790), non Gray (1824). 



Log. Seychelles : Praslin I. 



The resuscitation of Gmelin's name would plunge the nomenclature into confusion : 

 hence I do not follow Prof. Hidalgo in this instance. The West American shell known 

 for the past eighty-five years as ptmctulata, Gray, is now re-christened robertsk Hid.*. 



144. Cyprcea talpa, L. 

 Log. Chagos Archipelago. 



145. Cyprcea testudinaria, L. 



Log. Chagos Archipelago : Peros Banhos, Coin. 



146. Cyprcea tigris, L. 

 Loc. Seychelles : Praslin I. 



Chagos Archipelago : Peros Banhos, Coin. 

 Several colour-varieties occurred, e. g. Jlavo-nitens and lyncichroa, Meiv. 



* Hidalgo, Monogratia oxp. viv., gen. Cyprcea, 1906, p. 501. 

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