CYl'I'.J 



rYi-ii.nii.r. 



one to three inches long; tab peculiarity is attempted to be explained 

 by Lamarck and others, who assert that when the animal has formed 

 a complete ihcll, as it ha* not the faculty of enlarging iU site, it U 

 obliged to quit it* nhrll and form a new one, in the name manner ai 

 the Aimmlota cant their skins, and by that means the aune animal 

 forms many ahelli ; but I believe there is not the slightest ground for 

 thu notion." 



The Cypneida abound both in the Old and New World, but their 

 greatest development both in point of size and number of specie* 

 take* place in warm climates. A Tory few specie* are inhabitants of 

 the European sea*. The family are littoral, and are generally found 

 under stones or rolled corals. 



Genus CVpnM. The young shell smooth, the adult with both lipa 

 toothed ; the anterior and posterior canal distinct, recurred ; the front 

 end of the columella-lip smooth, edged by a single large oblique fold, 

 separated from the teeth by a deep groove. (Gray.) 



* Sub-Oenua 1. Cfprtra. The front of the culumella broad, deeply 

 impressed ; shell mostly smooth. 



a. Shell smooth ; columclla-pit transversely ridged ; teeth of inner 

 Up generally long. (Gray.) 



Under thin division of the sub-genus Dr. Gray arranges 27 species, 

 including some of the rarest forms C. aurora (the Morning Dawn, or 

 Orange Cowry), and 6'. Princtja, for example together with C. Tiyrit 

 (the Tiger Cowry), and other common species. 



(.'. Mappa, the Map-Cowry. Shell more or leas ventricoec, ovate, 

 varied with deep brown or yellow lines, and spots. Dorsal line laci- 

 niated. Margin thick, spotted with black ; teeth yellow. It is found 

 in the Indian Ocean. 



Map-Cowrjr (Cyprtra 

 a, seen from aborr ; t, ;,,u. 



There an many varieties, among which the rosy variety, the dark 

 variety from the Pearl Inlands, the citron variety, and the dwarf 

 rich-mouthed variety from the Mauritius, are the rarest or most 

 beautiful. Tile young shell u of a fawn colour with obsolete spots 

 and dashes. 



0. Shell smooth ; coluinella-pit (nearly) smooth ; teeth of inner lip 

 Khort or indistinct. 



Under this division of the sub-genus Dr. Gray arranges 1$ species. 



C. TaJjta, the Mole-Cowry ; Sardonyx Cowry of Gray. Shell oblong 

 ovate, nibcylindrical, yellowish, with three darker bondx ; the culj- 

 angular base and teeth brown or black ; mouth p.il, . 



Mulr-Cowry (Cgrraa TalpaJ. 



There is a variety (Kjnulu,) shorter, darker, an 1 with the teeth 

 mailer and closer. 



.JL ^ "I th "" Wk wmrt y ("*** unooth), base ridged. Under 

 mat Ur. Gray enumerates tone species. 



C. Cifrnulu, the Vetch-Cowry. Shell subgloboee, yellow, brown, 

 dotted, with a dorsal groove, and scattered tubercles over etch 

 extremity; base four-spotted, partly grooved. 



Ii-Cowry (Cyfrtra Oirrrmla). 

 a, seen from above ; A, seen from below. 



There is a larger variety which is more oblong, smooth, an<l i- 

 itlimit the dorsal groove (C. globultu). 



! Slu-ll with tmusverse ribs. Only two species are enumerated by 

 Dr. Gray, and one of thexe, C. rugota, 15rod., is ! 

 C. Children!, Children's Cowry, Gray. 



Children's Cowry (Oyprira Children!). 

 a, wen from above ; 4, icen from below. 



< Shell with longitudinal and transverse ribs. 



C. Adanuonii, Adamson's Cowry, Gray, a very rare species, in tli<> 

 only representative of this group. Shell ovate; pear-shaped, whit.-, 

 brown mottled. It is a native of the Pacific Ocean (?). (Gray.) 



Ailanuon'K Cowry (Cyprtra Adamsonii). 



" Sub-Genus 2. A rifia. Front of the c<iliiini-ll:i flat, or nearly 



so ; back of shell smooth. 



a Margin of the shell pitted on the upper edge. Fourteen sj 

 C. gtUtala, Gmel. ; Blotched Cowry, Gray. Brown, pale sputtnl, 

 base and margin white, brown-ridged : a beautiful and rare species. 

 Locality, Red Sea (?). (Gray.) 



Blotched Cowry (Oyprtta (Aricia) futlala). 



Margin entire ; teeth of both lips exU'inlcd nmro or less over the 

 base. Thirty-seven species. 



C. Moneta, Money-Cowry, Linn. Shell yellow or white, with a 

 yellow ring ; margin and bone tubercular ; teeth of inner lip moderate. 



I'owry (Cyprtra (Ariria) llonrta). 

 a, adult ; t, young. 



