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unequal width of the aperture, and the spiral form of its inner side ; 

 in the broad, deep and unequally wide columellar groove, prominent 

 apex, absence of margin, &c. 



Length, y^^oths of an inch ; width, ^°o^^^ * height, J^^ths. 



Hab. Manilla. 



Cabinet of Gaskoin. 



9. Cyvrmm flaveol^, varietas lahro-Uneata. Cyprcece fiaveolcB 

 varietas, lineis hrunneis e dentibus labii externi supra basin con- 

 tinuis. 



Shell same form and size as Cyp. flaveola : differs from it in being 

 much paler in colour, and the white dottings are therefore less con- 

 spicuous ; in the teeth being smaller and more numerous, and in 

 there being elevated lines of a brown colour on the lip, continued from 

 each tooth, and at the anterior end projecting beyond the margin ; in 

 the anterior teeth of the columellar side being bifurcated, and in the 

 dark brown dottings of the margins being more numerous, and ex- 

 tending a little on to the base. 



Cabinets of Cuming, Saul. 



Hab. ? 



10. CYPR^iE QUADRiMAcuLATiE, Gray — vaHettts pallidula (Palish 

 Cowry). Cyp. sine maculis nigris ; dentibus lateris columellari 

 majoribus, prominentioribus et paucioribus ; labii minoribus et nu^ 

 merosioribus ; basi nitente. 



This shell possesses characters, especially in colouring and general 

 form, much in common with the former shell, but is destitute of the 

 large black spots on the outsides of the extremities and on the spire ; 

 there is in some individuals a thin dark line across the outer surface 

 of the anterior channel ; the teeth on the columellar side are larger, 

 more prominent, more even, and fewer in number ; while those on 

 the lip are smaller and more numerous ; it never attains the size of 

 quadrimaculata, the teeth and base of which ara always dull, while 

 those of the variety are always polished (shining). 



11. Cypr^a pulla. — The small " Trivia" I described under that 

 appellation (Proc. Zool. Soc, March 10, 1846), I am enabled now to 

 state the habitat of; — the Galapagos Islands, and the Bay of Guaya- 

 quil ; Cuming. When I named this shell "pulla," I was not aware 

 it was a synonym of Cyprcea adusta of Chemnitz and Lamarck, by 

 Gmelin, — Cyp. onyx of Gray ; but as Chemnitz's name " adusta " 

 was the prior, and therefore the proper one, I do not consider it 

 necessary to alter mine. 



12. Cypr^a pulicaria. — Reeve, in his description of this shell 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc, March 10, 1846), remarks, that it differs from Cyp. 

 piperita of Gray in not being banded ; but most of the specimens that 

 I have seen have four distinct, narrow, interrupted, light brown 

 bands, nearly equidistant. Nine individuals, of thirteen in my col- 

 lection, have these four very conspicuous bands ; that described by 

 Reeve was one of the remaining four shells whose bands are covered. 

 I will take the liberty to add to the distinctions from Cyp. piperita, 

 the broad and projecting sulcus at the anterior portion of the co- 



