Use of Coii'iy-slh-lls for Curycnc)., Ainu/t'ts, etc. 13^ 



Roman necropolis of Trion.at Lyons ; and in ronii)i-ii, as 

 well as in other places. 



The complete outer lip of Cyprica f/^n's, a species 

 occurring in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, has been 

 recorded by J. R. le 1>. Tonilin, from a pre-historic pit- 

 dwelling at St. Mary Hourne. Hants.-' The same liaiul- 

 some sjiccies is recorded by M. Locard from the Gallo- 

 Roman necropolis of Trion, and by Monterosalo from 

 Pompeii."-'" Cypnca pantherina, a Red Sea shell, has been 

 found in Saxon women's graves, excavated on Kingston 

 Down, and Sibertswold Down, in Kent,'-' and in a grave 

 near Wingham, Kent.-"* It has also been recorded (under 

 the naine Cypiccavinosa) by Dr. Ph. Dautzenburg from the 

 Franco-Merovingian necropolis of Xesles-lez-Verlincthun 

 (Canton de Samcr).-" Dr. Dautzenburg also refers in the 

 same pa[)er to a record by M. I'Abbc Henri Debout of t!ie 

 presence of this shell (erroneous!}' referred to C. arabica) 

 in a sepulchre at Tardinghen ; and from Dr. Tiberi's 

 ^lemoir on the shells met with in the excavations at 

 Pompeii,"^ we learn that man}' exam[)les of this species 

 were found, and that the shell in (juestion was an amulet 

 which the women carried in order to prevent sterilit}'. 



In a footnote in Dr. Schneider's paper {op, cit., p. 1 16), 

 reference is made to a description, by Dr. Koehl, of 

 Merovingian graves at VVeisoppenheim, near Worms, 

 where cowries were found alongside the bodies of several 

 women, either hanging from a girdle, or sewn to their 

 dresses. Unfortunately, the specific name of the shell is 



- "' Joiuiial of Coiichology, vol. 13, 1912, p. 251. 



-"^ fde Tonilin, ofi. cit. 



■' l"'ausseu's " Invenlorium .Sepulclirale," 1856, pp. 6S, 92 \: 133. (Set 

 also J. W. }ackson, /oiir/i. of Coiir/i., v..l. 13, 1912. |.. 307, Ini discii-.sion 

 of species). 



■-•* " .XrclKL-oloyia,"' vol. 30, p. 551. 



■-•' /o//ni. dc Conchy I ioloi^ic, vol. liv., 1906, p. 260. figs, i ^ 2. 



=>" "• Le Conchiglie l*onii)eiane," Napoli, 1879. 



