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angustd luterali ; basi subpland svpi'u labium internum productd, 

 atque in 7nedio labii externi extante ; margine albd, brunnco su- 

 perne punctatd, ad labium externum abrtipt^ productd ; ore an- 

 gusto lineari, dentibus marginalibus minimis ; labia columellari 

 sublavi, per totam longitudinem concavd ; labii externi extreyni- 

 tatibvs interne declivibus sulcatis : long. 6^, lat. Z\ lin. 

 Hah. ad Insulas Societatis. (Raie-tea.) 



This species approaches in form most nearly to Cyp. Margarita, 

 but the base is flatter and smooth, and the edge of the outer margin 

 is entire : it also differs in the pale spots being larger, and surrounded 

 by a dark ring. From the spotted margined variety of Cyp. cribraria 

 it differs in the form of the outer margin, in having much smaller 

 teeth J and in the columellar lip being more concave. — J. E. G. 

 Cypk^a contaminata. Ci/p. testd ovato-ventricosd, cinereo-albd, 

 fasciis tribus latis subsaturatioribus, fulvo obscuri punctatd ; 

 basi convexd, brunneo-nigro punctatd ; ynargine externa extremi- 

 tatibusque acutis ; ore lineari, dentibus subparvis numerosis, labii 

 inter ni minoribus, externi ad baseos medium extensis ; columella 

 antice pland, uni- vel bi-plicatd : long. 6, lat. 3 lin. 

 Hah. in Oceano Pacifico. 



This species, described by Mr. Gray from his own collection, is like 

 Cyp. Goodallii, but is more ventricose ; has no brown dorsal spot 

 dotted with white ; is spotted on the base ; and has the columella 

 less concave and less ridged in front. — J. E. G. 



CvpRiEA Broderipii. Cyp. testd ovatd, subventricosd, lacted, fasciis 

 interruptis roseis ; dorso brunneo reticulata, maculis inaqualibus 

 rattindatis ; luteribus hand arenosis, maculis convexis inccqua- 

 libus margaritaceis ; basi convexd, brunned, maculis rotundatis 

 saturatioribus, suprH obscure albo punctatis ; lined dorsali con- 

 tinud, snblatd, laterali ; ore sublato, dentibus albis, labii externi 

 magnis distantibus, interni magis approximatis mimerosisque, et 

 ad baseos margineiu paullum extensis ; columella cancavitate un- 

 tied brevi, profunda, i)licatd : long. 24, lat. 14, alt. \^\ poll. 

 Hah. in Oceano Indico. (Madagascar.) 



This shell, which is one of the most beautiful of this fine genus, 

 agrees with Cyp. Dama in almost every character, and especially 

 in the sides not being sandy, and in the dorsal line being lateral ; 

 but it diflers from that species in being larger, in the back being 

 of a much brighter colour and having more numerous spots, and in 

 the sides being ornamented with distinct unequal-sized white spots. 

 These characters are all of so little importance in a genus so variable 

 in regard to colour and size as the Cowries, that Mr. Gray would 

 have been disposed to regard it as only a very fine specimen of Cyp. 

 Dama, but for the shortness and depth of the concavity on the front 

 of the columella, and the rather greater production of the teeth of 

 the inner lip over the base. In Cyp. Broderipii the concavity ex- 

 tends the length of five folds only. In Cyp. Dama it extends to double 

 that number. — J. E.G. 



