Monograph of Cyprcea. 73 



distant portions, the anterior being divided in the middle, and the pos- 

 terior being broadest. 



25*. Cyprcea Dama. Snoiv flecked Cowry. 



Testa ovata, subventricosa, fusca, guttis punctisque albis adspersa, 

 subtus subalbida; Unea dorsaUad latus dextrum approximante, palUda, 

 undulata. 



Cypraea Dama. Perry, Conch. 



Cypreea nivosa. Broderip, Zool. Journal iii. p. S 4:. 



Icon, Zool. Journal iii. t. 4, f. 1. Perry, Conch, t. 23. f. 3. 



Inhabits. Mus. Broderip, nost. 



Shell oval, rather ventricose, fine bright pale bay, flecked and dotted 

 with white; dorsal line pale, waved, placed rather on the right side; 

 base convex, white ; sides rounded, brownish towards the upper edge, 

 and at the extremities ; the extremities margined, the upper part of the 

 margin cracked, shewing the white spots through it; the spire narrow, 

 very slightly dilated in front, brownish white ; teeth of the inner lip 

 small, close together; front of the columella deep, concave. 



Axis 2, diameter li inches. 



This shell has many characters in common with C. Vitellus, and indeed 

 may be simply a variety of that shell, like the diseased variety of C. Ara- 

 bica, often found in collections. But I have seen several specimens 

 very nearly alike. 



25**, Cypraa Camelopardalis. 



Testa ovali turgida, fusca, obscure trifasciata, guttis elevatiusculis 

 niveis adspersa, basi lateribusque albis ; extremitatibusmarginatis; aper- 

 tura violacea; dentibus albidis. 



Purple-mouth Fallow Deer Cowry, Humph., Cracherode Cat. 



Cyprsea Camelopardalis, Perry''s Conch. 



" Cypraea melanostoma. Leathes, MSS.''^ Sowerby, app. Tank. 

 Cat. 31, n. 2261, 



Icon. Perry's Conch, t. 19, f. 5. Zool. Journal ii. t. 18. /. 3. 



Inhabits, Red Sea, Sowerby. China, Humphreys. Mus. Brit., Crach., 

 nost. 



