36i: Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prmidce. 



The longitudinal striae are crowded, nearly smooth and equal : 

 the dorsal groove is concave and rather broad, but the stria; are 

 continued over it : the base is convex, and slightly margined on 

 the outer side : the mouth is linear, much longer than the spire, 

 which is completely hiddetj. The sides are more strongly ribbed 

 than the back, and the teeth of both the lips are nearly similar. 

 Length -Jj^ ; diameter -J^ of an inch. 



93. Cyprcea scabrhiscula. n. s. — Roughish Cowry. 



Testa ovata, ventricosa, utraque cxtremitate snbrostrata, nive^; 

 striis lorigitudinalibus confertis laevibus, interstitiis transversim 

 minute rugosis ; linca dorsali angusta, impressa ; basi planulat^ ; 

 apertura lineari ; dentibus aequalibus. 



/3 minor. Testa ovata, oblonga, subrostrata, tripio minora. 



Inhabits Madagascar, Coast of Africa. Mus. nost. ? 



Mus. nost. 



Shell ovate, globular, slightly beaked at each end, snow white, 

 longitudinally striated; the longitudinal striae crowded, smoothish, 

 equal, the spaces between the striae beautifully marked with mi- 

 nute, transverse rugae ; the dorsal groove concave, narrow, and 

 impressed ; base flattish, scarcely margined ; mouth linear, longer 

 than the body of the shell. Teeth of both lips similar, minute, 

 close together. 



Length A,, breadth -^-^ of an inch. 



The small variety is similar in every respect, except that it is 

 more ovate, and only \ of an inch long, and -J^ of an inch broad. 



94. Cyprcca radians. — Radiating Cowry. 



Testa, ovatii, suborbiculata, pallida, rubella ; striis longitudi- 

 nalibus convexis, distantibus, apice tuberculosis ; linea dorsali 

 impressa, latissima, albS,; basi planulata, late marginati ; aper- 

 turi lineari ; dentibus inaequalibus, exterioribus minoribus. 



Cypraea radians. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xvi. 1 03. Hist. vii. 402. 

 Blainville, Did. Sci. Nat. xliii. 23. 



Cypraea Oniscus. Dillici/n, R.S. i. 466. n. 61. excl. Sya. 

 Latnairk. 



Cypraea, n. 33. Schroeter, Einl. i. 142. 



