370 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ct/prceidce. 



convex, and the margin of the outer lip slightly and abruptly 

 thickened ; the mouth is narrow, linear, curved at each end, and 

 ratiier longer than the body of the shell, extending a little 

 beyond the concealed spire; the teeth are small, close together, 

 and equal. 



Length \, breadth ■J of an inch. 



This shell is easily distinguished by its pure white colour and 

 globular form. 



100. Cyprcea Pedkulus. — Louse Cowry. 



Testi ovata, ventricosi, albido-rubella, punctis sex fuscis ma- 

 culate ; striis longitudinalibus, confertis, subgranosis ; linea dor- 

 sali angusta, impressa ; basi carnescente, planiuscula; apertura 

 lineari, postice subproducti ; dontibus aequalibus. 



Cypraja Pediculus (Iiidica). Linn. Sj/st. Nut. 1180. Schroeter, 

 Einl. i. 129. Gmeliuy 3418. Sdirciber, Conch, i. 76. Payruu' 

 dealt, Cat. 171. 



Cypraea Pediculus. Van a. Born^ Mus. 193. 



Cyprasa Pediculus. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xv'i. 103. Hist. vii. 

 403. BUmville, Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 24. 



Cyprasa sulcata. Dillxcyn^ R.S. i. 4fi6. 



Icon. Lister, Conch, i. 706. f. 56. Gualt. Test. t. 15. f. P. 

 Argenville, Conch, t. 18. f. L. Zoornorph. t. 3. f. I. K. Favanne, 

 t. 29. f. II. 1. Knorr, Fergn. vi. t. 17. f. 6. Martini, Conch. 

 i. t. 29. f. 310. 31 1. Eiicy. Method, t. 356. f. 1. a. 



1. Incoinpleta. Testii laevigata, sublineata. 



2. Junior. Test;! lacvissimd, politi. 



<3. suffusu. Maculis dorsalibus suflusis, confluentibus. 



Inhabits the West Indian Ocean. Jamaica, Barbadoes, Lister. 

 Mediterranean ? Ulainville. Corsica, rare, Payraudeau. 



Shell ovate, ventricoso, reddish-white, with six irregular squarish 

 brown spots, three of which are on each side of the dorsal line ; 

 the central pair are the largest ; the longitudinal striae are close 

 together, and slightly beaded, especially near the dorsal groove, 

 ■where they end abruptly ; the dorsal line is narrow and deep ; 

 the base is flattish, shelving inwards on both sides ; the sides are 

 slightly margined, and flesh-coloured ; the aperture is linear, as 



