Mr. Gray's Monograph on the CyprcRidw. 569 



I have here brought together those fossil species only of this 

 division which have been described by authors ; for after repeated 

 examination of Mr. James Sowerby's and other collections, I 

 found it quite impossible to come to any conclusion on the subject, 

 in consequence of the imperfect state in which the specimens are 

 generally found, and the gradual interchange of character which 

 appears to take place between the species. 



106. Cyprcea carnea. — Flesh-coloured Cowry. 



Testa ovato-globosa, inflata, rosea, immaculata ; striis longitu- 

 dinalibus lievibus ; liuea dorsali nulla; apertura albida, amplissi- 

 «ia, abbreviata ; dentibus inaequalibus. 



Cypraea, n. 103. Schroet., Einleitung. 158. 



Cypraea carnea. Gmel., Si/st. Nat. 3418. (1). Blainville, Diet, 

 Sc. Nat. xliii. 



Cyprsea rosea. Mawe, Introd. Conch. (2) 



Cypraea sulcata, Junior. Dillw., R.S. i. 467. 



Le petit grelot a cotes. Knorr^ vi. 29. 



Icon. Knorr^ vi. 1. 15. f. 7. (1). Wood, Cuiul. Jpp. ined. t. 3. 

 f. 15.* Mawe.^ Introd. Conch, t. f. (2) 



Detrita. Testa albida rosea polita. 



Cypraea ovulata. Lamarck., Ann. Mus. xvi. n. 52. Hist. 398. 

 n. 52. 



Icon. Enc. Method, t. 355. f. 2. a. b. 



j3. oblonga. Testa ovato-oblonga. 



Inhabits • . Mus. Brit., nost. &c. 



Shell ovate-globose, inflated, thin, semitransparent, rose-co- 

 loured, spotless ; spire rather produced, white ; the longitudinal 

 thread-like smooth striae are continued over the centre of the back 

 without any interruption ; base rather convex ; aperture white, 

 very much dilated, shorter than the body of the shell ; outer lip 

 rather thickened above, rounded, slightly incurved ; the teeth of 

 the inner lip are small, close together; those of the outer lip 

 larger, rather distant, there being often an intermediate thread- 

 like stria between each of those that form the teeth. 



* I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Wood, for the opportunity of rcfer- 

 Mng to the Appendix to his Catalogue, as yet unpublished. 



