Mr, Gray's Monograph on the CyjyrcBidas. 575 



114. CyprcBtt elegans. — Elegant Cowry. 



Testa tenui, subovato-oblonga, obtusa, alba, cancellata^ costato- 

 striata ; striis numerosis tenuibus ; interstitiis concentrice striatls. 



Cypraea elegans. Defrance, Diet. ScL Nat. xliii. 39. Sowerb^, 

 Genera of Shells. (Cypraea). 



Icon. Sower bi/, Gen. of Shells, t. Cyprcea. f. 7. 



Shell oval ventricose, thin, white, behind blunt, rounded, can- 

 cellated, that is to say, longitudinally rib-striated with numerous 

 narrow stria;, with the interspaces between them finely concentri- 

 cally-striated ; the inner lip is thin, incurved, slightly produced, 

 and rounded behind. 



Axis -Jo, diameter -^^ of an inch. 



115. Cyprcea rugosa. — Wrinkled Cowry. 



Testa ovato-globosa, tenui, gibbosa, (laevi?,) infra longitudi 

 naliter costata ; marginibuS subincrassatis. 



Cyprsea rugosa. Broden'p, Zool. Journ. iii. 84. 

 ' Icon. lb. t. 4. f. 2. 



Fossil. Turin? Sozserby. Mus. Brit. 



Shell ovate globose, thin, back smooth (probably by the ribbed 

 coat being broken off) ; the base and sides with numerous raised, 

 rather irregular, longitudinal ribs ; teeth large subequal. 



Axis 2| inches, breadth 1|. 



The specimen above described, which is in the British Museum, 

 is the same from which Mr. Broderip's lately published description 

 was made. It does not strike me as having much affinity with 

 C. guttata, but appears to me evidently to belong to the Ovuli- 

 form group. 



116. Cyprcea Barcinensis. — Barcelona Cowry. 



Testa subovato-globosa, tenui, longitudinaliter costata, inter- 

 stitiis laBvibus. 



Cypraea Barcinensis. Koenig, Icon. Foss. Sect. ii. 



A sulcated Cowry. Parkinson, Org. Rem. iii. 53. 



Icon. Koenig, Ibid. f. Park. Ibid. iii. t. 5. f. 24. 



Fossil. Barcelona. Verona, PctrJf. Mus. Brit. 



Shell nearly spherical, slightly tapering in front, with several 



