150 Monograph on the Ci/prceidcE, hy Mr. Gray. 



slightly dilated and concave in front; teeth distinct, blunt, of the 

 upper lip, very short ; columella smooth, with a large smooth im« 

 pression in front ; axis ^^, diameter i§. 



24. Ci/prcea Aurbra. 



Testa orbiculato-ovata, turgida, sub-globosa, aurantia, sutura 

 albido fasciata ; basi lateribusque albis ; apertura aurantia ; denti- 

 bus rubris. 



Cypraea Aurora. Soland Mss.l Portland Cat. 10. lot. 197 ! 

 Chemnitz xi. 34 ! Lamarck Ann. Mus. xv. 452. Hist. vii. 382 ! 

 Dillwyn R. S. 442 ! 



Cypraea Aurantiura. Martyn, U. C. ii. 59. Gmelin, 3403 ! 

 Schriederh Conch. 115. 



Icon. Favanne, t. 30, f. S ! Chemnitz xi. t. 18, f. 1737, 1738 ! 

 Marii/n ii. f. 59. 



Inhab. Otaheite, Solander. Friendly Islands, Martyn. '^ew 

 Zealand, Chemnitz. Mus. Brit. 



Shell orbicular ovate ventricose, nearly globular, of a beautiful 

 clear orange or yelk yellow, with a white band round the suture, 

 and end of the anterior extremity ; base rounded white ; side ra- 

 ther thickened white, rounded, except at the hinder extremity, 

 where it is slightly produced ; aperture orange ; teeth red. 



This shell is considered a very great rarity without a hole in the 

 side ; this hole is formed by the natives of the Friendly Islands, 

 where it constitutes one of the ornaments worn by their chiefs. 



25. Cyproea tessellata. 



Testa ovata, gibba, aurantiaca, ad latera tesseris albis fuscisque 

 alternis tessellata ; basi albida, dentibus luteo fuscis. 



Cyprsea tessellata, Swainson Zool. Illus. ii. 



Icon. Swainson. \. c. t. 111. 



hihab. New Zealand. Mus. Dom. Mnwe^ Goodall. 



Shell ovate gibbous, orange yellow, extremities produced, mar- 

 gined at each side ; aperture narrow, teeth small, columella 

 smoothish, anterior part concave • axis ii, diameter -^ of an inch. 



26. Cyproea Vitellus. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, sub-turgida, fulva, obscure trifasciata. 



