Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidce. 367 



evils, in order that greater ones may be avoided ; and who ba- 

 lances the various powers of all the orders of existence, and their 

 mutual operation, in such a manner as to produce the greatest 

 good. 



Art. XLV. Monograph on the Ci/prceidce, a Famili/ of 

 Testaceous Mollusca. By John Edward Gray, Esq 

 M.G.S. 



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?7. Cyprcea Tigris, 



Testa ovali-ovata, ventricosa, postice sub-umbilicata rotun- 

 data, albido-caerulescente, guttis nigris, majusculis, numerosis, 

 sparsis; lineadorsaliferruginea; basi alba, convexiuscula; lateribus 

 albidis nigro-guttatis. 



Cypraea Tigris, Lin. Sys. Nat. 1176. Martini i. 330. Born. 

 Miw. 182. Schroeter. Einl. i. 111. Ginelin 3408. Schrcihcr's 

 Conch, i. 64. Lamarck, Ann. Mus. xv. 452. Hist. vii. 382. 

 Dillzoyn R. S. 449. 



Cyprasa Pardalis, Shazo Nat. Misc. vi. t. 193. 



Icon. Bonanni Rec. Kirch, iii. f. 231, 232. Lister Conch. 

 t. 682, f. 29 ! Rumph. t. 38. f. A. Pet. Amb. Gaz. t. 96, f. f ! 

 Gaultier, t. 14, f. G. L L. i. 16, f. S. Seba, iii. t. 76. f. 7, 9, 14. 

 Knorr. vi. t. 21. f. 4. Favanne t. 30, f. L. 2. MarUni i. t. 24, 

 f. 232—234 ! Born. Mus. t. 8, f. 7. Encyc. Meth. t. 353, f. 3 ! 



fi.Jlammea. Testa lutea, strigata. 



Cypraea flammea, Gmelin 3408. 



Cypraea, n. 32. Schroet. Einl. i. 148. 



Valentyn. Ablumdlimg, t. 4, f. 30. 



y. nigrescens. Testa nigrescente, obscure nigro maculata. Mus. 

 Dora. Edwards. 



2. Junior. Testa ovata albida, maculata. 



Cypraja fsmina. Martini i. 333. Gmelin 3409, Schreiber's 

 Conch. 1. 65. 



