490 Mr. Grab's Monograph on the Ci/prceidcE. 



bluish white bands, one of which is round the concavity of the spire, 

 and another round the anterior extremity, scattered with numerous 

 irregularly shaped fulvous brown spots, the spire concave, partly 

 covered ; the base flat, orange yellow, spotted ; the margin slightly 

 thickened, scarcely extended, and sharply margined on the outer 

 lip, and sides of the front ; extremity orange yellow, scattered with 

 brown specks, the aperture rather narrow. Teeth rather large, 

 blunt, pale; the columella flat, smooth, -in the hind part 

 plaited, and rather concave in the front. Axis ^V) diameter ^ of 

 an inch. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Mawe for this beautiful, 

 and very distinct species of Cowry, which I have named after Mr. 

 George Humphreys, who may be considered as the father of mo- 

 dern Conchologists, and who anticipated the French Conchologist 

 in many points of their arrangement. 



58. Cyprcea cruenta. — The Blood-spot Cowry. 



Testa ovata, oblonga, subumbilicata, albida, punctulis confertis 

 fulvis et maculis albidis nebulata ; marginibus incrassatis, gibbosis, 

 albis, purpureo-guttatis ; rima aurantia ; labro subtus sulcato. 



Cyprasa cruenta. Gmelin 3420. ! Dillwyn JR. S. 461. 



'' Cypraea Morbillosa. Solander^s Afw." Dillwyn. 



Cypraea Caurica, Var. Gmelin, 3415. Schreiber's Conch, j. 

 122. 



Cypraea Variolaria. Lamarck. Ann. Mus. xvi. 91 I Hist. vii. 

 387. 



Cypraea, n. 30. Schroeter Einl.']. 142. 



Icon. Rumphius. t. 38. f. O. FetiverJmb. t. 8, f. 8. Gaul- 

 tier, t. 15, f. E. Favanne, t. 30, f. E. 3. Martini j. t. 29, f. 30. 

 Enci/c. Method, t. 353, f. 2 ! 



2. Incompleta. Testa oblonga subcylindrica, marginibus subin- 

 crassatis roseo-guttatis. 



Inhabits Indian Ocean. Lamarck. Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Mus. Brit. Nost. 



Shell ovate oblong, white, back covered with a coat formed of 

 minute fulvous specks, leaving round white holes ; spire concave, 

 partly covered ; base convex, white ; margin thickened, rounded, 



