Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ct/proiidcB. 491 



tumid, rather irregular, white, with scattered largish round pur- 

 ple spots. The mouth wide, orange colour ; teeth white, those of 

 the inner lip small, close, nearly equal ; of the outer lip large, dis- 

 tant, extended over the lip nearly to the margin, forming promi- 

 nent ribs ; columella flattish, front parts deep, plaited ; inside 

 purplish white. Axis i^, diameter -^^ of an inch. 



When this beautiful species is young, the shell is nearly cylin- 

 drical, for the margin is scarcely thickened, and the spots are 

 paler ; but it is even then soon distinguished by its mouth and 

 back. 



59. CyprcBU caurica. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, subumbilicata, albida, obscure trifasciata, 

 punctulis fulvis nebulata ; marginibus incrassatis, nodulosis, rufes- 

 centibus fusco-guttatis ; rima aurantio-fusca ; deutibus albis ; 

 labro subtus sulcato. 



Cypraea caurica. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1179 ! (1) Martini, f. 375. 

 Born. Mus. 18S. Schrcet. Einl. j. I'i'i. Gmelin. 3415. Schrei- 

 ber's Conch, j. 73. Lamarck Ann. Mus. xvi. 93, Hist. vii. 390. 

 Dillwyn. R. S. 460. 



Icon. Lister Conch, t. 610, f. 37 ! Rumphius. t. 38. f. P. (1) 

 Pet. Amb. t. 16. f. 8. Favanne, t. 30, f. E. 1. Martini j. t. 29. 

 f. 301, 302. 



2. Incojiipkta. Testa subcylindiico-oblonga, marginibus subin- 

 crassatis, laevibus. 



Cypraea Stolida. Martini j. 327. Schroeter Einl. j. 125. 

 Gmelin 3416. Schreiber's Conch. 77. 



Cyprsa Dracaena Born. Mus. 189 ! Dilhcyn R. S. 460 ! 



Cypraea corrosa. Gronovius Zooph. 291. (2) 



Cyprjea derosa. Gmelin 3416. (2) 



Icon. Lister t. 677, f. 24! Rumph. Amb. i. 39, f. E. Feti- 

 ver's Amb. t. 16, f. 10. Seba Mus. iii. t. 55, f. 12. 14. Martini 

 j. t. 28. f. 292, 293. ! Gronovius Zooph. t. 18. f. 10. (2) Ency. 

 Method. 356. f. 10. ! Born. Mus. t. 8, f. 12. 



3. Decorticata. Testa subcylindrica, albido-caerulca, interrupte 

 trifasciata, marginibus subincrassatis, curneis, nigro-maculatis. 



Cypraea stolida, x. y. Gmelin. 3117. 



