502 Mr. Gray's JMonograph on the C/yproiidcv. 



Cypraeaspurca. Lin, Sijs. Nat. 1)79 ? Gmeli?i, 3416. Dill- 

 Zi't/n, R. S. 462, not Born. 



Cypraea n. 37. Schroeter, Einl. j. 144. 



Cypraja acicularis. Gmcliny 3421. (1). Schreiber^s Conch. 

 t. 79. 



Cypriea flaveola. Lamarck^ Jnn. Miis. xvi. 97. (1.), Hist. 

 vij. 394. 



Icon. Martini, j. t. 31. f. 335. (1 .) Encij. Method, 356. f. 14. 



1. Junior. Testa ovata, purpurascens. 



.Bulla Cypriea. Lin. Sjjs. Nat. 1185. not Dilhi}ijny Sfc. 



2. Incompleta. Testa subglobosa albida, flavido-puiictata. 

 Cypraea squalida. Gmelin, 3420. (3.) 



Icon. List. Conch, t. 686. f. 33. (3.) 



3. Decortica. Testa pallide violacea, albido-marginata. 

 ^. Elliptica. Testa ovato-elliptica. 



hihabits Mediterranean Sea, Linnceus. Must. Brit. Nost. 2. 

 Mus. Edwards. 



Shell ovate, white ; back ornamented Avith yellowish fulvous 

 spots, which are often surrounded with a whitish circle ; the 

 margin thickened on both sides, especially a little behind the 

 centre of the shell ; the upper part denticulated all round ; the 

 pits brown, the base convex, white, sometimes with a few scat- 

 tered brown spots near the edge, especially on the columella side ; 

 aperture rather wide ; teeth nearly similar, large, distinct, with 

 the grooves slightly produced towards the edge; columella front 

 very slightly concave, smoothish ', inside violet purple. Axis 

 i§, diameter J'^ of an inch. Var. /3. Axis ii, diameter r~^ of an 

 inch. 



Obs. This shell differs considerably from C. flaveola of 

 Linnaius, with which Lamarck has confounded it. It varies con- 

 siderably in shape from oblong-elliptical, to subglobose, before the 

 thickening of the margin is complete. Gmcliti has confounded a 

 young ventricose specimen with his C. squalida, which is young 

 C. Li/nx. 



72. Cjjprcca flaveola. — The yellowish Cowry. 



Testa obloDgo-ovata, luteo-fusca, punctis ocellisquc albidis 



