Mr. Gray's Monograph an the Cj/prctidce. 503 



confertis orriata ; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis ; basi alba, convexi- 

 uscula ; marginibus subincrassatis, supra, foveolatis, atro-fusco- 

 maculatis; dentibus obtusis. 



Cypraa flaveola. Lin. Si/s. Nat. 1179.^ Gmelin 3416.^ 

 DHlwi/7i, R. S. 462 ? 



Icon. ZooL Jour. t. . f. 



Decorticata. Testa dorso purpureo-albido. 



Mus. Nost. 



Shell oblong ovate, brownish yellow, ornamented with crowded 

 white spots, some few of which have a small, obscure, brown pupil 

 in their centre ; base white, rather convex, and slightly margined 

 on the outer, and on the extremities of the inner side ; margin 

 above denticulated, marked with crowded black, brown, roundish, 

 unequally sized spots; dorsal line nearly central, simple, pale ; aper- 

 ture rather narrow, slightly dilated in front ; teeth nearly equal, 

 blunt, with the grooves slightly extended towards the margin; in- 

 side purplish white. Axis f , diameter | of an inch. 



When worn, purplish white. 



I have only seen one perfect specimen of this shell, which ap- 

 pears very distinct from the former. It agrees very well with the 

 characters of Linnaeus, except that the brown spots on the margin 

 are not obscure ; I have therefore adopted the Linnean name. 



73. Cyprma gangrenosa. — The ulcerated Cowry. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, viridi-grisea, marginata, punctis ocellisque 

 albidis sparsis; ocellis pupillo fusco notatis; basi convexiuscula 

 albida, margine s.upra denticulata ; extremitatibus brunneis, supra 

 bimaculatis. 



Cypra3a gangrenosa. " Solander, Ms*." Dillzoi/n, R. S. 465. 



Cypraea poraria. (a.) Martini^ j. 394. Schroder y Einl.j. 148. 

 Gmelin J 3417. Schreiber Anch. j. 75. 



Icon. Martini, j. t. 30, f. 324, 325. 



Inhabits Coast of China, llumphreijs. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



Shell ovate, oblong, greenish grey or yellowish brown, orna- 

 mented with crowded white spots, some of which are surrounded 

 with a brown ring, so as to form brown eyes with white pupils; 

 base white, margined on the outer, and on the extremities of the 



