Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Cyprceldce; 507 



On account of the confusion with regard to the name of C. 

 miliuris^ originally an ill- established species, I have been induced 

 to name tliis shell after Lamarck^ who first extricated the 

 species of this genus from their confusion, and whose labours in 

 other branches of Zoology cannot be too highly prized; as he is 

 certainly the " Zoologise Princeps" of the present day. 



77. Ci/prcea Listeri. — Dr. Lister's Cowry. 



Testa ovata, ventricosa, luteo fulva, puiictis ocellisque albldls 

 confertis ornata ; ocellis circulo fusco notatis ; basi marginibusque 

 purpureo-albidis, punctis lineaque purpareis notatis ; marginibus 

 supra, crenulatis ; labii dentibus approximatis. 



Cypraea n. 34. Schroef. Einl. j. 143. (1.) 



Cypraia Miliaris, (partly). Gmelin^ 3420 (1.) 



Cyprsea erosa. Var. Schreibcr''s Conch, t. 75. 



Cypraea erosa. Jun. Dill. R.S.4Q\ (1.) 



Icon. Lister, t. 702. f. 48! (1.) 



Inhabits Bengal, Lister. Mus. Brit. Nost. 



Shell ovate, ventricose; the back fulvous yellow, with nume- 

 rous crowded white spots, many of which are eyed, being sur- 

 rounded with a brown ring ; the dorsal line purplish, nearly 

 central ; the base and margin purplish white, with numerous 

 purple spots and lines, the latter of which come from the centre 

 of the teeth of the outer lip ; the margin dentated on the upper 

 part of the outer side and edges of the extremities ; the aperture 

 rather wide, especially in front; the teeth close; those of the 

 outer lip large, those of the centre of the inner lip small, and 

 those of the extremities larger, with grooves extending towards 

 the edges; the columella flat, partly plaited. Axis |, diameter | 

 of an inch. 



I have several specimens of this beautiful shell, and there are 

 also two in the British Museum : it is well figured and described 

 by Lister ; and from this figure and that of a young C. erosa., 

 Gmelin has established his C. miliaris. Although Lister's figure is 

 quoted by Lamarck for that species, it has neither its white base nor 

 its lined extremities. It is instantly to be distinguished from the 

 rest of the species of this division, by its purple base and margin ; 



