512 Mr. Gray's Monograph on the Ci/prceidce. 



Cypraea guttata. Gmelin 3402. Schreibe?'''s Conch, j. 58. 

 Dillzoyn, 7?. S. 444. 



Icon. Gaultier. t. 16. f. 1. Martini, j. t. 25. f. 252, 253 ! 



Inhabits. Mus. Dom. Mawe. 



Shell ovate fulvous ; yellow, ornamented with many small 

 and a few rather large vyrhite spots ; base convex, whitish, lined 

 and suffused with red. Edge whitish, slightly thickened, acutely 

 margined on the upper part of the outer and on the ends of the 

 inner side ; aperture rather large ; teeth large orange-red, with 

 the ribs, which are continued from them passing over the base 

 and edge, forming long filiform processes on the sides above the 

 margin. Spire covered ; columella nearly smooth, with the an- 

 terior part flattish, with three plaits. Axis 2 inches, diameter 

 1| of an inch. 



For the sight of this rare, and I believe unique, shell, I am 

 indebted to the liberality of Mr. Mawe. It was originally in the 

 fine collection of Mr. Jennings. 



**** Cyprcea; Verce. — Shell, when young, smooth-banded ; 

 when perfect, tuberculated or costato-striated, the ribs which 

 form the teeth being expanded over the shell. Inner lip distant 

 from the columella, leaving a smooth or plaited concavity in the 

 front part. 



Obs. Ci/pra>'a Globulus is the only species of this division which 

 has not a papillated or rib-striated back ; but it is so nearly allied 

 to the C. ciccrcula and others of that section, that I cannot place 

 it in any other division. Some of the first species, as C. limadna 

 Sec. have very great affinity to the former section, but may be 

 instantly distinguished from them by their pustulated back, and 

 rather concave anterior part of the columella. 



* Pustulata. 



84. Cyprwa staphylcca. — The mortified Cowiy. 



Testa ovata subrostrata, spadicea vel pallida, pustulis albidis 

 elevatls ornata; litiea dorsali impressa, extremitatibus fuscis ; 

 basi albida, convexa, luteo costata ; margine supra crenulata. 



Cypraea staphyla^a. Lin. Sys. Nat. 1181. Martini}. 384. 

 Born. Mus. 194. Schroeter EinLj. 131. Gmelin 3419. Schrei- 



