330 Mr. Broderip's DescriptioH of Cyprcea Scottii. 



Art. XLVI. Description of a new Cowry and other 

 Testacea, brought to England by the Rev. Archdeacon Scott. 

 By W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &;c. V.P.G.S. 



Cypr^a Scottii.* 



C. testa ovato-oblonga, subpyriforrni, gibba, pallida ferruginea maculis 



atro-ferrugineis, subtus planulata, fusco-nigricante, intus albidS, ; 



aperturse albentis latere sinistro ut plurimum edentulo, anticfe crenato. 



Mus. Geol. Soc. 



Habitat in freto Sundae juxta Angiam Javae. 



Obs. testa junior albida fusco longitudinaliter strigata, strigis transver- 

 sim subinterruptis. 



Long. poll. 3|. Lat. If. 



Shell ovate-oblong, inclining to pear-shaped, gibbous, pale ferrugi- 

 nous with blackish spots, rather flattened beneath, where it is of a rich 

 dark brown or ptirple-black. The interior is white and so is the aperture, 

 the right side of which is closely but not very deeply toothed, while 

 the left is toothless for the greatest part of its length, shewing only a few 

 denticules or crenations at its anterior extremity. The posterior notch 

 is wide, deep, and reflected, and the lips of its edges are very prominent. 



The Rev. Archdeacon Scott, whose name this species bears, found two 

 individuals on the shore near Angia in the Island of Java, and liberally 

 presented them, together with the rest of his collection to the Geological 

 Society of London. The backs of these shells are so much eroded by 

 the action of the atmosphere and of sea-water that only traces of the 

 colour remain ; but the under part is in a fair state of preservation and 

 the smooth margin of the left side of the aperture is very distinct in both. 

 They are adults, and one of them is apparently of advanced age ; and, 

 notwithstanding their blemished state, the characters still remaining are 

 sufficient to mark specific difference. 



Just as this description was going to press, Mr. Turner brought me 

 another of these shells in better condition than those belonging to the 

 Geological Society, and confirming the characters above given ; but the 

 outer or enamelled surface is rubbed through, and the interior layer of 



* Cyprsea Fiiendii, Gray, Zool. Miscell. named and published by that author 

 after he knew that the shell was here named, described, figured, and ready fos 

 publication. — Fri. 



