C Y P R CE A spadicea, 

 Chesnut Cowry. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 111. 



Specific Character. 



C. testd ovatd, oblongd, immaculatd ; dorso rufo ; ventre albo ; late- 



ribus lividis. 

 Shell ovate-oblong, unspotted; the back reddish chesnut; belly 



white ; sides livid. 

 C. spadicea. Swainson, in Tilloclis Fh. Mag. vol. 61. p. 376. 



In shape and general aspect this shell somewhat resembles 

 C. OTu/x; but its colours are so peculiar, that it cannot be 

 mistaken for that or any other known species : the under 

 side (or belly) is convex and pure white ; the sulcations 

 between the teeth of the aperture wide, short, and but faintly 

 marked ; the sides livid, tinged with flesh colour. Three 

 specimens have fallen under my observation ; one of which, 

 being young, showed the internal colour of the back to be 

 dull purple ; they were all received by Mrs. Mawe from the 

 South Seas. ^.^ 



C Y P R CE A sanguinolenta, 

 (Middle figures.) 



C. testa ovato-oblongd, dorso punctisfuscis, nebiilosis, obsifo; lateribus 



incartiato-violaceis, livide gidtatis ; ventre depresso. 

 Shell ovate-oblono:, the back clouded, and dotted with brown ; sides 



flesh-coloured violet, with dark livid spots; belly depressed. 

 C. testd ovato-oblongd, cinereo-coErulcscente, fulvo vel fusco fasciatd, 



lateribus incarnato-violaceis, sanguineo-punctatis. Lam. Si/st. 7. 



p. 396. 

 C. sanguinolenta. Gmelin, 3406. Titrton, 4. p. 335. Dill. 445. 



Martini, 1. t. 26./. 265, 266. Enci/. Meth. pi. 356./. 12. 

 C. purpurascens. Sic. in TillocKs P/i. Mag. 61. p. 376. 



Gmelin and Lamarck have both described the lateral 

 spots on this shell as blood-red. Their descriptions ni other 

 respects are loose, and the figures by Martini so bad, that it 

 IS with some doubt I have here placed my purpurascens as a 

 variety of Gmelin's 'sanguinolenta. The back of the shell is 

 minutely freckled with^ brown; the under part (or belly) is 

 flattened ; the spots on the sides dark livid purple, and the 

 base of the aperture efl^usc. It is, I believe, a native ot 

 Southern Africa, 

 ri. 182. 



