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Cyprea arabica (Lam.).—About the size of a hen’s egg 5 easily 
known by a sort of hieroglyphic writing over the back, interspersed 
with white roundish blotchings. 
Cyprea pallida (Gray).—Size of a sparrow’s egg ; light grey-green 
ground, and finely speckled with brown dots, culminating frequently in 
a dark blotch on the back. 
Cyprea ocellata (Lam.) and Cyprwa lamarckti (Gray}.—The size 
of a pigeon’s egg. Former rich yellow ground, and covered with 
white spots, which are frequently pupilled like eyes. Latter greenish- 
yellow ground with larger white spots without pupils, An offshoot 
of this family, Ovula spelta (Linn.) is not very uncommon ; shell 
smooth, white, shining, and somewhat bow-shaped ; aperture long, 
narrow, and produced into a canal at both ends; length 1}" to 13”. 
CONIDA\.—Tue Conzs. 
Three varieties of this very large family are common here, and the 
name describes their shape. The spire is very short or almost 
immersed ; shell tapering with a long narrow mouth widest at the base, 
The same species may vary much in colour and marking, 
Conus monachus (L.)—The largest of the three ; ground-colour 
brownish, frequently much clouded, especially towards the centre, with 
gray-white streakings and blotches ; encircled with dark lines inter- 
rupted in the clouded parts, 
Conus mutabilis (Chem.) isa uniform yellow, dark or light, and 
sometimes with encircling lines. 
Conus lentiginosus (Reeve).—The smallest, sharp-pomted ; raised 
spire ; white with burnt yellow zigzag streakings. 
PLEUROTOMIDA. 
These are shells with a tall spire and a fusiform (tapering at both 
ends) shape. ‘They have also—which is peculiar to the family—a 
notch in the outer lip of the mouth, near the body of the shell. There 
are several varieties, but only four are common. 
Pleurotoma javana (L.) or nodifera (am.),—A dark fawn-coloured 
shell ; whorls angular and noduled at the angle, with whitish knobs ; 
below the angle strongly spirally striated ; length, 2” to 3”. 
Pleurotoma fulminata (Kiener).—Smooth, polished, white with rich 
yellow markings. A sort of spiral band formed by the upper part of each 
whorl overlapping its predecessor is a noticeable feature in the shell. 
