288 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, 



Mr. G. B. Sowerby, but never published. The tawny 

 colour is more striking where the transverse furrows cross the 

 ribs, giving the appearance of oblong regular dots or streaks. 



NoTte.— The types of the foregoing species are in my col- 

 lection, and with the exception of M. pennodiciya and rhodino- 

 sphoera, of each of which only two specimens are known, and 

 M. (Brumnosa and fulvosulcata, of which there are several, are 

 all represented as yet by single unique specimens. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CYPR^A. 



By JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A., F.L.S. 



Cyprsea Rashleighana nov. sp. PI. iij fig. 26. 



C. testa ovata, antic'e subprolongata, dor so convexiusculo, lilacino 

 tribus brunneis fasciis decorato, fascia cefitrali distinctiore et 

 latiore, lateribus albis parcipunctatis, extremitatibiis immacu- 

 latis, dentibus albi parvulis, bast alba inttnte. 



Long. 18 7nill. lat. 11 mill. 



Habitat ? 



Shell ovate, anteriorly a little prolonged, back somewhat 

 convex, ornamented with three brown bands on a pale violet 

 ground, the central fascia being the more distinct and the 

 broader. The sides are white with a few scattered brown spots, 

 the extremities unspotted, and colourless, teeth somewhat small, 

 white, the base shining white. 



A very pretty addition to the known species of Cowry, 

 albeit of small size, the disposition of the brown bands on 

 the lilac ground is a little like the arrangement in C. sanguinolenta 

 (Gmelin), the shape and upper surface slightly recall C. macula 

 (Adatiis) though the underside has a perfectly different arrange- 

 ment of teeth, C. macula being more allied to the firnbriata 

 section of the genus. Nothing at all nearly resembling this 



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