PLATE XLIII. 



Cypraea pediculus, common. Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 82. tab. 70. 



fig- 82- 

 Cypraea exigua transversim striata, maculae fijgcae dorso inspersa. 

 Pediculus, seu monacha. DW Costa Br. Conch, 

 p. 33, sp. 18. tab. 2, fig. 6. 6. 



This shell is very common on our shores, and a variety of the same 

 species is also abundant in the West Indies. The English shells of 

 this kind are of various tints, generally whitish, and with or without 

 spots i the exotic 3qnd is distinguished by a furrow on the back. 



