LEOPARD COWRY. 



Generic Character. 



Animal refembling a Limax. 

 Shell univalve, involute, obtufe, ovate. 

 Aperture linear, longitudinal, toothed on both 

 lides. 



Specific Character, &c, 



FERRUGINOUS CYPR^A, fpotted with deep- 

 brown, with a yellowifli dbrfal line ; white 

 beneath. 



THE COMMON SPOTTED COWRY. 

 THE TIGER OR LEOPARD COWRY. 



Common as is this fhell in every colleclionj and 

 for that very reafon confidered as of little value, 

 there fcarcely exifts a more beautiful fpecies. It 

 varies much in intenlity of colour, as well as in the 

 number of the fpots with which it is fo elegantly 

 adorned, but the charaderiftic marks of the fpecies 

 are always readily afcertained. The name Cypraa is 



given 



