Chap. IV 
O N C H 
amadis . 33. C. pale brown, with a broad band, and articula- 
ted belts above and beneath : fpire acute, crowned 
with tubercles, and finely ftriated tranfverfely. 
fulmincus . 34. C. with chefnut (tripes the whole length : fpire 
acute, and with the pillar Hp fpotted with chefnut j the 
bafe acute and obliquely ftriated. 
nrachnoi- 35. C. reticulated with chefnut, with two or three 
deus. darker bands ; fpire crowned and acute. A very rare 
fpecies. 
ccflatus. 36. C. brown, with a white band ; undulated with 
reddifh, thick, and broad ftriae ; fpire nodulous, with a 
granulated band. 
leucojlic- 37. C. white, clouded, ftriped, and fpotted with 
tus. brown ; with numerous rows of white and brown dots : 
fpire crowned with tubercles. American ocean. 
citrinus. 38. C. citron with black lines, interrupted beneath ; 
fpire crowned with tubercles, with the bafe white. 
Cura^oa. 
infularis. 39. C. white, with chefnut clouds, fpots, and dots ; 
fpire acute. 
coronatus. 40. C. with alternate articulated belts and teffelated 
fpots-, fpire crowned with tubercles ; (hell often minute, 
and with a white band. 
punBatus. 41. C. with two yellow hh brown bands, and nu- 
merous lines of dots ; fpire varied with yellow dots and 
lines. 
tzeylani- 42. C. fnowy, with rofy and brown clouds, and nu- 
cus. merous articulated belts, varied with white and chef- 
nut j fpire pointed. 
flolidus. 43. C. conic, thick, tranfverfely ftriated ; clouded 
with white and brown, with a broad white band, and 
pyramidal fpire ; whirls channelled. 
C. Elongated and rounded at the bafe ; cylinder as long 
again as the fpire. 
clavus. 44. C. with convex fmooth ftrise ; the bafe bluifti. 
Indian ocean. Very rare. 1 
nujfatella . 45. C. fubcylindrical, red, rough ; ftrise tubercu- 
lated. Ifland of Nuflfatella in Afia, but very rare. 
terebellum. 46. C. white, (haded with blue 5 fubcylindrical, with 
annular ftrise and yellow bands. 
coccineus. 47. C. red, with tranfverfe lines, dotted with black j 
with a white band, and fpire fpotted with red. 
Icelus. 48. C. fubcylindrical, with annular ribs ; red, "with 
darker clouds, and barred with white 5 fpire fpot- 
ted. 
ochroleu- 49. C. fubcylindrical, yellow ; the bafe obliquely 
cus. ftriated, with a white band near it ; fpire pointed with 
ftriped fpots. 
Icevis. 50. C. rufous with fulvous fpots, and tranfverfe 
ftrise ; fpire fpotted with yellow ; bafe obliquely ftria- 
ted. 
i affinis . 51. C. bluifh white, with four fulvous linear bands, 
and intermediate dull purple dots. 
violaceus. 52. C. white with violet clouds and bands ; rays pale 
brown ; fpire pyramidal, with fix whirls. 
granula- 53. C. rough, unarmed, with fmooth, grooved ftriae. 
tus. African ocean. Shell red, with white bands, and pur- 
ple linear dots. 
po/yzo- _ 54. C. white within j outfide yellowifh brown and 
mas. rough, with fine granulated lines, with a white band 
at the fpire denticulated beneath ; another at the bafe 
with a paler tinge ; fpire flattened, with ftriped fpots ; 
bafe outwardly duiky, and violet within. 
bifafeia- c c. C. white, with angular chefnut lines, and two 
tus. Vol. VI. Part II. 
4- ^ S 
O L O G Y. 
orange ban'ds ; fpire prominent j bafe furroutided with 
orange lines, and intermediate tefl'elated fpots. 
_ 56. C. conic, fnowy ; fpire prominent, and crowned niveus. 
with tubercles ; aperture large, 
57 - C. orange flag, fmooth, with whitilh bands-; whirls araujia- 
grooved at the tips, India. C us. 
58.. C. fubcylindrical, with longitudinal bands, dot- magus. 
ted with white. India. 
59. C. ovate, oblong, gibbous, clouded with fi nejlriatus. 
parallel brown (true ; 4 inches long. Africa. 
60. C. with reticulated yellow veins, and yellow and textile. 
brown fpots. Afia. 
61. C. white, with brown reticular veins and inter -aulicus. 
rupted longitudinal bands, Afia, It varies much in 
its colours. 
^62. C. fmooth, white, with bay characters and rows t ho nice. 
of dots, with three white belts and fpots ; the tip 
reddifh ; fpire conic, with grooved whirls. Indian 
ocean. 
D. Ventricofe in the middle , and conlraBed at each 
end. 
63. C. ventricofe, yellow with white eyes; bafe tranf- Emends, 
verlely ftriated. 
E. Thin, ventricofe, and tinkling when thrown upon its 
back on a table. 
64. C. bluifti, with yellow clouds and yellowifh thick fpeclrum, 
dots and ftrise ; fpire rather acute. Afiatic feas. 
65. C. yellow clouded with white; aperture large hullatus. 
and bluifti ; fpire lometimes flat, fometimes acute. 
66. C, oblong, gibbous, fmooth; aperture gaping, tullpa. 
India, South America. 
67. C. oblong, gibbous, crowned ; aperture gapin g’, geographic 
wrinkled, at the bafe, and a little narrower ; aperture car. 
white ; fpire fometimes rofy. Indian and African 
ft as. 
68. C. white, clouded and fpotted with orange, with nubecula. 
feattered white dots; fpire prominent, , acute. 
69. C. white, with alternate rows of irregular ch e{-Jpuritis. 
nut, or blackilli fpots, and interrupted, punCtured" 
bands. 
70. C. brown, (haded with white, with a white in- vexilhan, 
terrupted band ; the white band is fometimes. cru- 
ciate. • 
71. C. brown, Darted with white, beneath narrow- ventrico* 
er, (haded with bluifh, and fmooth; fpire conic, ex-/«r 
ferted. J 
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Cyprasa, 
Gen. 21. Cypr^EA, Cowrie. 
Gen. Char . — The animal is a dug ; (hell univalve, in- 
volute, fubovate, fmooth, obtufe at each end ; aper- 
ture effufe at each end ; linear, extending the whole 
length of the (bell, and toothed on each end. 
Species. 
1. C. (lightly turbinated, ferruginous, with whitfili exanthe* 
round fpots and eyes; line down the back a little ,n a . 
branched. American and Atlantic feas. 
2. C. (lightly turbinated, and marked with irregular m 
characters ; line down the back branched. Indian and 
African feas. 
3. C. (lightly turbinated with irregular characters ; arabicn 
ftripe down the back fimple. India. 
4. C. (lightly turbinated, fubcylindrical, fpiinkled argns. 
3 H with 
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