HERMES. 



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Species of Cylinder. 



abbas, Hwass. 

 archiepiscopus, Hwass. 

 aulicus, Li7m. 

 auratus, Brug. 

 aureus, Hwass. 

 canonicus, Hwass. 

 colubrinus, Lam. 

 crocatus, Lam. 

 Elisse, Kien. 

 episcopus, Brug. 

 gloria-maris, Chem. 

 legatus, Lam. 

 maguificus, Lleeve. 



Neptunus. Reeve. 

 omaria, Hwass. 

 panniculus, Lam. 

 praelatus, Hwass. 

 pyramidalis. Lam. 

 reticulatus, Soiv. 

 I'ubiginosus, Kien. 

 solidus, Sow. 

 telatus, Reeve. 

 textile, Linn. 

 verriculum, Reeve. 

 vicarius, Lam. 

 Victorias, Rseve. 



Genus HERMES, Montfort. 



Shell sub-cylindrical, generally ribbed transversely ; 

 spire elevated, obtuse, convex ; aperture linear. 



Si/7i. Theliconiis, Sieains. 



Ex. H. terebra, Born, pi. 26, fig. 6. 



The surface of the shell in this genus is rough, ribbed, 

 or granular, and the form is more cylindrical than cone- 

 shaped ; the outline of the spire, though elevated, is obtuse ; 

 there are between twenty and thirty species, all partaking 

 of the characters common to the genus. 



Species of Hermes. 



artoptus, Sow. 

 atrameutosus, Reeve. 

 australis, Chem.. 

 cii'cumcisus, Born. 



clavus, Linn. 

 coccineus, Gmel. 

 cyliudraceus, Brod. 

 dactylosus, Kien. 



