H A M I N E A 



Species U. (Mus. Cuiiiiug in Brit.) 

 Kaminea Guadaloupensis. Ham. testa teimi, rii-idl, 

 suhpelluculd, subghbom, exponm, postke aiigitstatd, 

 npice iimbiUcato, rotiaido, antice lati e.rpauxd, miljpa- 

 Inhi; labia ehvato, supi-a nie'liini/ snbcoiili-acto ; colu- 

 mella, ienuissimd, arcuata. 

 The Guadaloupe Haminea. Shell thin, green, sub- 

 poUucid, subglobose, expanded, posteriorly narrow, 

 with apex umbilicated, rounded, anteriorly widely 

 expanded, subpatulous ; outer lip elevated, subcon- 

 tracted above the middle, eoiuincila very thin, arched. 

 SOWERBY. 



Hub. Guadaloupe. 



This charming- little shell differs from Hamhica cirexeens 

 in being much more globose. 



Til 



Species 15. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 

 INEA BREVls. Ham. testa alba, teiiai, cyl'mdrkd, 

 iitrhiijiie siibfrmicutd, tenumime striata; apice late 

 trniicato, nitibilicato ; lahro ad ajncem subqiiadrato : 

 laterihus recti's ; arifractu ultiiuo post cohimellam de- 

 prenso. 

 SHORT IIaminea. Shell white, thin, cylindrical, 

 subtruncated at both ends, very finely striated; apex 

 widely truncated, umbilicated ; outer lip rather square 

 at the apex; sides straight; last whorl depressed 

 behind the eolnm-lla. 



QioT et Gaimard, Voyage dc I'Astrolabe, pi. 26, f. ofi, 

 37. 



Hub. New Holland ; Port St. George. 



Species 16. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming in Brit.) i 



IIaminea constricta. Ham. testa omto-subcylindricd, \ 

 leiiiii, pellucidu, corned, aurantio-fuhd, Irevi, postice 1 

 atti't/uatd, supra medium constricta; apice depresso, [ 

 subumbilicato ; labio exteruo elevato, antice expanso, 

 iiijlato ; columella subsolidd, rectiusculd. 

 The constricted Haminea. Shell ovate-subcylindri- 

 cal, thin, pellucid, horny, orange-fulvous, smooth, 

 attenuated posteriorly, constricted above the middle ; 

 apex depressed, subiimbilicated, with outer lip raised, 



anteriorly expandci 

 nearly straight. 



A. Adams, MS. 



Hab. ? 



inflated; columeih rather soli. 



It is to be ' 

 livnown. 



etted that the locality of this species 



Species 17. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming 



Br 



Haminea papyrus. Ham. testa alba, cyltudricd, >itri/.\ 

 subdistautibus sculptd ; terminibus truucatis ; lateribus 

 rectis ; apice recto, depresso ; labio supra, subqundmto . 

 medio subcontracto ; columella subsolidd. 



The papyrus IIaminea. Shell white, cylindrical, en- 

 graved with rather distant lines ; ends truncated ; 

 sides straight ; apex straight, depressed ; outer li]) 

 subquadrate above, subcontracted in the middle ; 

 columella rather solid. 



A. Adams, Sowerby's Thesaurus Conciiyliorum, Bulla, 

 sp. 73, f. 101." 



Hab. Shores of Borneo. 



The shell is so named fro 

 that of a little roll of paper. 



its appearance resembling 



Species 18. (Fig. a, b, Mus. C 



Brit.) 



Haminea tenella. Ham. testa ovatd, pellueidd, tenui. 

 lavigatd, pallidi fulcd, postice subattenuatd ; medio 

 injlato ; apice timbilicato ; aperturd subpyrifarmi ; 

 coluitielld tenuissimd, arc n at a ; labio ad apicem rotim- 

 dato, elevato. 



The thin little Haminea. Shell ovate, pellucid, 

 thin, smooth, pale fulvous, slightly attenuated behind ; 

 middle inflated ; apex undjilieated ; aperture subpy- 

 riforni ; columella arched, very thin ; outer lip at tin- 

 apex round, elevated. 



A. Adams, Sowerby's Thesaurus Conciiyliorum, Bulla, 

 sp. 76. f. 104.. 



Hab. y 



Species 19. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 

 . VESICULA. Ham. testa nnild, ten 



