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Species 20. (Fig. n, h, c, Mm. Cumin- in Brit.) I 



Haminea CYMB.\LUM. Hail/. tMii alba, fragitl, (mali, \ 

 l(Voi, postici'' paulo aii/justatd, excamtd ; apart ani | 

 posiic'e aiigudd, Inhlo utipra medium siibiitjle.vo, aiitiir 

 laio ; coluiiielld rectiiisciilii. 

 The cymbal Hajiinea. Shell white, fragile, oval, | 

 smooth, posteriorly a little narrowed, excavated; | 

 aperture posteriorly narrow, with outer lip a little 

 inflexed above the middle, wide anteriorly ; coin- j 

 mella nearly straight. 

 QliOY et Gaimaud, Voyase de I'Astrolabe, pi. 36. I'. Hi, 



Hab. Island of Guam. 



This beautiful, half-transparent, oval, polished s|jeeies, 

 Fig. a, represents a young specimen, of a light horn- I 



Species 31. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 



Haminea Sinensis. Ham. tenia aperta, subpatidii, alba, 

 tcnii'i, xuhdhianti'i- trumvene striata, nemiopacd, ver- 

 sus iipicem aiiijiistatd, aiitice late expaiisd ; apertiird 

 iiiaijiid : lubro super apicem elevatd, nabaciimiiiatd, 

 apice iimliilicato ; columella mbpllcutd. 



The Chinese Haminea. Shell open, subpatulous, 

 white, thin, rather distantly transversely striated, 

 semio|iake, narrow towards the apex, anteriorly 

 widely expanded ; aperture large; outer lip elevated 

 above the apex, subaeuminated ; apex unibilieated ; 

 columella subplicated. 



AiiTHiK Adams, Sowerby's Thesaurus Co}ieliylii)runi ; 

 Bulhi, sp. 70, f. US. 



ih,b. ? 



This shell so much resembles the shells of PhlUne, that 



it is only placed in this genus on the authority of Mr. 



.\dams, believed to be based on a knowledge of the animal. 



The greenish Haminea. Shell open, subpyrainid.d, 

 patulous, green, semipellucid, contracted above the 

 middle, elevated above the spire, acuminated, veiy 

 minutely transversely striated; aperture anteriorly 

 largely expanded; coluuiella very obliquely arched. 



SowERBY, Genera of Shells. 



Hab. Pitcairn's Island. 



This is another species approaching the PhiHiie fm-ni, 

 but of a rather horny texture and green colour. 



Species 32. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 

 11.\MINEA viKEscENs. H(n.i . teM aperld, subpyrami- 

 ihitd, jiiihihi, nridi, si-uiipellucidd, supra medium coii- 

 tractd, supra -spiram elccatd, acnmiiiatd, iniriutimime 

 transverse striatd ; aperturd aiitice ralidi expaii^a : 

 coluiiielld peroMi(jue arcuatd. 



Species 23. (Fig. a, h, ^lus. Cuming in Brit.) 

 Haminea oalb.'^. H(i>ii. Irsld ronied, laviyatd, anrau- 

 tio-falcii, obloihjo-ucdd, jiuslii-e paulo anyustatd, apice 

 umbilicato ; labro supra apicem perelevato, ucnmiim- 

 tim rotunda ; aperturd aiitice latiusculd, rotnndd : 

 columella coiispicui uiiiplicald. 

 The galea Haminea. Shell horny, smooth, orauge- 

 i'ulvous, oblong-ovate, posteriorly slightly narrowed, 

 apex umbilicated ; outer lip nuich elevated above the 

 spire, acuminately rounded ; aperture anteriorly ra- 

 ther wide, round; colunu-lla distinctly plicaleil. 



Hab. ? 



More elon-ated and less eviindrieal than Hnmuea 



Species 34. (.Mus. Cuming in Bnt.) 



Haminea Sandwichensis. //««/. trxhi pMucidd, albd. 

 Icevujuld, ovald, iitriiiqur rnluii<Uili„i subacumiuata, 

 apice Uiiiliilicato ; iiperhini xiduiiujiisld ; coliniu'lla 

 rectiiisculd, subplicatd. 



The Sandwich Islands Haminea. Sliell pdiiu-id. 

 white, smooth, ovate, roundly snbacuniinate at each 

 end, apex umbilicated ; aperture rather narrow ; eo- 

 luiiiella rather straight, WMth a slight plait. 



Sowerby. 



Rab. Sandwich Islands. 



Hiffering from Haminea galbu in 

 ,ate antl more aeuniinate at the en 



being 



July, ISliS. 



