1010 HALIOTIS. 



lowermost of these are perforated ; the whole inside is beau- 

 tifully pearly. I much doubt whether several of the shells 

 which Linnaeus has arranged separately, are more than Va- 

 rieties of this species. 



STRIATA. 5. Shell ovate, ferruginous, transversely 

 wrinkled, and longitudinally striated. 



Haliotis striata. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1256. Martini, 



i. p. 179. t. 14. f. 138. Born Mas. p. 411. Schroeter 



Einl. ii. p. 377. Ginelin, p. 3688. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 330. 



Haliotis, No. 8. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 387. t. 4. f. 17- ? 



Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Barbary. 



Gmelin. 

 This shell is said to resemble H. tuberculata, but is smaller, 

 and has the wrinkles more regularly cut and not tuberculated, 

 and the marginal ridge is described with thirty-eight tuber- 

 cles, of which from four to eight are perforated ; the colour 

 is ferruginous, more or less spotted with white, red, or 

 green. 



BiSTRiATA. 6. Shell ovate, greenish, with brown 

 spots, and elevated transverse striae in pairs. 



Haliotis bistriata. Gmelin, p. 3689. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 331. 

 Haliotis, No. 1. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 384. 

 Lister Conch, t. 612. f. 3. Martini, i. t. 15. f. 142. 



Inhabits the coasts of Africa. Lister. 



This shell appears by the figures to be nearly of the same form 

 and size as H. tuberculata, but is said to have the margin 

 under the spire more sinuous, and the transverse striae in 

 pairs ; the colour is greenish, and under the spire is a pale 

 purple spot branching out into curved rays which extend to 

 the margin. 



VARIA. 7. vShell ovate, with longitudinal striae, of 

 which the larger one^ are tuberculated. 



Haliotis varia. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1256. Martini, 

 i. p. 184. 1. 15. f. 144. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 378. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3688. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 330. 

 Lister Conch, t. 6l2. f. 4, Gualter, t. 69- f- L and M. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Martini. 



This shell appears by the figures to be about an inch and a 

 half long, and rather more than an inch broad, of a white 



