1012 HALIOTIS.- 



Einl. ii. p. 381. Gmelin, p. 3688. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 331. 

 L'Oreille de Mer de la Chine. Favanne, i. p. 584. t. 5. f. 



A 4. ^ 

 Lister Conch, t. 6 10. f. 1. Rumphius, t. 40. f. E and F. 



Petive}- Amh. t. l6. f. 34. Gualter, t. 69. f. D. Ar- 



genvil/e, t. 3. f. E. Knorr, iii. t. 15. f. 1. Regenfuss, 



i. t. 9. f. 29. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. Batavia. Martini. China. Favanne. 

 Shell two and a half, or three inches long, and about half as 

 broad, variegated with green, white, and brown, and the in- 

 side pearly ; it is very finely striated longitudinally, and the 

 striae become somewhat granulated towards the spire ; it has 

 about thirty tubercles, of which from five to seven are per* 

 forated. 



AUSTRALis. 11. Shell oval-oblong, with longitudi- 

 nal plaits and wrinkles, and the spire promi- 

 nent and gibbous. 



Haliotis australis. Gmelin, p. 3689. 



Haliotis rugoso-plicata. Chemnitz^ x. p. 311. t. 166. f. 

 1604 and l604 a. 



Haliotis ruber. Leach Zool. Misc. i. p. 54. t. 23. 



Haliotis, No. 7- Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 386. 



Spengler TSlaturf. ix. p. 150. t. 5. f. 1, a and b. 

 Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about two inches and three-quarters long, and an inch 



and three-quarters broad, mottled with red or rose-colour, 



and grey or white ; the inside is pearly, and splendidly tinged 



with red and yellow ; from seven to nine of the tubercles 



are perforated. 



GIGANTEA. 12. Shell oval, rugged with undulated 

 plaits and transverse wrinkled striae ; spire 

 depressed. 



Haliotis gigantea. Chemnitz, x. p. 315. 1. 167. f. l6l0 and 

 l6ll. Gme/m, p. 3691. 



Haliotis naevosa. Maityn Univ. Conch, ii. t. QS. 

 Inhabits the coasts of New Holland and New South Wales. 



Chemnitz. 

 Shell about five or six inches long, and four-fifths as broad, of 



a dark red orange colour, and is said to be sometimes tinged 



with white ; the spire, though depressed and flattish above, 



