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B. (H.) vUrea Ad., Thes. p. 583, pi. 124, f. 102.— H. vitrea Sowb. 

 Couch. Icon. f. 8.— Braz., P. L. S. N. S. W. ii, p. 84. 



H. TENERA A. Adams. PI. 40, fig, 82. 



Shell obliquely oval, horny, pellucid, longitudinally strongly stri- 

 ated, rather green, with very minute transverse lines; outer lip 

 straight, posteriorly rounded. (Ad.). 



Suez (Cooke) ; Mauritius (Lien. Mobius) ; Reunion (Desh). 



B. (H.) tenera Ad., Thes., p. 583, pi. 124, f. 103.— iJ. tenera 

 Sowb. Conch. Icon. f. 3. — Cooke, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), xvii, p. 

 130.— Martens, Mobius' Reise, p. 303. 



Cooke considers this identical with the prior H. vitrea. 



H. PAPYRUS A. Adams. PI. 40, fig. 91. 



Shell cylindrical, in form of a roll of paper, anteriorly slightly 

 dilated, white, semipellucid, extremities truncated, slightly rounded, 

 longitudinally somewhat striated, entirely covered with transverse 

 engraved lines, lines rather wide ajiart (Ad.). 



Borneo (Cuming) ; Ikirnley Island, Tonnes Straits, 30 fms. (Bra- 

 zier). 



B. (H.) papyrus A. Ad., Thes. p. 582, pi. 124, f. 101. — H. papyrtis 

 Sowb., Couch. Icon, f 17. — Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 

 ii, p. 83. 



H. ambigua a. Adams. PI. 40, fig. 8. 



Shell ovately cylindrical, white, pellucid, anteriorly attenuated, 

 entirely transversely striated, stride engraved, wide apart ; outer lip 

 somewhat arched (Ad.). 



"Port King George, New Ireland" (jNIus. Cuming); Reunion 

 (Desh.). 



B. ambigua Ad., Thes. p. 582 pi. 124, f. 97. — H. ambigua Sowb., 

 C. Icon. f. 26.— Desh., Moll. Reun. p. 54.— Mts., Mobius' Reise p. 

 303. 



This form has somewhat the aspect of an Atys. 



Australian and New Zealand Species. 



H. decora Brazier. Unfigured. 



Shell ovately cylindrical, white, thin, pellucid, longitudinally 

 finely striated, transversely striated with 16 deep engraved lines, 

 rather wide apart, eight being at each end, center smooth ; aper- 



