02 HALIOTIS. 



the spire, rather wide, sloping inward. Perforations oval, numerous, 

 seven or eight open. Length 69, width 42, convexity 16 mill. 



Northwest coast of Australia, 



H. squamata Reeve, Conch. Icon., t. 12, f. 35, 1S46. — Sowerby, 

 Thes. Conch., f. 68, 62.— Weinkauff, Conch. Cab., p. 59, t. 23, f. 

 1, 2. — H.funebris Reeve, Conch. Icon., t. 12, f. 38. 



This is a species closely allied to H. stomathrformis, differing in 

 being larger and more convex. It is quite distinct from species of 

 the other groups. The spire is more than usually terminal ; the 

 spiral riblets closely scaly ; the color a rich reddish-brown, varied 

 with yellowish patches, or rarely it is green-tinged yellowish all 

 over, with a few pale red zigzag streaks. Perhaps belongs to the 

 group of H. diversicolor. 



Var. funebris Reeve. 



Shell ovate, somewhat depressedly convex, spirally ridged, ridges 

 slightly squamate, here and there larger, transversely peculiarly 

 rugosely plicated ; perforations eight or nine open ; reddish chest- 

 nut sometimes tinged with green, with a few indistinct light flames 

 around the spire. This is a larger and flatter species than H. 

 squamata, and the ridges are more widely separated and less 

 squamate. {Reeve.) 



Australia . 



Group of H. pustulata. 



H. speciosa Reeve. PL 16, figs. 89, 90. 



Shell oblong-ovate, flatly convex, depressed in the middle, spir- 

 ally elevately striated ; stria? close-set ; 6 perforations open ; scarlet 

 red, beautifully variegated with black-edged white. This is a very 

 gay species, the color being a rich scarlet red, variegated with broad 

 zigzag flames, edged along the front with black. (Reeve.) 



Habitat unhnown. 



H. speciosa Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 47. — Sowerby, Thes. Conch. 

 v, p. 25, f. 107.— Weinkauff; Conchyl. Cab., p. 49, t, 18, f. 7, 8.— H. 

 janus Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 55.— Sowerby, Thes. Conch, v, p. 25, 

 f. 81. — Weinkauff, Conchyl. Cab., p. 64, 65. 



I have not satisfactorily identified this species ; and I doubt the 

 identity of the specimen described and figured by Weinkauff". The 

 last named author places Reeves' H. striata in the synonymy, al- 

 though he had already considered that to represent a small form of 

 H. tuberculata from the west coast of Africa. 



