HALIOTIS. 



Plate III. 



SiDecies 7. (Mus Taylor.) 



Haliotis^ RUgoso-plicata. Hal. testa ohlmcjo-ovata, 

 antke snhattmuatd, valde convem, spiraliter elevato- 

 striatd, oblique rugoso-pUcatd,foramimbu8 septenis per- 

 viis; oUvaceo-viridescente, riifo pallida radiatd. 



The eough-plaited Haliotis. SheU oblong-ovate, a 

 little attenuated anteriorly, very convex, spii-ally ele- 

 vately ridged, obliquely rouglily" plicated, seven of the 

 perforations open ; pale olive green, faintly radiated 

 ivith red. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. p. 311. pi. 116 f 1604 



and 1604. a. 



Halioth austraUs, Gmelin, Lamarck. 

 Hab. New HoUand ; Capt. King. 



Although a compound specilic name is not quite in ac- 

 cordance with the modern rules of nomenclature, I cannot 

 think that any hitherto given shoidd be abandoned. 



Species 8. (Mus. Cimiing.) 



Haliotis Kamtschatkana.. Hal. testd ovcdo-oblongd 

 qnralder drmtd et Uratd, Urk plano-obtum subdistan- 

 tbus, tramvenim obliqul tumulom, tumoribus conspi- 

 ems, .submdatis, latere skistro latisnlmtojoraminibus 

 tunudimculk amplis, quaternis tantnm perviis, extm 

 nfo-viruhque vivid^e tessellatm variegatd, lirkspirali- 

 bm riifo-alboque promkciw artkulatis. 



IHE Kamtschatka Haliotis. SheU ovately oblong, spi- 

 rally striated and ridged, ridges flatly obtuse, rather dis- 

 tant, transversely obliquely fidl of conspicuous waved 

 swellings, left side rather broarlly grooved, perforations 

 rather swollen, large, fom- only open ; exterior tessel- 

 lately variegated with bright red and green, spii-al 

 ndges articuted with red and white. 



foNAS, Menke, Zeitsclu-ift fur Malak. Nov. 1845 



Hab. Oonalaska. near Kamtschatka, Northern Archi- 

 pelago ; Jonas. 



This very beautifully painted shell has more the appear- 

 ance of a tropical than a northern species, for it presents 

 the brightest display of colours of any of the genus The 

 entn-e smface consists of wavy swellings, variegated in a 

 somewhat tessellated style with dark coral red and bri-ht 

 verdigris green, over which the spii-al ridges pass here Tnd 

 there articulated with red and white. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis splendens. Hal. testa ovatd, convexo-depressa 

 nndique spiraliter Uratd, Urk crebrk regnlaribits subob- 

 iiisis, nonnullk alik latioribus, foraminibus qulnk per- 

 vus; extus arugiHi-viridescente, articulk albioantibm 

 spiramprope interdum notatd, epiderm.ide flbroso fmco 

 mdutd, intus caruleo viridique, nigricante uebulatd, 

 pnlcherrime irridescente. 



The splendid Haliotis. SheU ovate, convexly depres- 

 sed, spiraDy ridged throughout, ridges close-set, 

 regular, rather obtuse, some broader than others, Ave 

 of the perforations open ; outer smface of the shell 

 verdigris green, sometimes marked near the spire with 

 whitish articulated markings, covered with a brown 

 epidermis, inner siu-face very beautifidly ii-ridescent 

 vnVa. blue and green clouded with black. 

 Reeve. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846. 

 Hab. California. 



Tliis is the large species imported from California the 

 richly colom-ed polished smface of which is used for the 

 ornamental work of vai-ious articles of manufacture. It is 

 not referable to any of the species mentioned by Lamarck 

 and although famiUarly known to eoUectors by the above 

 name I cannot learn upon what authority it has been used 



AprO, 1846. 



