HALIOTIS. 



Plate XIV. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



H.^LiOTis sPEciosA. Hal. testa oblongo-ovatd, plano- 

 convexd, viedio depressd, spiraliter elevato-stiatd, striis 

 confertis ; foraminihm senk pervils ; coccineo-rufd, 

 alio, nigricante marginatd, pulclterrime variegatd. 



The handsome Haliotis. Shell oblong-ovate, flatly 

 convex, depressed in the middle, spirally elevately 

 striated, striae close-set ; six perforations open ; 

 scarlet-red, beautifully variegated with black-edged 

 white. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



JIab. ? 



This is a very gay species, the colour being a rich 

 scarlet red, variegated with broad zigzag flames, edged 

 ;ilong the front with black. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis keticulata. Hal. tedd oblongo-ovatd, antice 

 mhattenuatd, plaiio-convexd, medio depressd, latere 

 dnistro latiusculo, erecto, spiraliter vix striatd; fora- 

 minibus guaternis perviis ; sordide fused, maculis albidis 

 reticulatis, siibtriangidaribus, oriiald. 



The reticclated Haliotis. Shell oblong-ovate, some- 

 what attenuated, flatly convex, depressed in the mid- 

 dle, left side rather broad, erect, spirally slightly 

 striated; four perforations open; dull dark brown, 

 ornamented with somewhat triangular reticulated 

 white spots. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



Hab. ? 



May be recognized by the triangular reticulated style of 

 the painting. 



Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis nebulata. Hal. testd oblongo-ovatd, convexd, 

 spird subelevatd, spiraliter sulcatd, sidcis parvds, tm- 

 datis ; foraminibus subapproximatis, septenis perviis ; 

 fusco roseoque undique nebulatd. 



The clouded Haliotis. Shell oblong-ovate, convex, 

 spire rather elevated, spirally grooved, grooves small. 



waved ; perforations rather approximated, seven open ; 



clouded thi-oughout with brown and red. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 

 Hab. ? 



Very distinct, both in form and in its style of painting. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis sepiculata. Hal. testd ovatd, spiraliter pecu- 

 liariter liratd, liris angustis, erectis, valde irregula- 

 ribus, radiatim tmdato-plicatd ; foraminibus amplis, 

 senis perviis ; olivaceo-viridi, liic illic albipunctatd. 



The hedged Haliotis, Shell ovate, spirally peculiarly 

 ridged, ridges narrow, erect, very irregular, radiately 

 midately plicated ; perforations large, six open ; dark 

 olive green, here and there dotted ivith white. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



Hah. ? 



A fine species, well-characterized by the erect develop- 

 ment of the ridges. 



Species 51. (Fig. a, Mus. Hanley, b, Mus. Cuming, c, 

 Mus. Metcalfe.) 



Haliotis semistriata. Hal. testd ovatd, spiraliter sub- 

 tiliter liratd, radiatim undato-plicatd et plus minusve 

 tuberculosa; foraminibus subtuUferis, quinis perviis ; 

 fused aut coccineo-rufd, albimaculatd. 



The half-striated Haliotis. Shell ovate, spirally 

 finely ridged, radiately undately plicated, and more or 

 less tuberculated ; perforations a little tubiferous, 

 five open ; brown or scariet red, spotted or streaked 

 with white. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



Hab. Ceylon; Dr. Sibbald. 



A well-marked species, though extremely variable in its 

 colouring and sculpture, some specimens being covered with 

 swoollen tubercles, wliilst others are comparatively smooth ; 

 as a general rule it may be observed that the spiral half 

 of the sheU is the more distinctly striated or finely ridged. 

 Care should be taken not to confound this species with the 

 Haliotis varia, to which it has some slight resemblauif . 

 though differing in colour. 



July, 1846. 



