H ALIOTIS. 



Plate XV. 



Species 52. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



H.vLlOTis PUSTULATA. Hal. testd oblongo-ovatd, spiraliter 

 obscure liratd et tuberculis parvis pustidata, radiatim 

 plicatd ; foraminibim senis perviis ; albidd viridique 

 pulcherrinie marmoratd. 



The pustulated Haliotis. SheU oblohg-ovate, spi- 

 rally obscurely ridged, and pustulated with small 

 tubercles, radiately plicated, six perforations open ; 

 beautifully marbled with green and white. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Sec, 1846. 



Hob. ? 



A prettily variegated species, distinguished by its ob- 

 scure tubidar sculpture. 



Species 53. (Fig. a, Mus. Metcalfe, Fig. b, Mu.s. Cuming.) 



Haliotis paeva. Hal. tedd orbiculari-ovaid, spiraliter 

 crebristriatd, medio sabdfpressd, costd unicd coiispicud 

 rotundatd notatd ; foranviiiibus tnbiferis, senis perviis ; 

 viride cocciiieo-rnfd. 



The small Haliotis. SheU orbicularly ovate, spirally 

 closely striated, a little depressed in the middle, and 

 marked with a single conspicuous rounded rib ; per- 

 forations tubiferous, six open, bright scarlet red. 



Variety ^. (Fig. 53, h.) 



Testa viridescente-albidd, purpureo-rufn pulcherrinie varie- 



gatd et strigatd. 

 Shell beautifully variegated and streaked with greenish 



white and purple-red. 

 LiNN^us, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1256. 



Haliotis canaliculata, Lamarck. 

 Hub. ? 



The varieties of this species above noted are so very 

 distinct and characteristic, that I was strongly tempted, at 

 one time, to regard them of specific importance ; the dis- 

 tinction is not, however, supported by the slightest varia- 

 tion in form or sculpture. Another circumstance in testi- 

 mony of their specific relation, is, that both varieties are 

 frequently more or less covered with a peculiar kind of 

 deposit, probably coralline, which I have not observed on 

 any other species. 



Species 54. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Haliotis aquatilis. Hal. tcstd uUoiiijv-ovutd, plano- 



July, 



convexd, medio depressd, lavigatd, prope niargineiti pe. 

 C7iliariter plicatd; foraminibus senis perviis ; pallide 

 viridi, albido aut flavicante undato-variegatd, inim 

 albicante. 



The rippled Haliotis. Shell oblong-ovate, flatly con- 

 vex, depressed in the middle, smooth, pecidiarly pli- 

 cated near the margin ; six perforations open ; light 

 green, undately variegated with yellowish white, in- 

 terior whitish. 



Eeeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



Hab. KurUe Islands, south of Kamtschatka. 



There is a marked peculiarity in the form and colouring 

 of this species, independently of the rippled plications near 

 the marsdn. 



Species 55. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis Janus. Hal. testa oblougo-ovatd, spiraliter 

 liratd, liris .mbtilibus angustis, interstitiis excavatis ; 

 foraminibus senis perviis ; luteo-aurantid, fascia lata 

 albidd, fusco grandimacul aid, prope foramines ornatd. 



The two-faced Haliotis. ShcU oblong-ovate, spirally 

 ridged, ridges fine, narrow, interstices excavated, six 

 perforations open ; yellowish orange, ornamented next 

 the perforations with a broad white band, coloured 

 with large broad spots. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Snc, 1846. 



Hab. ? 



The em'ious double style of painting which this shell 

 exhibits is peculiar to the species, and not, as one might be 

 led to imagine, a mere casual variety. 



Species 56. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Haliotis cruenta. Hal. testd ocatd, antice subattemiatd, 

 spird elecatiiisculd, spiraliter pecuUariter midato- et 

 corrugato-striatd ; foraminibus subapproximatis, octoim 

 perviif,- : sanguineo albipunctato et albido sanguineo- 

 puucfato pulclierrime variegatd. 



The blood-smeared Haliotis. Shell ovate, a httle 

 attcmiated anteriorly, spire rather elevated, spirally 

 peculiarly striated in a waved and wrinkled manner ; 

 perforations somewhat approximated, eight open ; 

 beautifidly variegated with white-dotted scarlet and 

 scarlet-dotted white. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



1846. 



