Plate III.— HEMIS1NUS. 



punciis rujis lessellalo-aspersd, anfractibus sex, Icevibus, 

 declivi-convexis, ultimo oblique subveiilricosd ; aper- 

 tura ohlongo-ovatd, columella tenue reflexd, rufo- 

 purpured. 

 Espek's Hemisinus. Shell ovately conical, light-brown, 

 tessellately sprinkled with red dots, whorls six, 

 smooth, slopingly convex, the last obliquely subven- 

 tricose ; aperture oblong-ovate, columella thinly re- 

 flected, reddish-purple. 



Melatiopsis Esperi, Ferussac, Mem. Soc. d'llist. 



Paris, vol. i. p. 160. n. 10. 

 Hab. Laybach, Illyria. 



Nat. 



The red dots which characterize this little European 

 species, after the same manner as the Brazilian Hemidni, 

 are not often so apparent as in the specimen figured. 



