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violet or white, with every kind of intermediate colours, pro- 
duced by the admixture of those enumerated. 
Common off most of our coasts in the deep water; is some- 
times found alive on the rocks, and abundantly thrown on the 
sandy shores in a dead state. 
2. HIMA RETICULATA. 
H. peritremate externé anticé simplici, anfractu ultimo costis 
undulosis. 
Buccinum reticulatum, Linn. Syst. Nat.i.1204; Penn. Brit. 
Zool. iv. 118. t. 72. fig. 92; Mont. Test. Brit. 240; M. & 
R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 137; Flem. Edinb. Encyel. vii. 
70; Dill. Desc. Cat.637; Donov. Brit. Shells, t. 76; Turt. 
Conch. Dict. 14. 
Nassa reticulata, Cuv. Régne Anim. ii. 436. 
Animal flavidum, pallidé aurantium, aut virescente-tinctum, 
opaco-albo punctatum et nigricante variegatum aut macu- 
latum. Oculi atri. Tentacula superné nigro-maculata, aut 
punctulata. 
Habitat in littore scopuloso; et in profundiore mari, vulgatis- 
sima. 
Peritreme externally, anteriorly simple; the last whorl of 
the shell with undulating ribs. Height an inch and a half. 
Animal yellowish, palely tinctured with orange or greenish, 
punctured with opake-white; spotted and variegated with 
blackish, or variegated with those colours. 
One of the most common of our shells. It is found on the 
rocky shores, or in the deep sea. 
3. Hima Lzvieata. Pl. X. fig. 1. 
H. anfractibus planiusculis, ultimo ad dextram longitudinaliter 
bisulcato. 
Habitat in Danmoniz mari profundo, semel obvia. 
Whorls rather flattened; the right aspect of the last whorl 
with two slight grooves. Height one inch. 
Colour of the shell white ; covered by a dirty nut-brown epi- 
dermis, tinged with luteous. When viewed through a lens, the 
surface is transversely and distantly striolated. 
