HAMIM 



II. - \M.\VP m N-I- S, , \\erl.\ . PI. I 



Shell pellucid, \\liite. smooth, ovate, roundly .-ubacimiinah- at 

 end. a|>c\ umhilicated ; aperture ratlin DftttOW) n.luiwlla rather 

 .:_rht with a slight plait. ( #.). 



II. tandwiehenri* Sown., Com-h. Icon., f. iM, \*> 



Ditlering from H. galbn in color, in hcinir more ovate and more 

 acuminate at the end- >< '-. \. But probably synonymous, with 

 so me of Pease's species. 



II. M(;K.MTN(-i \ i v \\-;\^. IM. 4o, fi.ir. UK); pi. 4:), ti;:. lo. 



Shell thin, subpellucid, ^uboval, transversely very minutely and 

 closely wrinkled striate, imperforate : lip straight, aperture ante- 

 riorly dilated ; columella deeply arched at lower part and lamin- 

 ately callous. Chestnut-tawny. Alt. 16, diam. 10 mill. (P#e.). 



Animal subpellucid, side lobes rather posterior. Foot wide, 

 moderately extended behind the shell, truncate in front and bluntly 

 rounded behind. The whole of the animal covered with crowded 

 black dots, which are the largest and most conspicuous, as seen 

 through the transparent shell. Station on seaweed in shallow water. 

 (/**.) 



Raiatea (Pse.) ; Tahiti (Mts.). 



H, niyropnm-fntu PSK., Amer. Journ. Conch, iv, p. 71, pi. 7, f. 1 

 (animal), p). 12, f. 19 (shell). MAKTKXS, Donnin Bisni., pi. ")-J, pi. 

 3,f.l. 



H. OVALIS Pease. PI. 40, fig. 94 ; pi. 43 figs. 9, in. 



Shell thin, fragile, pellucid, white or greenish, rather obliquely 

 oval, smooth, somewhat roughened by stria of growth, imp 

 aperture narrow posteriorly, dilated anteriorly; lip somewhat in- 

 volute, coluinella callus on it< lower part. Alt. 5), diam. <5 mill. 

 (Pfc.). 



Animal pale watery green, closely dotted \\ith orange and purple. 

 The portion seen through the shell is spotttd obscurely with en am 

 yellow, their margin powdered with white, l-'.-.t cream-white, 

 remotely dotted with pale orange. Side h.be- imt exten.ling back 

 over one-half of the shell. 1 !--_MiIar in width, rather sharply 



rounded behind. (Pse.'). 



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