HAMINEA. 365 



H. SANDWICHENSIS Sowerby. PL 40, fig. 4. 



Shell pellucid, white, smooth, ovate, roundly subacuminate at each 

 end, apex umbilicated ; aperture rather narrow; columella rather 

 straight with a slight plait. (). 



Sandwich Islands. 



H. sandivic/iensis SOWB., Conch. Icon., f. 24, 1868. 



Differing from H. galba in color, in being more ovate and more 

 acuminate at the ends (Soivb.). But probably synonymous with 

 some of Pease's species. 



H. NIGROPUNCTATA Pease. PL 40, fig. 100 ; -pi. 43, fig. 13. 



Shell thin, subpellucid, suboval, 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. (Pse.). 



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. 



<J*O. 



Eaiatea (Pse.) ; Tahiti (Mts.). 



H, nigropunctata PSE., Amer. Journ. Conch, iv, p. 71, pi. 7, f. 1 

 -(animal), pi. 12, f. 19 (shell). MARTENS, Donum Bism., pi. 52, pi. 

 3,f. 1. 



H. OVALIS Pease. PL 40, fig. 94 ; pi. 43 figs. 9, 10. 



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

 oval, smooth, somewhat roughened by stride of growth, imperforate; 

 aperture narrow posteriorly, dilated anteriorly; lip somewhat in- 

 volute, columella callus on its lower part. Alt. 9, diam. 6 mill. 



(Pse.}. 



Animal pale watery green, closely dotted with orange and purple. 

 The portion seen through the shell is spotted obscurely with cream 

 yellow, their margin powdered with white. Foot cream-white, 

 remotely dotted with pale orange. Side lobes not extending back 

 over one-half of the shell. Foot regular in width, rather sharply 

 rounded behind. (Pse.~). 



Tahiti (Pse.). 



