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smoothish ; columella short, oblique, somewhat thickened. 

 Diam. 19 mill. 



Phillip IsL, Australia. 



Var. /?. Shell fuscous above, chestnut below. 



H. STODDARTI, Gray. PL 14, fig. 90. 



Imperforate, solid, slightly rugose, a little shining ; brown, with 

 a light band, or yellowish, with a darker band ; whorls 5, a little 

 flattened, the last more convex, with angulated periphery. 

 Diam. 15 mill. 



Phillip IsL, Australia. 



H. ALTA, Pease. PL 14, fig. 91. 



Imperforate, rather thin, yellowish, suture impressed ; whorls 6, 

 plano-convex, slightly longitudinally striate, periphery acutely 

 angulated, base a little flattened. Diam. 10 mill. 



Ins. Ponape. 



H. RECTANGULA, Pfr. PL 14, figs. 92-94. 



Imperforate, solid, yellowish grey with or without chestnut bands, 

 narrow sutural line and basal area ; whorls 6-6 , a little convex, 

 the last subrectangularly carinated, base somewhat flattened, sub- 

 excavated in the middle ; columella thickened, callously subdentate. 

 Diam. 13 mill. 



Marquisas Is. 



H. hapa, Hombr. et Jacq., is a synonym. 



H. LALANNEI, Gassies. PL 14, fig. 96. 



Imperforate, rather solid, obliquely irregularly striate, somewhat 

 shining, light yellowish, banded with chestnut at the carinated 

 periphery ; whorls 4i-5, slightly convex; regularly increasing, the 

 last not descending, base subplanate, more shining ; aperture cingu- 

 lated with white within. Diam. 8'5 mill. 



Ins. Art, New Caledonia. 



H. PAGODULA, Pfr. PL 14, fig. 95. 



Imperforate, somewhat solid, opaque, striulate and with obsolete 

 impressed spiral lines, epidermis deciduous, fulvous; whorls 6i, the 

 upper ones flat, the 3 last with subelevated compressed, acute 

 carina, the last subreceding, base slightly convex. Diam. 15 mill. 



Sab. unknown. 



