GENUS HARPA. ll 
5. HARPA ROSEA, Lam. The Rosy Harp. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) Marr., Conch., pl. 119, fig. 1094. 
Pl. V, fig. 8 and fig. 8 a, young. 
H. testA ovata, subventricosa, tenui griseola ; costis angustissimis distan- 
tibus ; interstitiis albidis, roseo maculatis, lineis rubro-nigris, confusiusculé 
undulatis ; columella carned et violacea. 
Shell ovate, ventricose, rather thin; spire conical, slightly 
muricated; the four whirls which are near the edge are the 
widest. The ribs are flat, oftentimes narrow, almost all mark- 
ed at their base by four or five conical denticulations, and at 
the upper extremity of the last whirl, by four small mucronat- 
ed tubercles, which appear again upon the whirls of the spire. 
The coloring of the ribs is of a light gray ; they are circled by 
rose-colored or white bands in bars; at their external edge, 
which is slightly projecting, is drawn a brown or blackish lon- 
gitudinal stroke, interrupted by small horizontal white rays. 
‘The interstices of the ribs are of a grayish pearl color, waved 
with fine strokes in double bars, which are laced with strokes 
of a red brown. Rose-colored spots are likewise seen between 
the ribs. Aperture ovate, of a pale yellow, with several bands 
of a dark violet. The right lip is ornamented by the last rib, 
which is undulated throughout its whole length. ‘The colu- 
mella is polished, arcuated towards the base, and has two or 
three spots of a bluish violet. 
Lenth 3 inches 3 lines. Width 2 inches 2 lines. 
Inhabits the seas of Japan. 
Lamarck only knew young specimens of this species, which, 
generally, are strongly colored by large rose-colored spots cover- 
ing almost all the surface. Latterly, Lesson has established, as 
a new species, under the name of Harpa Rivoliana (Zoological 
Illustrations, pl. 36), a specimen, which we consider a very old 
