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18. Exuosrum Opraricum, H. & A. Adams. LE. testa subulato- 
ovali, gracili, levi, fulva; spira elata, apice acuto ; apertura an- 
gusta; columella antice vie truncata, triplicata, plica postica 
valida, duabus anterioribus subobsoletis, obliquis ; labro acuto, 
simplice. 
Hab. Island of Opara, Society Islands. Mus. Cuming. 
19. ExLtosprum semiscutrrum, H. & A. Adams. Z. testa ob- 
longo-ovata, subfusiformi, spira elata, obtusiuscula, pallide fusca ; 
anfractibus convewiusculis, superne lineis granulosis, confertis, 
transversis, inferne levibus, anfractu ultimo superne granuloso, 
inferne (sub lente) minutissime granulato ; apertura oblonga, un- 
tice dilatata; columella biplicata, plica postica valida, spirali ; 
labro antice intus marginato, postice tenui, subsinuato. 
Hab. Gambier’s Islands, South Seas. Mus. Cuming. 
Genus Metampus, Montfort. 
Foot bifid posteriorly. 
Shell ovato-conical, spire short, obtuse; aperture narrow, linear ; 
inner lip with several transverse plaits; outer lip acute, internally 
plicate. 
Pedipes, Blainv., not Adans.—Melampa, Schweigg.—Conovula, 
Féruss.— Conovulus, Lamk.—Conovulum, Sow. 
1. Mexampus correvs, Linneus. 
Voluta coffea, Linn. Syst.Nat.ed.12, p.1187.—Volutaminuta,Gmel. 
p- 3436. no. 6.—Bulimus coniformis, Brug. Dict. no. 72.—Conovulus 
coniformis, Encycl. pl. 459. f. 2, a. B.—Conovula coniformis, Bowd. 
Elem. of Conch. t. 6. f. 25.—Tornatella coniformis, Blainv. Malac. 
t. 27 bis, f. 4.—Auricula coniformis, Féruss. Prod. p. 739.—Cono- 
vulus coffeus, Beck, Ind. Moll.—Auricula coniformis, Pfeiff. Wiegm. 
Arch. 1840, Heft 3. p. 251. no. 39. 
2. Mevamrvus Umiuaasranus, Krauss. 
Auricula Umlaasiana, Krauss, in litt.; Kiist. Chemn. Conch. Cab. 
(Auriculacea) p. 43. tab. 6. f. 16-20. 
3. Metampus Fuscus, Philippi. 
Conovulus fuscus, Phil. in litt.—Auricula fusca, Kiist. Chemn. 
Neuer Conch. Cab. (Auriculacea) p. 38. tab.5. f.18-20.—Auric. leu- 
codon, Beck ; Adams & Reeve, Zool. Voy. Samarang. 
4. Mreuampus FLAvus, Gmelin. 
Voluta flava, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 3436. no. 5.—Auricula monile, 
Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. ii. p. 166. tab. 13. f. 28-33.—Voluta 
flava, Dillw. Cat. i. p. 506. no. 17.—Bulimus monile, Brug. Encycl. 
Méth. no. 70. 
5. Mretampus Tasocensis, C. B. Adams. 
Auricula Tabogensis, C. B. Adams, Shells of Panama, p. 211. 
no. 314. 
